INTERACTION L&D NEWs and VIEWPOINT.

Read all about it! All things L&D news and views to help you keep abreast of the key people development themes, trends and topical questions – as well as insights into what makes us tick.

Mandi Conneely Mandi Conneely

TURNING JAPANESE? … I REALLY THINK SO!

We end our working year at Interaction in a really positive and thankful way - we are very fortunate, as a small team to be able to pack up the flip chart, crafts, brown paper and glue sticks and spend a day in a fabulous Gloucestershire location. It’s a great time to reflect, share our highs and lows, throw some creative things on brown paper, and generally look back on our achievements, successes and hopes for the following year….

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Catherine Milne Catherine Milne

Manage your managers to manage.

“Bad management has prompted one in three UK workers to quit, survey finds. Study shows widespread concern over quality of managers, with 82% of bosses deemed ‘accidental’, having had no formal training”.

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Hybrid Working, Research, Early Careers Katie Scott Hybrid Working, Research, Early Careers Katie Scott

The party’s over … and the real work starts here.

In recent years the pathway to success has been influenced by Covid times and most early talent has had no choice but to adapt to a virtual (or hybrid) working world. Not a ‘technical’ problem for these digital natives, but it has definitely created a knock on social, relationship and knowledge acquisition problem…

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Mandi Conneely Mandi Conneely

FOR THE LOVE OF SELF CARE!

“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.”

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Mandi Conneely Mandi Conneely

COUNT DOWN TO ISE AND OUR INTERACTIVE SESSION!

We’re excited to be delivering an interactive session at this year’s ISE Student Development Conference alongside Dr. Helen Hughes - Associate Professor in Organisational Psychology, Leeds University Business School. As a supporting sponsor of this event it’s a huge privilege to be involved …

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Learning, Coaching, Organisational change Lucy Neale Learning, Coaching, Organisational change Lucy Neale

ARE YOU LOST IN LEADERSHIP?

It’s hard to navigate your way through sometimes - easy to get lost in the overload of ‘noise’ from social media, organisational demands and the pressure placed upon us to be everything to everyone. When you are leader in an organisation it can feel particularly challenging, you need to balance getting the job done, managing your team, and looking after yourself. Sometimes the thing that gets the least attention is you …

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Katie Scott Katie Scott

The Power of Vulnerability.

There’s so much positive noise around about authenticity, honesty, and vulnerability in the workplace that sometimes as a leader it’s hard to find a path through and feel like you are living up to expectations …

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Laura Kelly Laura Kelly

Grief is just love with nowhere to go

Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go – Jamie Anderson

On the 23 March, the UK celebrates a National Day of Reflection to remember those who have died and support those who are grieving – a day to connect as humans.

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Daniel Smith Daniel Smith

It takes courage to be the only one in the room

Have you ever found yourself the only “_____” in the room? What did that experience mean for you and others like you? Why is it important to continue to seek out more of these pioneering opportunities? Please read on to find out more as we explore and share our experience of International Women’s Day 2023.

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