Leadership Development & Learning
Learning can be a key source of competitive advantage, and plays an essential role in executing business strategy. This category looks at the theory and practice of learning and leadership development, how to design effective development, and latest trends in learning. It focuses on the practical application of adult learning theory, and how to connect business, learning and leadership development strategies in practice.
31 May 2019
CRFCast - HR Insights from the Corporate Research Forum: Agile HR: Sky UK Case Study with Tracey Waters
Tracey Waters, Head of People Engagement and Development at Sky UK, discusses how her team have deployed agile development techniques to transform their working methods and increase the business impact of learning and development. Tracey describes four behaviours that underpin Sky’s approach: being collaborative, iterative, data-driven and person-centric. We discuss some practical lessons learned from implementing agile.
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CRFCast - The Sponsor Effect: How Sponsorship Improves Leadership Capability and Diversity at the Top, with Sylvia Ann Hewlett
In conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an expert in talent and gender issues, we discuss her latest book, The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others. We discuss how sponsorship can enhance the careers of sponsors themselves as well as their protégés, why it’s sponsorship, and not mentorship, that really counts in progressing the leadership careers of women and minorities, and how we can design impactful sponsorship programmes in our organisations.
Listen to PodcastDecember 10th 2019
CRFCast - Leadership in the Age of Expertise with Wanda Wallace
One of the toughest transitions for leaders is progressing from a role where your value is largely driven by expertise, into a broader spanning role, which demands a different set of skills, relationships and a change in mindset about the value you add as a leader. In conversation with Wanda Wallace, author of You Can’t Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise, we discuss how leaders can anticipate and prepare for the transitions required, and practical advice on what this means for leadership models and strategies for leadership development in our organisations.
Listen to PodcastJune 18th 2019
Post Meeting Notes - Digital Culture: How Technology is Changing the Way we Work, Communicate & Behave
These Post Meeting Notes summarise the key points from CRF's 2019 Summer Lecture, Digital Culture: How Technology is Changing the Way we Communicate, Work and Behave. Rahaf Harfoush, Digital Anthropologist explains the five forces which influence our behaviour in relation to digital culture.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJune 13th 2019
Digital Culture: How Technology is Changing the Way we Communicate, Work & Behave Presentation
In this presentation, Rahaf Harfoush explores the impacts of the digital age, taken from CRF's 2019 Summer Lecture. What are the five forces which influence our behaviour in relation to digital culture? Are we holding ourselves accountable for the impacts of our technology?
Read Event DocumentMay 31st 2019
CRFCast - HR Insights from the Corporate Research Forum: Agile HR: Sky UK Case Study with Tracey Waters
Tracey Waters, Head of People Engagement and Development at Sky UK, discusses how her team have deployed agile development techniques to transform their working methods and increase the business impact of learning and development. Tracey describes four behaviours that underpin Sky’s approach: being collaborative, iterative, data-driven and person-centric. We discuss some practical lessons learned from implementing agile.
Listen to PodcastApril 8th 2019
Speed Read: Digital Disruption - Exploring the Implications for Leaders & Leadership Development
We live in an era of digital disruption, with new technologies being invented constantly, how are these best integrated into organisations? Explore the implications of the Digital Age specifically for leadership and leadership development.
Read Executive SummaryMarch 20th 2019
Executive Summary: Digital Disruption - Exploring the Implications for Leaders & Leadership Development
This executive summary of the report explores the implications of the Digital Age specifically for leadership and leadership development. We examine how the role and expectations of leaders are changing in the Digital Age and review the implications of these changes for leadership development practices.
Read Executive SummaryMarch 20th 2019
Digital Disruption - Exploring the Implications for Leaders & Leadership Development
This report explores the implications of the Digital Age specifically for leadership and leadership development. We examine how the role and expectations of leaders are changing in the Digital Age and review the implications of these changes for leadership development practices.
View ResearchMarch 11th 2019
Speed Read: Learning - The Foundation for Agility and Sustainable Performance
Learning plays a key role in helping organisations grow and thrive in challenging business environments. Access this Speed Read to review the recent changes in the Learning market, the changing role of learning in the organisation and our recommendations for L&D professionals.
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