Current trends and emerging roles in L&D
Human Resource Development or Learning and Development, as practitioners prefer to refer to it (Harrison, 2009), “encompasses planned...
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Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Jun 8, 20164 min read
Congratulations, you’re a manager! Now what?
You have just become a manager, or a friend of yours has. And while it is exciting, the new prospect is also overwhelming. Provided you...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Jun 6, 20162 min read
The support to support managers
If you’re one of those organisations who promote people to management positions because of their people skill rather than tenure –...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Jun 3, 20161 min read
What is Transformational Leadership?
In bwin.party we adopted the Transformational Leadership model about 3 years ago. And while we have been successful in instilling it to...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
May 31, 20162 min read
To grow or not to grow?
When I was in university I kept wondering why would people pay so much money and not go to lectures or learn anything. Then when I joined...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
May 25, 20161 min read
360 feedback video guides
It can be very difficult to read through your own 360 feedback report or to help someone with their feedback. That's why I created these...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
May 23, 20162 min read
Results vs. People – the ultimate battle for resources
In a presentation during the CIPD L&D show by Rambutan, they brought a real customer to help with the pitch. While their presentation was...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
May 18, 20163 min read
Strength-based approach to development (CAPP)
In the CIPD L&D show I attended, one of the first presentations was by a company called CAPP. They have developed a model (R2) leveraging...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
May 16, 20163 min read
My adventure at the CIPD Learning and Development show
During a conference I attended last year, someone said that these kind of events are like group therapy sessions - you share your...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Apr 14, 20162 min read
Virtual Reality for L&D
I find it harder and harder to get impressed by new technology. Either companies are building on an already existing one (the mobile 3D...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Mar 21, 20163 min read
The 7 things successful managers do using NLP
Coaching and NLP have been my partners in crime for the past 4 or so years. And in my experience I’ve learnt more about people than they...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Mar 3, 20163 min read
What I Know About Trainings - The Secret Ingredient
I've been asked several times now what is the one thing a trainer should be able to do. Or what the secret ingredient is. In my...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Feb 26, 20162 min read
What I Know About Training - Learning Styles
This is the second post of a series I am dedicating to things I have learnt in my years as a Learning and Development specialist. And...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Feb 15, 20164 min read
What I Know About Training - Groups
I am working on a project that allowed me to take stock of things I've learned in my years as a Learning and Development professional....
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Jan 6, 20162 min read
Time Management in the New Year
Let's face it, we all make New Year's resolution and usually by the second day of the new year, we've all but forgotten about them. And...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Dec 8, 20152 min read
The cost of education
Someone said to me the other day "Education is the one cost you cannot afford not to make". And it really boggled me why people sincerely...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Nov 28, 20152 min read
The self-fulfilling prophecy
The term self-fulfilling prophecy seems to be creeping up on me lately everywhere I turn. And I find it especially interesting now that...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Nov 9, 20153 min read
Attention and Tenure; and how it all links to LnD
Whenever December approaches, a lot of people start looking back to the past year and try and see what have they accomplished (shout out...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Nov 4, 20152 min read
Basic Gamification and when to apply it
Gamification has become "the thing" to do in the last 2-3 years. I've also seen a lot of research that proves it can be effective, if...
Irina Ketkin, author of #adventuresofthelearner
Sep 17, 20152 min read
How Accelerated Learning really works
Being half-Bulgarian, I was especially proud when I read that Georgi Lozanov (another Bulgarian) was the first person to find the 'hidden...
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