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Mike D Morrison

Mike D Morrison is Director of RapidBI, and a published author, as well as a specialist in the area of organizational development, change management and leadership development.

Name and Shame – a new leadership trend

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One of the risks of promoting people into team leader and management roles without appropriate education, training and support is that they will do their own research and take the headlines from article and approaches and they risk miss-applying the approach or method.Name and shame is one such approach.Often used in projects and close knit team environments, “name and shame” is best used in association with “fame awards” as a part of long term engagement and team building. The concept … [Read more...] about Name and Shame – a new leadership trend

LinkedIn Groups, why they don’t work for you

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To answer this we can gain some insight with a tale of two LinkedIn groups. But before we look at this lets have some context. You do use LinkedIn for more than just job search…. Don’t you? LinkedIn groups are often formal or informal communities focussed on a sector, industry or profession. With the right selection of LinkedIn group memberships you can keep up to date with industry news, ask and answer questions (building your credibility), make business connections and friends, as will as … [Read more...] about LinkedIn Groups, why they don’t work for you

Using keyboards reduces learning shows new study – death of the Ipad

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Do you believe that taking notes using a laptop or keyboard in learning events helps you learn better? Well research published in Psychological Science suggests not. The authors Mueller and Oppenheimer conducted memory research after a self realisation that taking notes in different ways had a very different impact on recall. Long hand vs typed In the research the authors looks at how people took notes and compared those that used a laptop and types notes, and those that wrote their notes in … [Read more...] about Using keyboards reduces learning shows new study – death of the Ipad

Macro, Micro and Global approaches to learning using the 70-20-10 model – have we got it wrong?

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In the move from training activity being classroom centric to a more balanced approach, much has been written about the 70-20-10 approach to learning and development, but have we thrown out the baby with the bath water?Let’s get some common understanding: 70-20-10 70 percent of learning should happen on the job – macro – step by step, words in a sentence if you like20 percent of learning should be from coaching – micro – the role, paragraphs if you like10 percent of learning should … [Read more...] about Macro, Micro and Global approaches to learning using the 70-20-10 model – have we got it wrong?

Who owns training in your organization?

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This is a perennial question, and from time to time the ownership and drive moves from one area to another. As a Training Manager I have operated within HR and Operations. And without doubt the best impact comes when Operations owns and indeed demands training.This does not mean to say that HR or a Training function should not be involved in the process, and could help to develop standards and help operations look to the long term, not just a "quick fix". Why in operations? When operations … [Read more...] about Who owns training in your organization?

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