The Mind Tools L&D Podcast

By: Mind Tools Ltd
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  • The Mind Tools L&D Podcast is a must-listen for anyone involved in Learning and Development or Human Resources. The weekly show features regular appearances from the Mind Tools team plus special guests to get right to the heart of issues affecting the L&D and HR communities. From learning needs analysis and evidence-based practice through to the impact of technology on work and hot topics at industry conferences, you'll get critical insights into the world of work, performance and learning.
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  • 418 — How do we measure management capability?

    418 — How do we measure management capability?
    Oct 29 2024
    Measuring management capability is intrinsically complex. Unlike sales training, where you have sales, or customer-service training, where you have CSAT scores, management doesn’t have a built-in metric we can use to quantify learning impact. So, what’s the solution? This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross Dickie is joined by Owen and Anna to discuss our new ‘Manager Skills Assessment’ — a scientific diagnostic that managers and their organizations can use to evaluate their capability. We discuss: what the Manager Skills Assessment (MSA) is, and how it works; how we designed the MSA based on scientific research; what managers and L&D teams can expect to get out of the MSA. To learn more about the Manager Skills Assessment, visit our website. In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Owen mentioned SpaceX’s ‘Mechazilla’. Ross D also referenced Donald Taylor and Egle Vinauskaite’s latest report, AI in L&D: Intention and Reality. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.   Connect with our speakers    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: Ross Dickie Owen Ferguson Anna Barnett
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    33 mins
  • 417 — Can L&D be the new R&D?

    417 — Can L&D be the new R&D?
    Oct 22 2024

    If you work in learning and development, you probably get some direction from your senior leadership team about what to focus on and how much to spend. But, once you get into the details, you have lots of room to play.

    In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Chief Learning Officer Marc Steven Ramos joins Ross Garner and Ross Dickie to discuss:

    · the strengths and weaknesses of different genAI tools

    · whether tools like ChatGPT are living up to the hype

    · how L&D can start experimenting, and why it’s the ideal team to do so!

    Marc discussed these ideas in more detail on his Substack and in his article for Harvard Business Review (with Marc Zao-Sanders).

    In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Ross G recommended a warning on ‘pokies’ from The Guardian.

    For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.

    Or become a member to support our show! Visit mindtools.com and use the offer code PODCAST15 for 15% off an individual subscription. This offer is for new subscribers only and can’t be used with any other offer.

    Connect with our speakers 

    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:

    · Ross Garner

    · Ross Dickie

    · Marc Steven Ramos
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    39 mins
  • 416 — Book Club: Power to the Middle

    416 — Book Club: Power to the Middle
    Oct 15 2024

    In Power to the Middle, McKinsey consultants Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock and Emily Field argue that the ‘middle manager’ is key to organizational success. Long maligned (often by McKinsey), the manager is in fact responsible for delivering objectives, addressing underperformance, building trusting relationships, and resolving team conflicts.

    In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross Garner, Ross Dick and Nahdia Khan discuss:

    · why managers are so important

    · the role of ‘manager’ vs ‘individual contributor’

    · how to develop better managers

    The book, Power to the Middle, is available now.

    Our report, ‘Building Better Managers’, is also available now.

    In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Ross D recommended the podcast series Slow Burn.

    Nahdia discussed cloud seeding.

    Ross Garner discussed the paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw, via @CulturalTutor.

    For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.

    Or become a member to support our show! Visit mindtools.com and use the offer code PODCAST15 for 15% off an individual subscription. This offer is for new subscribers only and can’t be used with any other offer.

    Connect with our speakers 

    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:

    · Ross Garner

    · Ross Dickie

    · Nahdia Khan
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    42 mins

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