What's new in Organisational Learning for Spring Term 2024?
- New eLearning content
- Career development support
- Development Centres
- New look CDR process and support
- Apprenticeships
- 'Listen to Learn': a podcast space on learning and development
Things you may have missed in Winter 2024
Read on for more details
May 24 sees the launch of a wealth of new eLearning content to support personal, professional and leadership development.
We've launched three new pathways and one new course so far. These are:
This pathway covers:
Asserting yourself
Building resilience
Developing emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence at work
Six steps to being more productive
Effective online meetings
Tips for writing effectively
Managing your personal stress
Six steps to productive meetings
Six steps to effective delegation
Working from home
Becoming an active listener
This pathway covers:
Motivating people
Inclusive leadership
Influencing people
How to delegate
Understanding communication styles
Building trust
This content covers:
Introduction to Coaching
Maximising potential through developing strengths
Setting smart objectives
Supporting your team’s performance
Moniotoring performance effectively
Making the most of career development reviews as an LSE people manager
For those of you interested in improving your organisation and time management skills, we've also added the course: How to be more productive.
All of this content can be found on the Astute Learning Platform under self-enrol courses.
Watch out for more content coming shortly on management essentials and equity, diveristy and inclusion for staff and people managers.
Career development support
This term we’re focusing our Organisational Learning offer on Career Development.
We’ve updated our toolkit to support PS staff in identifying and pursuing options to develop their careers. The toolkit is packed with information where you can Find out about different ways you can develop your career at LSE, how you can be better at job applications and interviews and where you can get answers to some of the most frequently asked career questions. You can find the toolkit for download on PSS career development web page.
Alongside this, we’ve developed a learning plan of largely 15 -20 minute microlearning modules, where you can investigate career development in more detail. Topics covered include creating a career development plan, writing applications, interviewing, leveraging your strengths and developing a professional network.
You can find the full learning plan on our Astute learning platform, under self-enrol courses at Astute LXP (astute-elearning.com)
We are sure this extended offer will be a great support for CDR conversations, and with time still left in this year’s CDR process there is likely something of value in the toolkit and eLearning you can bring to your CDR discussions.
You’ll also find that a good number of the courses and workshops available to book for this term have a career development focus. Look out for the term schedule shortly.
Development centres
Development centres are a learning and development initiative that will help you evaluate and understand your current strengths and development needs.
Taking part in a development centre will shape and support your ongoing and future development plans and provide you with insight to take your career forward.
As of May 2024 we are planning a pilot programme for PS Staff at salary band 7 in summer 2024. The programme will be made available more widely depending on the outcome of the pilot programme.
Find out more about Development Centres
New look CDR process and support
Across 2023 you gave us lots of feedback about some of the things that could be better in the CDR process. We've implemented all of these. There's one form instead of three, a lighter touch version of the process, eLearning support for people managers and clear video and form guides to support you through every stage of the CDR cycle. You can find out more about what's new and it how the changes can make your life easier here.
You can also check out a message from our COO Andrew Young about CDRs for all PS staff in the video below.
Andrew Young on the value of the CDR process for PS staff
Andrew Young on the value of the CDR process for PS staff
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are a great way to get a recognised qualification, at no cost, whilst you work in and get paid for your current role. Find out what apprenticeships can do for you in the video below.
Apprenticeships as a development opportunity
Click on the video to find out more about how you can kickstart your career development with an apprenticeship
Apprenticeships are also a key part of our manager and leader development pathways. If you manage or lead people and are looking for a recognised qualification in this area, check out the video below.
Mana
Click on the video above to find out more about how you can support your own development through an apprenticeship. Captions are enabled.
'Listen to Learn': a podcast space on learning and development.
If you're someone who is keen on learning more about current trends in training, learning and development, work-life balance and more, check out these insightful and engaging podcasts:
The Charted Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) have a podcast series that offers us a a range of topics on all things workplace, HR and Learning and Development: https://soundcloud.com/cipd
This podcast is for listeners seeking to enhance their professional and personal wellbeing through exploring the intersection of happiness and work, sharing insights and strategies to help us find fulfilment in their careers: https://happyatworkpodcast.com/
The eLearning Coach Podcast by Connie Malamed is a podcast series that dives into various aspects of eLearning and educational design tools. This podcast can provide insights, tips, and strategies to help us listeners create more effective and engaging learning experiences: https://theelearningcoach.com/category/podcasts/