In May, organisations throughout the UK will be celebrating Learning at Work Week and the positive benefits of lifelong learning, co-ordinated by Campaign for Learning. Learning at Work Week may be an annual occurrence, but it’s clear that learning goes beyond this week of celebration alone. In fact, it’s a great platform to create an authentic and rewarding learning culture that thrives throughout the year. A review of reviews conducted and published on Gov.uk showed that deliberate...

There are some boilerplate questions when it comes to interviews; one being, “What’s your biggest weakness?”. Not wanting to express anything too concerning or jeopardise one’s interview, a popular answer tends to be, “Well, I’m a perfectionist!”. Innocuous on the surface, maybe – to a lot of people, this is a two-layered reply that masquerades as a weakness, while actually illustrating in a more modest form one’s passion, precision, care, and determination. But how innocuous is it, really? A...

Decision-making precedes every action we take, whether that action is conscious or unconscious. It's said that we make 35,000 decisions every day, albeit that figure isn't backed by much scientific evidence. In any case, we make decisions frequently. Some are simple and low impact, such as deciding to do the washing up right after dinner or before bed, while others are more complex and high-stake, like deciding on whether or not to remortgage the house. In work, it’s no different: every...