Organisations always say employees are their most valuable asset, but slashing training budgets doesn’t convey that message and is incongruent with that philosophy. Surely Work Based Learning is the solution to enable individuals and teams to bridge that knowing-doing gap that would support their organisation in achieving their business strategy.
Category Archives: WorkLife Lessons
2 Simple Strategies to Change Your WorkLife During Times of Recession
I applied my learning by doing approach to life by taking on work at each step of my learning journey and applying the knowledge I was gaining to do good work.
How Reminiscing Gave Insight and Inspiration in Knowing I’m Where I Need to Be
A Case Study: A memory gave me insight to how I got to where I am in my WorkLife and inspiration in knowing I’m at the right place – the place my WorkLife journey was meant to take me to.
Thank You Queen Elizabeth II
“As we know, the Queen often spoke of how much she enjoyed her own historic State Visit to Ireland in 2011, the first such visit by a British monarch since Irish independence, and during which she did so much through eloquent word and generous gesture to improve relations between our two islands”.
Self-respect
“she writes to understand what she thinks and feels – it helps to clarify it in some way.”
A New Year A New Calendar
The calendar represents the next twelve months – the present and the future, and it also represents the past that got me to where I am today.
Write a Short Letter to Yourself From the Perspective of “Future You” Assignment
“I am especially interested in the person you will become by the time you send the letter.”
Can You Learn to Be Creative?
The answer that came to me was that I could change the journeys my reading took me on to real-life journeys, going back in time and building knowledge of interesting people, places and events and their impact on society.
Do Your Little Bit of Good Where You Are
How he was engaged and inspired in his work, along with his quiet and humble approach in doing good, caused others to want to do the same.
How an Idea That Engages and Inspires You Can Lead To a Fulfilling WorkLife
All they had was an idea that engaged and inspired them, and somehow that was enough to follow their vision and dream.