Podcasts

Susan Caine

corporate lawyer, negotiations consultant and author champions why businesses should be more accommodating of introvert personalities.

TED Talk - The power of introverts

Sir Ken Robinson, PhD

international leader of education and innovation delivers a highly entertaining presentation on the current education system, how it subdues creativity and may overlook various types of intelligence.
 

TED Talk - Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Downloads

 

• Unconscious Bias – develop your understanding of professional derailment traps
• Primal Leadership – outlines why leaders fail and what followers want
  
• Generation Y in the project management industry – a white paper from the Project Management Institute covering the generational divide across the profession
• Managing Contractor Talent – economic forces, the need for an agile workforce paired with the emergence of the "SuperTemp" have led to employers carefully monitoring their strategy in terms of contingent workers, is this a new talent pool we ask!
• The Role of Line Managers in Learning and development – an interesting perspective outlining how managers should engage in the lifecycle of employee learning.
• Talent Marketing – outlines how some companies successfully manage talent by creating their own in house talent market.
• Culture at work – outlines how global organisations need to consider not just organisational culture but diverse cultures across continents and pays specific reference to the face saving and honouring process prevalent in Asia.
• Relationship networking really pays dividends, but there are some cultural aspects to consider in terms of what is, and isn't acceptable.

Tools

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is a useful tool to develop awareness of your own personality traits. Learn more about various personality types here: 

http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/