Whether or not your organization has a learning culture you need to be proactive with your professional development. It's important to audit your skills to determine where you are in your career now and where you'd like to be in the future. Then create a Personal Learning Plan.

A Personal Learning Plan helps you to visualize your professional development as a series of short- and long-term achievable steps. Follow your plan, and you'll get get to where you want to be!

8 Ways to Prioritize Your Professional Development

It's important to dedicate time to your professional development, although it's often difficult to find the time to do so! This article explores 8 ways to prioritize your professional development – even when you're busy.

Getting the Most From Training Programs

Training programs can be an essential part of learning a new skill or improving an existing one, but their effectiveness depends on what you put in, too. This article looks at how you can maximize the impact of the training opportunities available to you.

The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition

When you're in charge of developing your people's skills, you need to understand the level of training they need. This article will help you to develop your team members more effectively by examining the five stages people go through when learning new skills.

Virtual Learning

The way we work has changed forever. This article discusses ways in which organizations can facilitate ongoing training in the virtual world – from choosing the right technology to building a learning culture.

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