The Mind Tools L&D Podcast

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  • The Mind Tools L&D Podcast is a must-listen for anyone involved in Learning and Development or Human Resources. The weekly show features regular appearances from the Mind Tools team plus special guests to get right to the heart of issues affecting the L&D and HR communities. From learning needs analysis and evidence-based practice through to the impact of technology on work and hot topics at industry conferences, you'll get critical insights into the world of work, performance and learning.
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  • 421 — Good managers balance care with results

    421 — Good managers balance care with results
    Nov 19 2024

    How can we help managers demonstrate care for their teams, while maintaining high standards of accountability and performance?

    In this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross G and Dr Anna Barnett are joined by Joris Merks-Benjaminsen, Managing Without Power, to discuss:

    • why nice managers can still provide mediocre management
    • how managers can balance care for their teams with high levels of performance
    • and how to build better managers.

    For more from Joris, visit managingwithoutpower.com

    The paper Anna discussed, on 'nondecision-making', was: Bachrach, P., & Baratz, M. S. (1963). Decisions and nondecisions: An analytical framework. American political science review, 57(3), 632-642.

    Google's research into great managers (Project Oxygen) and effective teams (Project Aristotle) is available online.

    During the discussion, Joris referenced the prisoner's dilemma.

    We also discussed findings from our report, 'Building Better Managers'.

    In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Anna recommended Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah.

    Joris discussed Sinterklaas.

    Ross G discussed 'sovereign AI'.

    For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. And our new Manager Skills Assessment.

    You can also email custom@mindtools.com and Ross G will get back to you.

    Connect with our speakers

    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:

    • Ross Garner
    • Dr Anna Barnett
    • Joris Merks-Benjaminsen
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    40 mins
  • 420 — Toxic productivity: Time to say ‘no!’

    420 — Toxic productivity: Time to say ‘no!’
    Nov 12 2024
    Are you an over-committing over-achiever? In Toxic Productivity, author Israa Nasir argues that you can only maintain that approach to productivity for so long. Eventually you’ll burn out, exhausted by all those ‘time management hacks’ that organizations (like Mind Tools!) keep suggesting. So this week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Israa joins Ross Dickie and Ross Garner to offer an alternative approach. We discuss: how toxic productivity manifests in our lives how getting rewarded for our productivity tricks us into trying to achieve more how the signals that managers send sets expectations for their teams. The book, by Israa Nasir, is Toxic Productivity. In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Ross D recommended checking out the NotebookLM AI-podcast version of our newsletter. Israa recommended the ‘Under the K’ venue in New York. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.   Connect with our speakers    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: Ross Dickie Ross Garner Israa Nasir
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    34 mins
  • 419 – Measurement on a shoestring

    419 – Measurement on a shoestring
    Nov 5 2024
    Learning measurement is difficult, complex, and expensive. Or is it? In Measurement and Evaluation on a Shoestring, Dr Alaina Szlachta applies a Build-Borrow-Buy approach to learning measurement, and joins The Mind Tools L&D Podcast this week to share her insights with Ross Dickie and Owen. We discuss: the importance of asking the right questions how to bake measurement into your programs what ‘Build’, ‘Borrow’ and ‘Buy’ look like in practice. Find out more about Measurement and Evaluation on a Shoestring. You can also sign up for the book launch party, or sign up for Alaina’s newsletter. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.   Connect with our speakers    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: Ross Dickie Owen Ferguson Dr Alaina Szlachta
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    40 mins

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