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Great teams have top leaders: 6 do-or-die qualities to uncover

A recent article in McKinsey Quarterly entitled “What’s missing in Leadership Development?” begged the question: is there a safe way for HR to identify sooner rather than later who to invest limited leadership development time, effort and funds into – and who not to? It’s a fact of business life that every organisation will need […]

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What Is Micro Learning? A Guide For Beginners!

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter Who would have thought a few years ago that micro learning would find a place in the full spectrum of a learning strategy. And yet, here we are, seeing the huge benefits […]

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10 Key Points To Consider When Convincing Others On Virtual Learning

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter While the world of training and development has tried to offer creative and compelling ways of delivering webinar training, the truth isthat it can be a struggle to keep a group of learners engaged through webinar […]

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Micro learning, modern learners and knowing what’s most effective for a digital team

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter If you gave each of your call centre team members and managers a $200 training voucher to purchase training that was relevant to them, would they spend their money on a program […]

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It’s not face-to-face, or solo learning. So, what IS a virtual classroom?

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter Virtual learning have truly taken their rightful place in the ever-evolving learning and development landscape. Here are some practical guidelines to get you started so that you are able to include this […]

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35 years on and Excel still baffles us – 7 reasons we desperately need excel training

Nearly 40 years ago, a new contraption called the “personal computer” began changing the workplace forever. For me, working then in retail advertising, I suddenly had a computer on my desk that replaced my typewriter, calculator and the need to rely on the mainframe locked away in the company’s data processing section. I was also […]

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Women in leadership: practical guidelines to get you to where you want to go

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter As Managing Director of MCI Solutions, Dr Denise Meyerson consults to seriously innovative organisations such as Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG), Telstra, Qantas and Suncorp to energise their teams and develop a […]

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Improving the team’s performance Dream or Possibility?

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter Dr Denise Meyerson has published in e-magazine ESInsights APAC discussing the common challenges of organisations globally. When we consult to global organisations we find a common challenge: the management team asks us how […]

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After all these years, why is the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology still relevant?

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter The LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology continues to remain relevant – 11 years after we started applying it to our practice. Here is a short history of the process and why you should consider […]

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The 70:20:10 Model For Learning & Development – MCI Solutions

When we speak to clients about the 70:20:10 learning model we get two reactions, sometimes both at the same time.

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Pineapple or Fruit Salad?

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter MICRO is now HUGE! And little wonder. Who wants to bore themselves by sitting through endless clickety, click elearning programs. Who wants to learn in a vanilla kind of way when you […]

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The future of the future of learning

Author: Denise Meyerson CEO of The Focus Learning Group / a Multi-Award Winning Training Company / Telstra Business Women’s Awards Finalist Linkedin Twitter Let’s face some facts: Learners have changed. No, they don’t want to sit in a regular class and have a teacher or trainer speak at them. Technology has finally caught up with […]

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