People Capability

In today's dynamic work environment, it is easy for management and leaders to purely focus on managing teams. This often turns into covering only the practicalities of planning and resourcing, while doing the motions of one-to-one check-ins. However, understanding the nuances between leadership and management is crucial for fostering a thriving workplace.

This post explores why the leadership component of management is often overlooked, integrating insights from Daniel Pink’s Drive Theory and Self-Determination Theory (Ryan et al.). By examining the principles of Mastery, Purpose, Autonomy, and Relatedness, leaders can gain valuable insights into motivating and developing their staff, enhancing wellbeing, building high-performing teams, and retaining talent.

This post is for team leaders, managers and HR professionals committed to creating effective teams and engaging work environments.

I like to think of Gen AI as a free assistant; Alex Inglewood, our AI-powered junior L&D officer. However, we need to get to know Alex before we get the best out of them. This post is for L&D teams or anyone interested in how to use Gen AI in L&D. It will provide:

• Some tips on how best to manage Alex.
• Some L&D use cases where Alex can be effective.
• Guidance for effective prompts.
• Important limitations to be aware of.
• Recommended approaches to working with Alex.

Like most of my public sector clients in L&D, a key objective of your team is to create effective and engaging solutions that are value for money - often trying to do more with less. For this reason, I will stick to talking about using Generative AI that is free or can be improved with a reasonable subscription.