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Smarter Not Harder: How to Succeed at Work

This blog article encourages you to think about how to work smarter – not harder.

Suicide Awareness Training

The Zero Suicide Alliance has free online training available in suicide prevention. Through the training, you can learn about what to look for, what to say, and how to support people who may be considering suicide.

Reflective
Practice

Reflective practice is central to improving the way that we learn from experience. Experiential learning is a key way that we all learn – in the 70:20:10 model of how we learn, 70% of learning is through experience – this can be in work, or outside of work.

Resilience in the Workplace

Building resilience in the workplace is becoming more and more relevant – with an estimated 17 million work days lost to stress, anxiety and depression (source Mental Health Foundation)

Creating safe and easy-to-remember passwords

Creating and remembering passwords is one of the day to day things we need to do in work and at home to keep our data as safe as possible and we often take it for granted that our passwords are OK, but it is not always the case.

Managing Your Mind At Work

Some tips on how best to talk about mental health in the workplace.

Google Chrome
Tips and Tricks

25 Useful Tips and Tricks for getting the most out of your Google Chrome Browser.  This website has tips for the beginner to the more advanced user.

The Art of Delegation

Effective delegation is something that can pay dividends for both managers and teams, as it frees up time for managers, and provides opportunities for team members to develop, as well as use existing skills and knowledge.

On the Job
Learning

So if learning in the workplace is so important, exactly how do we learn on the job?

PowerPoint
SmartArt

Use SmartArt to power up your Powerpoint Presentations and take them to the next level with this collection of resources for PowerPoint SmartArt. 

Fixed and Growth Mindsets

Having a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset can affect the way that people can learn, grow and succeed.

10 Top Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way of saving time.  Find out and practice how to use them.

Mind Tools

Essential skills for an excellent career

How to create Infographics

Infographics are a useful tool for presenting information in a short, visual way that helps to summarise key points or data.

Brain Pickings

Brain Pickings – An Inventory Of The Meaningful Life

Big Think

The Big Think is a website and newsletter that has a range of articles, and podcasts on a range of topics that help to give people free access to big ideas.

Microsoft Excel
20 Spreadsheet
Tricks

This excellent blog on lifehack.org can help you improve existing or learn new Excel spreadsheet skills with these 20 top tricks and tips.

Stretch Assignments

Stretching yourself in terms of your work and learning.

Learn To Manage Your Attention

learn to manage your attention to achieve more.

Microsoft Word
Time Saving Tips

A collection of tips that will help you save time when you’re using Microsoft Word.

Managing Your Emails

Emails are a great way for communicating with people, but managing emails can be a source of distraction that takes up a lot of your time.

Managing Stress

A range of information, tools, and tips

Becoming a Better Learner

Becoming a Better Learner is a guide to help you grow as a learner in your workplace

Skills You Need

Develop the skills
you need for life

Clear Lessons

Successful leaders sharing experience, knowledge and advice

10 ways to enhance creativity at work

Employers at ‘creative’ organisations invest in ways to enhance creativity in the workplace

Unionlearn

The home of union
learning and skills

How to supercharge the way you learn

What is the easiest way to learn?

The Goodlife Centre

10 Reasons to
Learn Something
New Everyday

Mind Tips for Wellbeing

How to improve your mental wellbeing

Leadership Central

Where leaders share and expand their knowledge

BBC Future

BBC Future – a home for the insatiably curious

Business Balls

Free online learning for careers, work and management

Know How Non-Profit

Knowledge and e-learning for charities, social enterprises and community groups

Got A Hobby?

Having a hobby might help you perform better at work

Very Well Leadership

How to become a better leader

Game of Thrones

Which Game of Thrones character would be the best work-based leader?

Trustees Week

13-17 November 2017

Big Think

Achieving your goals starts in your brain

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