Traditionally, we have used block practice to gain knowledge or skills. Block practice means that if we have to learn 3 closely related concepts or skills A, B & C, we learn and practice them as AAABBBCCC. In #interleaving practice, another strategy of #learning which is catching the attention of cognitive researchers, the skills or …
At lot is being said about the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) environment and it is clear that the winners in such environments are those who are extremely agile and can anticipate key trends and ride them. This is true for organisations as well as individuals. At the Individual level, #learning agility and continuous …
Honestly, I hate #networking events. I had done the rounds in 2008 when I started selling L&D solutions. I heard the same speeches by the same people. I had followed up with people who on stage claimed that training was a critical success factor for their business growth and yet none of them put significant …
“Women Lead – Leadership Workshop for Young Women Leaders” was conceptualised to provide young women leaders with strategies that work for women in leadership. As a team, when we conceptualised this workshop it was because we realised that most workshops we conducted on leadership which we thought were gender neutral were actually not gender neutral. …
I recently conducted an informal survey asking my friends and colleagues both men and women if they had experienced or witnessed someone experiencing gender bias…most people said no. When probed further most of the women and men (after being explained the 4 patterns of gender bias) could come up with so many examples. Some of …
According to Joan C. Williams, Distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law and co-author of “What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know” it will take 250 years at the present rate of change to have an equal no of male and female CEO …
When I think of empowered women, I think of my maternal grandmother. She herself, as many of her generation, had minimum education (she had only passed the 5th standard). However, she encouraged her daughters to get a solid education. My Mom was a lawyer who quit practicing after a few years of her marriage. My …
LarksLeadership Skills, Managerial Skills, Training0 Comments The corporate’s favourite methodology is offsite#team building. And so, in the middle of pristine environments or city resorts employees do many #team building activities and games and have a lot of fun and learning in the process. We at Larks have conducted many such sessions and they are great …
A new year brings new opportunities…a chance to relook at life and take corrective action. In accordance with the spirit, I was very keen to complete my course with Marshall Goldsmith on helping successful leaders become even better in 2015 itself. Which I managed to do in the nick of time i.e. 31st Dec. Helping …
Though we have been communicating from the day we were born (yes, those cries count) …communication still trips us up. Larks insight: Learn how to communicate, what to say and how much? “ On hearing one of his students use the expression, “I don’t know nothing about it…” a teacher took the opportunity to explain …
