The Oakwood Blog
HR & Management advice, business tips, information on professional development, and Oakwood updates
20 Ways to Better Study Online
With many of us now choosing to study online rather than face to face, here are 20 tips to help you get the best out…
Learning In A Post-Covid World
Looking to the future, we must analyse the impact we have as a business when it comes to managing our human capital. Some pertinent questions…
Maximising Employee Engagement During Covid
These are indeed unprecedented times. Organisations are viciously focused on the bottom line and cost cutting is an unfortunate, but necessary measure which must be…
Is Telecommuting The New Normal?
It was bound to happen – we needed this push. Telecommuting is now more relevant than ever. The resistance from the majority organisations and individuals…
11 Top Tips For Powerful Leadership
The ‘dynamic, visionary, charismatic leader’ is an idea well past its sell-by date. It sets the bar far too high for most of us. Here’s…
Why Empathy is Essential for Great Leadership
In a volatile and rapidly changing world, leadership needs to periodically and regularly take a step back and self-assess. Strategy, financial astuteness, mission, vision, values,…
6 Ways to Keep Learning During Covid-19
While we have hit the pause button on traditional face to face classroom learning, virtual learning has stepped into take charge. In order to safeguard…
Online Learning: The Present & Future
Oakwood International is proud to announce the launch of our new exciting “Workshops without Walls”. Many of you have already studied for qualifications with Oakwood…
6 Tips For Working From Home
During the past ten years or so, remote working has become much more of a reality for many of us. Certainly, technology has made many…
Managing Difficult Conversations
During the working life it will be necessary for managers to have those difficult conversations with members of their team. These can lead to a…
10 Top Studying Tips
After working with hundreds and thousands of students over the last 20 years, here at Oakwood International, we know a few things or two about…
Is Social Media Social?
My reason for writing this is a story I tell when talking about change management and the need to engage people. My story reflects on…
The 10 Rules of Strong Organisational Culture
Let’s read the title of this blog again and this time slowly… Culture.Eats.Strategy.For.Breakfast. Isn’t that such a powerful statement and an absolute reality! This phrase…
Top 10 Principles Of Effective Performance Management
I am currently conducting research into effective performance management – a very big area. A focus area, one which will provide the foundations for further…
10 Ways To Be Millennial Ready
Ten top tips for successfully leading and managing millennials in the workplace. Millennials, Generation Y, Generation WE, Boomerang Generation, Digital Natives – whatever you want…
What Does CIPD Mean?
The letters CIPD stand for Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. This is a UK organisation with a 100 year history whose aim is to…
Curiosity – A Vital Trait for HR Professionals
In this blog, I will explore why I believe that being curious is the most important behaviour for HR professionals. The CIPD developed the HR…
Job Analysis & Job Descriptions
There is no substitute for current HR knowledge, especially with new legislation being created in the UK, the EU, the USA and elsewhere in the…