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Five top awards from Brandon Hall Group
Five Impact clients have been awarded HCM Excellence Awards® by Brandon Hall Group. We've scooped three gold, one silver and one bronze award in 2024.
Digital & Technology
Leadership
Podcast: Leading with AI: transforming organisational culture
Michael Molinaro joins Dan to discuss Gen AI, leadership and culture.
Management Development
Teams
Grasp the nettle
Andy Dickson has been managing people, teams, and functions for 32 years. He is Head of Global Customer Solutions at Impact and has recently celebrated his 25th year working here. In this anniversary...
Leadership
Talent
Wellbeing & Personal Development
What failure can teach us about success
In business, failure is as much a part of life as success, if not more so. Entrepreneurs are often driven by high achievement and therefore can feel setbacks deeply; but when handled in the right way...
Leadership
People management for humans
Andy Dickson has been managing people, teams, and functions for 32 years. He is Head of Global Customer Solutions at Impact and has recently celebrated his 25th year working here. In this anniversary...
Digital & Technology
Talent
The human side of hybrid working
Hybrid. It may be one of the most talked-about phrases of the last eighteen months, but what actually is hybrid working? The answer to that is that there is no easy definition . For some people...
Leadership
How agile are you?
Assess your agility with our 3–5-minute diagnostic test. Learn how to enhance your skills and explore our leadership agility framework.
Leadership
The power of conversation
One of the most important things I have learned in my time as a manager is the importance of conversation.....
Change
Digital & Technology
Digital technology and the democratisation of learning
This article will argue that by embracing digital technology and the democratisation of educational opportunities, we can transform organisational learning and create the capacity for real change...
Wellbeing & Personal Development
Seven ways to incorporate walking into working
A growing body of evidence demonstrates the clear physical and psychological benefits that spending time in the natural world has for human wellbeing. From improved memory, concentration, and...
Wellbeing & Personal Development
Finding balance in times of change
Hannah Irwin shares insights on maintaining balance amidst constant change and stress. Discover practical tips for restoring equilibrium, the importance of support networks, and how human-centered...
Digital & Technology
Four principles for designing digital learning technologies
The pandemic has become known as ‘the great accelerator’ of digital transformation. Lockdowns have sparked an increase in contactless payment, robotic delivery systems, and online shopping and...
Leadership
Teams
Five tips for communicating under pressure
The ability to communicate effectively in the workplace is fundamental for business success, but it can be harder to achieve than we think. Too often, messages are misunderstood, intentions are...
Leadership
When was the last time you learned something new?
' It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment .' – Carl Friedrich Gauss In the pre-pandemic days of face-to-face...
Change
Cutthroat Kitchen and unconscious bias
Unconscious bias may seem like an old issue, but it is still an everyday challenge for women and many other groups of people in the corporate world. To ignore it is to risk hindering leadership...
Change
Are you an influencer or an awareness raiser?
I recently taught a class on negotiation. Something the group really engaged with was the idea of having empathy for the counterpart. There are many benefits to this behaviour: gaining insight into...
Coaching
Changing the team dynamic: Becoming a leader who coaches
Let’s imagine that you are excited to add coaching into your repertoire of leadership actions, but your fast-paced team is not used to being coached; on the contrary, they are used to you giving them...
Wellbeing & Personal Development
Five-minute desk yoga break
We invite you to take a five-minute yoga break with Impact's Sam Carey. No yoga experience is required!
Wellbeing & Personal Development
What are your holiday/wholeday commitments?
Holidays, are a holy time – a period to rest, relax and recharge. They are sacred occasions to honour and be grateful for. Occasions we maybe feeling particularly grateful for in the recent few months...
Leadership
Storytelling: A crucial leadership skill
How the art of storytelling can be harnessed to effectively motivate and engage talent Our life is full of stories: stories of what we have done or of what we are about to do. Our nations are built...
Management Development
Confronting the need for confrontation
Karen Jaques is a Senior Consultant at Impact UK. Below she looks at the challenges of challenging and offers some quick tips. One of the hardest skills to acquire as a manager is that of skilfully...
Teams
How to have challenging conversations
What should you be talking about? That challenging conversation you’ve been meaning to have… Jonathan Stevens , Head of Client Solutions, explores below. Are you avoiding a challenging conversation...
Change
Wellbeing & Personal Development
Goal setting: Don't get lost in the sauce
Homemade, jarred tomato sauce: it’s a standout on my list of goals for 2021. Amongst career, health and lifestyle aspirations, it stands out because I know it will be fun and has the potential to...
Sustainable Innovation
Sustainability means nothing!
For me, the word ‘sustainability’ is a nonsense word. It’s completely meaningless. Victoria Halina notes that when the word ‘sustainable’ was first used in an environmental context in 1972, it didn’t...
Adventure
Podcast: From cannibals to Cambodia ft Hannes Schmid
In this episode, we hear incredible and sometimes almost unbelievable tales of photographic artist, adventurer and painter, Hannes Schmid. From being imprisoned by cannibals to photographing rock...
Change
Innovation & Creativity
Podcast: Challenge, innovation and change
Stories are everything. They help us understand the world and reflect on how we should live in it. They help us engage with the big unwieldy issues we encounter in our lives. At their best, they allow...
Change
It is time to make all organisations more human
‘Remember your humanity. Forget the rest…’ – Bertrand Russell In the world of organisational change, there are two things we hear all the time. Firstly, that change is inevitable, that organisations...
Wellbeing & Personal Development
Surviving the lockdown: Tips from a working mum
Ever since I had my children, I have been a working mum. I am very proud of this fact, despite constant feelings of guilt – either for not being the best mum or alternatively not being who I was at...
Change
Human-centred change: Three reframes
Three reframes for human-centred change We live in a time characterised by uncertainty and volatility, with disruption becoming less of an event and more of a pervasive condition . But each shock that...
Digital & Technology
Teams
Teamwork in a virtual world
We asked Head of Impact Asia Helen Hibbott to share some of her top tips for keeping a team connected virtually. Helen manages the Impact Asia team across five different countries. Connect often as a...
Wellbeing & Personal Development
Self-care: The performance and wellbeing enhancer
How to prevent burnout with proactive self-care strategies, focusing on physical health, emotional balance, psychological resilience, purpose, and professional well-being.
Change
Digital & Technology
Leadership
The good, the bad, and the future of learning and development
As we entered 2021, we caught up with Impact’s founder and CEO, David Williams, to get his thoughts on the biggest challenges facing the L&D sector in 2021. Here is what he told us: Custom-designed...
Change
Digital & Technology
Leadership
A new year ahead: What to take with us and what to leave behind
It is too easy to look back on 2020 as a terrible year – full of pain, loss, uncertainty and fear – and to discard it, moving on without a backwards glance. It is too easy because looking deeper is...
Digital & Technology
The revolutionary role of digital technology in learning
The virtual shift that took place in 2020 has revolutionised the way we work and live, generating both positive and negative changes to our daily lives, many of which are here to stay. For many...
Digital & Technology
Sustainable Innovation
Engagement and culture in a virtual world
Reflecting on the big questions of 2020 and looking forward to 2021, Impact's UK Head of Consulting, Qudsia Karim, muses on the issues affecting people and culture in newly virtual workplaces... When...
Change
Leadership
Celebrating forty years of Impact
Forty years ago, when I founded Impact, I had no intention of building and managing a global business. I just wanted to earn a living from doing what I love – helping people to realise their full...
Change
Leadership
The CEOs sacrificing salaries in a time of crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the economy and job market in a way many of us have never seen before. Some organisations have been forced to close with no re-opening dates in sight. Others have...
Change
BLM: A catalyst for organisational change
Senior Consultant Jo Appleby shares her recent experience of working with Cynthia Adebiyi-Yekinni on the UNGC’s Black Lives Matter & Business series. This series came about in the aftermath of George...