Whisper it quietly but we’re 15 years old. Whilst we aren’t planning to throw a party, we would like to mark this important milestone. After all, OTD won’t be a teenager forever! From a room in Andy’s house in Bromsgrove UK, our business has steadily grown in the last decade and a half; we’ve had to …
We think that the best way of reflecting on the history of our business is to take a look at it through the eyes of the people who make it what it is: you. We spoke to some of you to find out a little more about your experiences of team OTD in the last …
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We’re hungry for information but short on attention span. And it’s this dual challenge that is asking different questions of our HR and learning professionals. We’ve been working with a select group of customers from the life sciences sector during the last twelve months. All of them have asked searching questions around how best to …
Have you ever heard of Lynda.com? One of the longest established e-learning platforms, Lynda.com merged with LinkedIn and in 2017 migrated into LinkedIn Learning. The platform now offers more than 16,000 courses in subjects including business, creative and technology and has a growing community in around 200 countries worldwide. What does this mean for us? …
“But where are you really from?” You may not be familiar with the term ‘microaggression’. It’s all about our subconscious bias and how it leaks through the things that we say and do. It may not be our intention to offend but to understand microaggression is to consider the impact on the group or individual …
Our family is growing and that means we have some exciting coaches joining us from across the globe. Since our last newsletter, we’ve welcomed six fantastic coaches. They will support our delivery in the Asia-Pacific region, where our business continues to expand to meet customer demand. We’ve always invested in locally based experts; it’s all …
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Each edition, we invite two OTD business coaches to give their views on one contentious topic. This time we’ve invited Clotilde Rabilloud and Tina Dullaghan to tell us what they think about coaching qualifications. Do you need to be qualified to be the best coach? Let us know what you think by using the comment …
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Meet the Billy Crystal fan from Taiwan, who juggles travelling, fatherhood and a varied selection of hobbies, including playing the bamboo flute. He’s also the only person in OTD to have set foot in 97 different Chinese cities. There’s only one Daniel Ka. Where are you now? I am at home in Taipei City in …
Dear Shirley Dear Shirley What can I do to encourage engagement and a positive approach to coaching? I have a coachee who doesn’t want to be asked questions, and has expressed their resistance to being coached. Their past experiences left them frustrated when they were asked a lot of questions to which they didn’t have …