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For professionals developing their people and their organisation
For professionals developing their people and their organisation
For professionals developing their people and their organisation
For professionals developing their people and their organisation
*Originally published in December 2018. Updated for 2020.
*Originally published in December 2018. Updated for 2020.
In an article in HR Magazine, I talk about how many clichés surround how we discuss the impact of technology on the world of work and on HR.
As a society, we increasingly talk about the importance of striking a work-life balance. Here at Cranfield Executive Development, we devise programmes that enable people to fit career development around their day-to-day work. But what if you want all three – a career, a life outside of work and to develop your professional capabilities? Can you have it all? And, if you can, how do you avoid burnout?
A generation ago when successful people reached the top of their business they were eyeing retirement. Golf and spa retreats. Now we’re working longer and reaching senior positions earlier in our lives, that’s not looking very attractive.
Standard leadership development programmes stay above the shoulders, and that’s the problem. They’re often focused primarily on the cognitive and a hard set of frameworks and matrices. People are loaded up with content and sent back into the boardroom, groggy from the weight of it.
There are many practical reasons why we spend our working lives in offices, meeting and conference rooms, but it doesn’t mean it’s doing us any good.