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This Practice Note provides guidance on how to embed learning and development (L&D) into a firm by ensuring it is aligned with business strategy, it is incorporated into day-to-day activities and employees are engaged.

This Practice Note provides information on formulating a learning and development (L&D) policy. An L&D policy outlines the firm's viewpoint for the development of its employees, and generally covers areas such as the firm's training standards, scope, priorities and how employees access L&D.

This Practice Note provides an overview of the different generational cohorts in the workplace, explains key differences between the different generations and gives strategies for managing generational differences in the workplace.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, provides an introduction to the concept of Legal Project Management (LPM) and looks at what LPM is, how it can help in-house lawyers, the key phases of LPM and how to get started with LPM.

This Practice Note sets out the key things to consider when giving and receiving feedback, including how to give feedback, things to avoid doing or saying, and the structure of a feedback discussion.

This Practice Note Good practice in personal development and appraisals is intended for law firms. It discusses preparing and implementing a successful personal development and appraisal process.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, explains how nurturing and developing home grown talent can be beneficial to a firm, keeping important skills and knowledge in-house as well as being a useful motivational tool for ambitious and talented individuals. Recruitment is an expensive and time-consuming activity, especially when you are recruiting to fill senior level positions—growing your own leaders can be far more time and cost-effective.

This Practice Note provides guidance for mentees, including what it takes to be a good mentee and whether mentoring is the right choice for you.

This Practice Note provides guidance for mentors. It considers what skills and experience you need to be a mentor and includes tips for driving the relationship forward, how to guide discussions and what to do if things start to go wrong.

This Practice Note explores the key elements that contribute toward effective leadership, including defining what effective leadership looks like, building your brand and sphere of influence, taking a balanced scorecard approach to personal development, developing emotional intelligence, driving innovation and nurturing a diverse culture of inclusivity.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe, is intended for law firms. It provides guidance on how to conduct an effective attendance review meeting.

A high-performance culture is one where employees are highly engaged, motivated and aligned with the firm's goals. A high-performance culture directly impacts client satisfaction, employee retention and overall firm performance.

This Practice Note is intended for law firms. It helps you to navigate through the key areas in creating an inclusive and diverse workforce in your firm. It covers what the term ‘inclusive and diverse workforce’ means, the impact of bias, how you can attract diverse talent, top tips for retaining diverse talent, raising cultural awareness in the workplace and how to assess your current measures.

Establishing a values-driven culture is essential for fostering a positive work environment in your law firm. It supports ethical practices, improves talent attraction and retention and builds client trust. This is a practical guide to building a values-driven culture.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe, explains how to develop and implement a strategy to reduce absence in your firm.

This Practice Note examines the techniques that will enable you to present with confidence and authority, build trust with your audience and deliver a message that is memorable for all the right reasons.

This Practice Note explains Kotter’s eight-step change management process and how law firms can use it. It covers gaining buy-in, how and why people respond differently to change, how to handle change going wrong and celebrating successes.

This Practice Note offers practical tips and guidance for using the appraisal and 121 system effectively and explains the business benefits firms can reap from adopting a structured approach.

This Practice Note, written in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, explains the key components of talent management and how to develop a talent management strategy to enable your law firm to find and keep the best people.

This Practice Note provides a guide to the features usually contained in a risk management policy. A risk management policy outlines the risks posed to a business and provides a set of actions to be taken to both prevent the risk from occurring and reduce the impact of the risk should it happen.