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This Practice Note provides information on formulating a learning and development (L&D) policy.

This Practice Note covers how to prepare and deliver a training course or presentation, including guidance on why it is important for any learning event to have a clear purpose, to be pitched at the right level and to avoid death by PowerPoint. It also provides tips on managing nerves and dealing with difficult delegates.

This Practice Note provides guidance on what learning needs are, identifying both individual and organisational learning needs, and how to undertake a learning needs analysis.

This Practice Note provides guidance on learning and development (L&D) plans.

This Practice Note explains what learning and development (L&D) is and provides information on any regulatory requirements that must be observed when undertaking L&D for the legal department. It also includes guidance on assessing the contribution L&D makes to your organisation, why L&D policies sometimes fail, funding L&D, responsibility for L&D, and ensuring that L&D delivers results.

This Practice Note explains the importance of influence, a key leadership skill, and why leaders need to be able to communicate effectively.

This Practice Note provides guidance on learning and development (L&D) plans. It covers what an L&D plan is, regulatory requirements, why an L&D plan is good practice, the content of the plan, budgets and resources, the corporate fit of the plan, why a plan might fail, how the plan can assist with recruitment and the induction of new employees, and reviewing and monitoring L&D plans.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, considers the five key stages of legal project management (LPM): defining the scope, planning the work, budget and resources, managing the timeline, and wrap-up/closing the project.

This Practice Note summarises the issues faced by a manager implementing change and provides practical guidance on how to manage the team effectively throughout the process based on the different ways people may react to change.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, explains what personal branding is and why having and maintaining a strong, authentic personal brand is important for leaders. Managing your own personal brand is hugely important—how people perceive you really matters.

This Practice Note on measuring success focuses on the importance of measuring the impact of the changes you have made to improve efficiency and demonstrate levels of success.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, provides guidance on the content of a written offer of employment, eg an offer letter, gathering references, preparation for a new employee and the importance of an induction programme.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, considers a selection of common coaching approaches and tools you could use to ensure you get the most from each coaching session.

This Practice Note provides guidance on how to present with confidence when you are in the same room as your audience. Presenting information clearly and effectively is a key skill to get your message across and influence people successfully.

Presenting a session virtually has much in common with delivering face-to-face, but there are many differences. This Practice Note covers planning and rehearsing the presentation, dealing with technology and distractions, and body language and tone.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, discusses programme management and project management. Programmes and projects are at the core of business operations, and whilst they are very similar and closely related, there are a number of key differences that need to be understood by in-house lawyers.

This Practice Note, originally produced in partnership with Cranfield School of Management and subsequently enhanced by Beth Pipe, OnLive Learning. provides guidance on launching a project, managing project risk, using common project management tools, project implementation and project closure.

This Practice Note, originally produced in partnership with Cranfield School of Management and subsequently reformatted and enhanced by Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, considers the key phases of a project lifecycle and set up.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Beth Pipe of OnLive Learning, will provide you with the tools you need to structure and conduct a recruitment interview and ask the right questions to ensure you select the best person for the job.

This Practice Note provides information about why retaining diverse talent in a law firm matters, highlights common reasons why people leave jobs and how law firms can minimise these factors and suggests tips for retaining diverse talent.