The L&D Blog

The role of empathy at work

Some would say that the value of empathy is one of the most important skills to possess both on a personal and professional level but perhaps one of the hardest skills to develop?

It’s certainly becoming increasingly more important for companies to embrace the role of empathy at work, creating positive working environments to drive businesses forward with connection and innovation.

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New look, same expert L&D and Managed Learning Services support team

 

We’ve had a little freshen up as we celebrate 12 successful years, providing Managed Learning Services to support companies with their L&D solutions, operations, and processes.

Our new look retains strong elements from our previous logo whilst using more vibrant colours and engaging ways to display our Optimus logo as we look to the future.

Watch this space as we continue to grow the team, refine our services and look at how we further improve our sustainability efforts over the next 12 months.

We hope you like our new look!

The power of Power BI

Demand is rising for Power BI training as businesses look to improve their grips with big data through understanding and visualising multiple data sources for valuable business insight.

Microsoft PowerBI is one of the most popular tools for this area but can be complex with the availability of many features and particularly if it is to be used effectively across the wider business.

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Getting ahead of Cyber Security threats

You probably made new year’s resolutions, but did you think to add improve cyber security …

In today’s ever changing workplaces with increased remote working so prevalent, IT security teams and organisations as a whole simply cannot easily afford to ignore such security threats.

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Pre-paid training credits

Working with a managed learning services partner can bring substantial financial benefits; lowering the overall cost of your learning, reducing external training cost and maximising the value of your training budgets.

But we all know that budgets are only safe once they’ve been spent but how can you be certain they won’t be cut?

Thankfully there is a solution to help protect your training budget through purchasing Optimus training credits.

With our training credits, you can safeguard your budget, ensuring that your plans for your employee’s learning and development can be implemented as planned.

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