âThe Human Brain is a wonderful thing âŠit begins to work the day we are born and continues every day of our lives until we stand up to speak.â These were the opening words Rosie used to begin her public speaking and presence sessions that have significantly impacted the ability of senior leaders all over the world.
In 1988, Rosie founded OnTrack International with partner Phil Bailey delivering just one personal development programme.
Over the next 35 years, she ran thousands of […]
We are deeply saddened to share the news that our co-founder Rosie Bailey passed away on Monday 27 February.
She was a wonderful colleague and friend. She will be missed by everyone at OnTrack International.
Her family are inviting anyone that would like to help celebrate her life to her funeral on Monday 13 March, as explained below.
Our thoughts are with her family and friends. Details of the funeral shared by her sons:
“We are very sad to announce that Rosie passed away […]
Making the transition to a large enterprise can be exciting. It means that your business has continued and sustained growth to the point that you need to expand operations.
However, it can also be a stressful time, your stakeholders and your employees will be in a state of flux and will be relying on your guidance and leadership at this critical juncture. To make things easier we have come up with some top tips on how to transition your SME into […]
The key question a great leader should be asking is âhow can I create a strong and effective team?â In this article, we review 6 effective leadership skills which enable you to create a team you can rely on and why these skills make a good leader, great.
1. Bring the energy
Motivating your team can be half the battle but high energy is infectious! By entering team meetings full of energy and positivity you will encourage and invigorate your team for the day […]
The Great Resignation, or Was it?
In 2021 it was difficult to escape stories of the Great Resignation and the accompanying statistics. People revaluated their lives, how much time they spent at work and even what they did. Some, if in the position to do so, retired earlier than they had previously considered.
2021 did see people completely change careers and reconsider their work location. Others adjusted their working patterns or requested flexible working, and many have found they enjoyed hybrid working and if […]
Fill out our 5 minute Hybrid Working survey to claim your voucher. What impact has hybrid working had on your company?
Over the last two years, companies have reinvented themselves and adapted quickly to workplace changes. Has your business been impacted by Hybrid Working?
Leaders had to understand how best to manage their teams, balancing the needs of employees with those of the organisation.
Are your leaders trained in managing a hybrid team? Can they manage the return to work efficiently? Have […]
âIf we want to have an improvement in performance then we need to focus on helping our people grow. Whether this be how they work themselves or how they work with others. We cannot remain the same and expect to have increased outputs.â
Kevin Johnson, CEO at OnTrack.
When it comes to managing your team, you want to ensure your employees are growing and developing whilst ensuring they are also focused on the companyâs vision and values. This is when performance planning […]
Do less to achieve more?
As organisations and individuals, we are always looking at ways we can manage workloads better whilst increasing performance. At times we have probably all been busy fools, leading us to be stressed, overwhelmed, tired and irritable but still with an ever-growing inbox. So how can we be less busy and more productive without working or even trying to create extra hours in the day?
To get you started here are five practical ways to increase performance and […]
Thinking outside of the box is a common phrase used in business and often used to describe an individual or group of people thinking creatively to solve a problem or issue. In this post, we discuss the importance of this and exactly when standard processes and protocols should be challenged in the workplace.
Where did âthinking outside the boxâ originate?
The concept of âthinking outside the boxâ has been around since the 1970s when psychologist, J. P Guildford conducted a study. This […]
The 5 Top Learning and Development Trends We Predict for 2022
On average, 37% of all employees worked from home in the UK in 2020! Although that number will have reduced since then, we are still navigating our way through uncharted territory.
But we made it! 2022 has arrived. There are a lot of lessons we can take from past year which will help us identify learning and development trends for 2022.
Why are learning and development trends for 2022 important?
This year, companies will […]
If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is the importance of being flexible, to be able to adapt at a momentâs notice. We have also learnt the importance of listening carefully to our clients and employees alike.
These last 2 years may have been difficult for a lot of companies but there is light at the end of the tunnel and more businesses are coming out of this stronger than ever.
Last month, we had our most successful December […]
Before 2020, hybrid working was a phrase rarely used and a term many people wouldnât have heard before. However, this has now become a commonly used phrase for a lot of companies, so what is hybrid working?
A hybrid way of working is a flexible working model. This way of working combines employees working part of their time in their usual place of work such as an office with working remotely. This could be working from home or any other location which […]
Thank You For Your Business
We would just like to thank you for choosing us as your Learning and Development partner. Together It has been a very successful and productive year.
We look forward to helping your people grow in 2022.
Can you believe we are over halfway through December already? Where has the year gone?
With only a short time to go until we shut our doors for a few days to celebrate Christmas, we wanted to talk to you […]
The world is changing at a fast pace and with global events such as Covid, organisations have now started to implement a hybrid working approach for much of their workforce. However, many leaders are finding it difficult to juggle learning and development within the organisation, whilst trying to manage teams in a totally different way. But we are here to support you and help you continue to succeed with remote working and a hybrid workforce.
What is Hybrid Working?
Hybrid working […]
By Matt McIntyre
Organisations are finding that since working from home along with a more modern outspoken world their culture is quickly changing. With many people being more outspoken about their feelings around the working environment, it is good for organisations to take a step back and look at how they can train their leaders to deal with the culture change. In this blog, our own Matt McIntyre has their say on the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable.
Recently I was […]
MyKindaFuture and OnTrack International are hosting an interactive, digital roundtable to share the work of the new Government taskforce.
This is an opportunity to give your firm âa voiceâ, explore the support needed, and outline actions to be taken by businesses to ensure all talent is maximised and there is equal opportunity for all to progress in their career â regardless of their background.
Almost 9 in 10 senior roles within financial services are held by people from higher socio-economic backgrounds.Those from […]
Things to consider when transitioning to remote learning
Anyone in learning and development will realise that there has been a very slow move towards learners learning remotely, whether online or offline, in earnest since the early 1990âs. One of the earliest topic or category areas to embrace remote learning methodology, generally eLearning, was compliance training as often this content is often repeated year on year, must be completed by everyone in an organisation (which can extend to thousands of people) and, […]
What impact does it have on people and social interactions?
There is no doubt that the pandemic accelerated change in working practices and although many companies, particularly those with an international workforce, were already functioning successfully in the hybrid dimension, there were many, many more where the topic of flexible or hybrid working had not yet even made the agenda.
Those individuals already working in a hybrid way pre-pandemic saw little change and had more than likely chosen a role that encompassed […]
Due to the rapid rise of COVID-19 infections in the UK, at 8pm on Monday the 23rd of March 2020 the British Prime Minister ordered a national lockdown. Similar instructions came from many leaders around the world and soon a high percentage of the global workforce was finding for the first time that they were now going to be working from home.
Over twelve months later, with the help of mass rollouts of the new COVID vaccines, the world is now […]
Principal Learning Consultant
This position will be home-based with regular travel as businesses open back up.
OnTrack International currently seeks a Principal Consultant. The successful individual will have the pleasure of working with our impressive client list to solve complex challenges through people development strategies.
Itâs important to note that our Principal Consultants are not trainers â their experience and expertise make them highly skilled facilitators who can consult. Each of our consultants has experience in a variety of disciplines and sectors â […]
As Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at INSEAD, Mark Mortensen observedâŠ
âWe have a tendency to overcompensate and approach remote workers and virtual teams as these mythical beasts. You shouldnât think about them in a fundamentally different way. They are still people working in an organisation trying to get stuff done. Treat them as such.â
The dilemma faced by many organisations in the coming months is how to bring people back safely into their previous place of work. The dilemma faced by […]
Anyone involved in leading people over the last 15 months will have experienced a steep learning curve. Managers and HR alike have had to learn and deal with many new terms such as furlough, hybrid teams and virtual learning. They have also needed to understand how to manage not only their own mental health but also their team members from a distance.
Social distancing and remote working have put extra pressure on HR and managers as more team members have felt […]
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) – a week that is aimed at creating awareness around mental health and providing opportunities for individuals to talk openly about all aspects of mental health. With this, Becky Vint has opened up about her mental health and what she has learnt about herself during the Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns.
I do not think I recalled ever saying or knowing what the word âfurloughâ was prior to 2020, a term that was not […]
This week marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) – a week that is aimed at creating awareness around metal health and providing opportunities for individuals to talk openly about all aspects of mental health. With this, Andy McKay â OnTrackâs International own Instructional Designer has opened up about his metal health and what he has learnt about himself during the Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns.
A few weeks back I was listening to one of my regular podcasts and a listener had emailed […]
Although people have been talking about hybrid teams for many years the references to it were few and far between. The last year has changed that remarkably quickly with managing hybrid teams being on the tip of many peopleâs tongues. Many businesses have been really surprised by how successful remote working has been. They are also seeing and considering the long-term benefits of not re-opening all their offices or office space, even when it is easier and safe to do so.
Across […]
With the sudden rise in remote working due to Covid-19 you may have found it is more difficult to carry out your usual corporate training sessions. However, it need not be difficult! With flexible live online learning, you can access a great, interactive approach to train your staff both old and new.
Here are 5 reasons why you should be using live learning for your corporate training.
Flexibility
By utilising live learning, you donât need everyone in the office on the day, you […]
A harmonious composition of learning for your people
Empowering your employees is imperative to company success and learning is the bedrock of any thriving organisation. The requirements of one individual to another can vary greatly and is the reason that OnTrack employs a âlearner-centricâ approach to everything that we do to tailor your experience of corporate learning accordingly.
We are proud to announce a learner-centric, pre-developed Learning Platform to the marketplace. Our flagship platform, Symfni, is designed with the premise that learners […]
At one time or another you will have had to undertake the dreaded compliance training, faced with the eLearning module that when you click on to the landing page the enormity of the task is revealed. It describes your 60-minute learning journey with a 30 question knowledge check in which you must gain 90%. You can see from the first few pages that those 60 minutes you are going to spend very much hoping at the end you can answer […]
Imagine, if you will, that you want to share a message with your team. Youâre successful. Youâre confident. Youâre comfortable speaking in front of hundreds. Youâve done all the courses on generating presence and successful verbal delivery mechanisms. Hell, you might even be so bold as to say that youâre popular. People just naturally listen to what you have to say. Youâre qualified. OVER qualified. Youâre going to record a video message. You can get in, drop a message in […]
