{"id":26955,"date":"2025-04-08T14:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.learning-partners.com\/discover-the-learning-partners-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:48:43","slug":"discover-the-learning-partners-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/discover-the-learning-partners-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Learning Partners blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-heading--aa652193-92c7-48e3-be3d-a06ab5425b33\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Visit our blog<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blog_0 et_pb_blog et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_posts et_pb_module preset--module--divi-blog--2b0e2d6f-2e66-4f53-9544-601c71669dbd\"><div class=\"et_pb_ajax_pagination_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_blog_posts et_grid_module\"><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_28171 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_0 post-28171 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-performance-cohesion\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/collective-intelligence-team\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/intelligence_collective.webp\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"A team in a workshop sticking colourful sticky notes on a glass wall to share their ideas\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/intelligence_collective.webp 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/intelligence_collective-400x250.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/collective-intelligence-team\/\">Collective intelligence: how managers unlock their team\u2019s potential<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-valerie\/\" title=\"Posts by Val\u00e9rie Peyrille\" rel=\"author\">Val\u00e9rie Peyrille<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Nov 12, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/performance-cohesion\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cohesion &amp; Performance<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Bringing capable people together is not enough to make a team intelligent. We have all sat in that meeting where ten experts around a table reach a mediocre decision: no one dared to contradict the...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_28167 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_1 post-28167 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management-leadership\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/management-leadership\/collaborative-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/leadership_collaboratif.webp\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"A team meeting: two colleagues present ideas at the pin board while the others contribute from the table\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/leadership_collaboratif.webp 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/leadership_collaboratif-400x250.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/management-leadership\/collaborative-leadership\/\">Collaborative leadership: how to involve your team in decisions<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-valerie\/\" title=\"Posts by Val\u00e9rie Peyrille\" rel=\"author\">Val\u00e9rie Peyrille<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Nov 2, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/management-leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>You want your team to get involved, make suggestions and take initiative. But every time you open the discussion, meetings run longer, decisions get diluted, and you end up deciding alone....<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_28136 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_2 post-28136 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management-leadership\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/management-leadership\/toltec-agreements-disc-management\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/toltec.webp\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Two people talking: one explains a point, counting on her fingers\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/toltec.webp 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/toltec-400x250.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/management-leadership\/toltec-agreements-disc-management\/\">The Toltec Agreements and DiSC: 4 principles for better management<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-valerie\/\" title=\"Posts by Val\u00e9rie Peyrille\" rel=\"author\">Val\u00e9rie Peyrille<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Oct 22, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/management-leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Feedback that lands badly, a remark taken as an attack, a silence read as disagreement. Most team tensions don't come from the topics themselves, but from the way people talk to and interpret each...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_28173 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_3 post-28173 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-performance-cohesion\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/team-cohesion-guide\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/team-leadership-meeting-scaled.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Team cohesion: a guide for managers and leaders\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/team-leadership-meeting-scaled.png 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/team-leadership-meeting-400x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/team-cohesion-guide\/\">Team cohesion: a guide for managers and leaders<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-valerie\/\" title=\"Posts by Val\u00e9rie Peyrille\" rel=\"author\">Val\u00e9rie Peyrille<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Oct 12, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/performance-cohesion\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cohesion &amp; Performance<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>A team can bring together excellent people and still move slowly. Meetings drag on, decisions are questioned once the door is closed, and everyone protects their own territory. The problem isn't...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_29033 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_4 post-29033 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-performance-cohesion\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/overcoming-barriers-to-interpersonal-communication-in-the-workplace\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/header-communication-interpersonnelle-en.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Overcoming obstacles to interpersonal communication\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/header-communication-interpersonnelle-en.png 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/header-communication-interpersonnelle-en-400x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/overcoming-barriers-to-interpersonal-communication-in-the-workplace\/\">Overcoming barriers to interpersonal communication in the workplace<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-valerie\/\" title=\"Posts by Val\u00e9rie Peyrille\" rel=\"author\">Val\u00e9rie Peyrille<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Jul 28, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/performance-cohesion\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cohesion &amp; Performance<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Contents No matter how often you repeat the same instructions, organise follow-up meetings or send emails to clarify things\u2026 misunderstandings still keep piling up. The team is struggling to make...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_28910 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_5 post-28910 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management-leadership\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/management-leadership\/technical-expert-promoted-to-manager-3-pitfalls-to-avoid\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/S4_hero_image_EN2.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Promotion from Technician to Manager\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/S4_hero_image_EN2.png 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/S4_hero_image_EN2-400x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/management-leadership\/technical-expert-promoted-to-manager-3-pitfalls-to-avoid\/\">Technical expert promoted to manager: 3 pitfalls to avoid<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-valerie\/\" title=\"Posts by Val\u00e9rie Peyrille\" rel=\"author\">Val\u00e9rie Peyrille<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Jul 1, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/management-leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Every year, dozens of technical experts move into management because they excelled in their field\u2014rarely because they already knew how to manage. 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It lacks fluidity.\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/meta-team_hero.png 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/meta-team_hero-400x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/your-team-isnt-lacking-in-talent-it-lacks-fluidity\/\">Your team isn&#8217;t lacking in talent. It lacks fluidity.<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-mve\/\" title=\"Posts by Michael Van Eck\" rel=\"author\">Michael Van Eck<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Jun 8, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/performance-cohesion\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cohesion &amp; Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/management-leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Most management teams do not underperform because they lack the necessary skills. 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They complement technical know-how (hard skills) and are essential for success in a constantly changing professional environment. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_28400 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_8 post-28400 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-performance-cohesion category-management-leadership\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/takeaways-from-2025-about-stress-change-people-and-performance\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/header-stress-change.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Lessons to be learnt from 2025: stress, change, people and performance - Learning Partners\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/header-stress-change.png 479w, https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/header-stress-change-400x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" title=\"\"><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/blog\/performance-cohesion\/takeaways-from-2025-about-stress-change-people-and-performance\/\">Takeaways for 2026: About Stress, Change, People and Performance<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\">by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/author\/adm-mve\/\" title=\"Posts by Michael Van Eck\" rel=\"author\">Michael Van Eck<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"published\">Apr 10, 2026<\/span> | <span class=\"entry-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/performance-cohesion\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cohesion &amp; Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learning-partners.com\/en\/management-leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Based on research from Wiley Workplace Intelligence As 2025 drew to a close, one theme stood out: work isn\u2019t just transforming \u2014 it\u2019s being reshaped by people in real time. 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