Learning at Work Week 2024: 13-19 May  

Learning at Work Week is an annual national event, which highlights the importance and benefits of continual learning. One benefit of learning is that can boost our mental health - so it’s a happy coincidence that it is also Mental Health Awareness Week. 

This year’s theme for learning at work week is Learning Power. It explores how lifelong, continual learning gives us power to change, grow and achieve our individual, team and organisational goals. 

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is Movement: Moving More for our Mental Health.

OPD are running a number of events for Mental Health Awareness Week including Stress Resilience and Strengths workshop, Mental Wealth Webinar and orientation sessions for the Employee Assistance Programme (for managers and for all employees). Search under the Wellbeing category on the CPD Training platform to find out more and book your place. 

Below are some ideas of what else you might do for learning at work week 

• Self-guided development – many of these require some thought and planning which you could start in Learning at Work week;
• Some specific development offers;
• And for managers we will be running session to find out more about Pathways to Leadership (our leadership and management programmes) and about how to enable your team to flourish through development.  

Self-guided development options:  

• Work Shadowing  
• Project Placement 
• Coaching  
• Mentoring  
• Reflection guides 
• Self-assessments – you could use the grade profiles, Leading Together, and Values to help you consider where your strengths are and where you might want to develop. There is also the Leading Together Self-Assessment which helps you self-assess against the leader together behaviours and suggests development. Don’t forget Leading Together is for all staff not just those who manage.  

Specific development offers:  

• Linkedin learning – you will find some curated suggestions on professional effectiveness topics including time management and, communication skills on the CPD Platform. You can also search LinkedIn Learning directly for learning relevant to you. 
• Writing skills e-learning – many of these take less than 5 mins – perhaps you can complete at a team meeting and share your learning 
• Career development guides and workshops for managers to support their team, and a workshop for individuals.