Welcome to our blog. Here you’ll find all our latest thoughts on business transformation, talent development and training, and project resourcing, as well as relevant industry news.
Soft Skills: Why Being a Control Freak is Hurting Your Project Management Success
Are you a project manager who feels the need to be in control of every aspect of your project? While being detail-oriented and organised can be beneficial, it's important to recognise when your inner control freak is holding you back. Successful project management requires a range of soft skills [...]
Becoming a Presenting Powerhouse: Mastering The Trifecta of Effective Presentations
Many people assume that some people are just born presenters. But we’re here to let you into a little secret - ANYONE can be a great presenter. And the best part? It isn’t even hard to do. It just takes a bit of preparation and practice. But where do you [...]
Keeping up to Date With Excel – Advanced Statistical Analysis
Excel plays such a huge part in most people’s everyday work and yet most people only use a small fraction of its capabilities. The trouble is, with Excel 365, they are adding new features and functions each month that is can be hard to keep up with what is [...]
Excel Power Query and Power Pivot
As we all know Excel is a very powerful tool, however sometimes where your data is spread across various spreadsheets and other files trying to summarize it all can be tricky. You can add various lookups to pull in data but when you have to do this every month [...]
News! Underscore Welcomes Emma-Jane Haigh to the Team
With some exciting new projects in the pipeline, Underscore is thrilled to welcome Emma-Jane Haigh to the team, bringing over 15 years of leadership and management experience to the table. Emma-Jane will be taking over the role of Head of Leadership Development from Lucy Finney. Lucy will continue to [...]
Design Thinking in L&D
Many feel that L&D is slipping behind the times in terms of delivering what learners need; we discuss how design thinking could help to reinvigorate the field and help it better meet the needs of those it serves. What is Design Thinking and How Can It Help L&D? In [...]