As a practitioner I know how important it is to get the basics right. This often means aligning our strategies with the corporate goals and culture.
While I may well blog about many things learning and development, OD and train the trainer are my passions.
Follow some of my current thoughts on this blog.
NOTE - this is a draft description - lets see how the new site re-design works out.
29/09/2010 - 06:47 - 1193 reads
WOLCE 2010 Conference Opening
16/09/2010 - 08:28 - 680 reads
Practical training will save business and jobs. A couple of days ago I went for a preliminary meeting with a new client to agree the specific content and method for some staff training. The basic content had been agreed as part of a bid/ selection process, however now was the time to get away from the “specification” and understand the real job based outcomes required.
02/08/2010 - 19:08 - 928 reads -
Train as a coach?It is said that in California the people who made the money on the gold rush were the people selling the picks and shovels not those digging for gold. The same could be true in the world of Coaching, with those making the money selling training and profiling tools.
31/01/2010 - 17:18 - 990 reads
Over the past few weeks the CIPD members LinkedIn group have been involved in a poll looking at the employment 'state' of the profession, the results are not what many expected.
With over 500 people involved it is not a sample to be ignored.
10/01/2010 - 13:20 - 1249 reads
Over the weekend I was asked why should a business blog? - this to me was an easy question to answer but it did spark a thought - why should corporate organisations encourage Blogging internally?
Now I am going to skip all of the competitive advantages and intellectual property arguments and come at this from the point of view that there should be internal blogs - by staff for staff.
What is a blog?
