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ALI Inspectors Report on Training Down Under
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| 24-Aug-05 - Inspectors from the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) believe that Britain has lessons to learn from vocational and educational training in Australia. |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #368 - Training evaluation - what does it mean?
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| 25-Jul-05 - Godfrey Parkin grapples with evaluation this week, or rather the pursuit of trying to boil the value of training down to pounds and pence. In his words: "The pursuit of the measurement of ROI in training is often a red herring that distracts from the qualitative impacts that our work has on the performance of the business." Whether the mere thought of ROI brings you out in a cold sweat, or you would never evaluate any other way, it's a column not to be missed! |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #367 - Putting Skills on the Business Agenda
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| 18-Jul-05 - Making the keynote speech at Skills Summit 2005, Oracle VP for UK, Ireland and South Africa Ian Smith outlined how staff development is crucial to the success of his organisation. Looking at development from an individual, organisational, UK and global level, he warned that businesses must develop their staff to keep a competitive edge. Read Smith's thoughts on development and the skills challenge facing the UK. |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #366 - What's so clever about SMART goals?
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11-Jul-05 - What's your understanding of SMART goals? Does "S" stand for specific, simple, sensible or significant? And "M", does that mean measurable, meaningful or motivational? It seems that while SMART has become the ubiquitous term for objective setting, there is no standard understanding for what the acronym stands for. This week John Driscoll recommends we all take a SHABBY approach to goals.
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TrainingZONE Newswire #365 - Public Sector Training – What Staff Really Think
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| 04-Jul-05 - There's a fascinating insight into how workers in the public sector feel about their development this week. Based on a survey of over 1,700 public sector workers, Public Sector Training - What Staff Really Think it reveals a dedicated and motivated group of people. More than half develop their own skills outside of work and the majority are keen for more training opportunities. |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #364 - Motivating Teams
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27-Jun-05 - TrainingZONE Newswire #364 - 27 June 2005 - There's food for thought this week on the delicate balance between leadership and team performance. In "Motivating Teams" Neil McCracken looks at how empathy can help leaders set inspiring, and achievable goals. Elsewhere in "Team Refection" Alastair Olby maintains that the challenges faced by teams are often a mirror of management issues.
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TrainingZONE Newswire #363 - The positive approach to team development
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20-Jun-05 - TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 363 - 20 June 2005 -
So often training departments are called upon when a team is in trouble and the approach is: "Here's the problem, how can we fix it?" |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #362 - Workflow learning in practice; The three elements of successful team development
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13-Jun-05 - TrainingZONE Newswire #362 - 13 June 2005 - Workflow learning in practice; The three elements of successful team development - If you've read the theory behind workflow learning, don't miss
Godfrey Parkin's column this week. |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #361- Boost your impact; virtual team building
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| 06-Jun-05 - TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 361 - 6 June 2005 - The growth in teleworking means that co-workers may not be in the same time zone let alone the same city, but what impact does that have on building the bonds needed for team to work well and trust each other? |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #360 - Secrets of a Super Coach, The Retirement Brian Drain
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31-May-05 - TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 360, 31 May 2005 - Capturing the zeitgeist as ever, this week columnist Godfrey
Parkin looks at the implications of an ageing society on
organisations' skills and knowledge retention. |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #359 - Management development that delivers
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| 23-May-05 - This week Joe Espana maintains that most management development is "at best tentatively linked to strategic organisational performance". In the feature Management Development - What's the Need? Joe explains how to make sure that executive training is strategic and based on more than blind faith. |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #358 - How to conduct a management development review
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| 16-May-05 - As yet another survey suggests this week, management development is the training priority for 2005. But while the benefits of developing lower and middle managers may be obvious to the business and the staff in question, what about those at the top of the management tree? How do you persuade a CEO to undertake development? |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #357 - Feature: The Three Pillars of Strategic Leadership
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| 09-May-05 - Picture the scene: the ice-breakers got everyone talking, the exercises got everyone thinking, the delegates hung on your every word and the smile sheets couldn't get any happier. Another average day at the office for most of you, but what happens when things aren't quite so perfect? The Brain Bath?! team have been sharing their training nightmares, and we'd love to hear yours: |
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TrainingZONE Newswire #356 - The Evolution of Management Development
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03-May-05 - In the first article of our month-long series of features
looking at management and leadership development, John Fay
explores Bernard M. Bass & Bruce J. Avolio's "Full Range" model.
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TrainingZONE Newswire #355 - Win tickets to walk over hot coals with Anthony Robbins
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| 25-Apr-05 - This week we are giving away a free pair of tickets for life coach Anthony Robbins' latest course. The event takes place in London Docklands over the weekend of 6 - 9 May. |
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