TrainingZONE Insider #65 - How to Boost Course Take Up Rates

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TrainingZONE Insider #65 – How to Boost Course Take Up Rates

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TrainingZONE Insider - Issue 65
Wednesday 6 April 2005
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/anyanswers
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********** THIS WEEK'S TOPICS ***** THIS WEEK'S TOPICS *********
1 Tip of the Week: Course Take Up
2 Coaches Diary: Speaking Their Language
3 How Did I Get Here? Anna Corrie, Ramada Jarvis Hotels
4 Review: Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures
5 Resources: 21 Ways to Improve Appraisals
********** THIS WEEK'S TOPICS ***** THIS WEEK'S TOPICS *********

Editor's note
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Now here's a thought - compulsory training for all managers. The
suggestion comes from Pearl Whiten this week in response to the
latest Investors in People research, which found that two-thirds
of staff do not see their managers as rolemodels. Bear in mind
an earlier IiP study that found 56% of UK bosses think
substandard management skills are a major contributory factor in
the UK's productivity gap and Pearl's suggestion could make good
business sense. As Emma Shelley states: "Companies are unlikely
to employ a totally inexperienced person to manage their
finances, so why do so when managing staff?" Have your say on
the management training debate:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139010

Regards

Claire Savage
Editor, TrainingZONE
mailto:editor@trainingzone.co.uk

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Trainer's Tip: Course Take Up
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"Is the training good enough? Has it been bought off the shelf,
is there a chance that it's not fully relevant, inspiring etc?
Is your organisation selling the benefits of the training enough
- to enhance their customer interactions, continuing
professional development, their future etc? If we want buy-in,
then it needs to be sold." Read more of Tome Greenan's checklist
for boosting the take up of training courses.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139193

Any Answers Answered
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Training on Inbound Sales
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Members offer their tried and tested methods of boosting the
motivation levels of sales people.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/138999

Team Building Exercises
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Hula hoops, minefields and Myers Briggs - if you've got a team
building event coming up, don't miss these suggestions.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139005

Transaction Analysis
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Find out how Thomas the Tank Engine can help clarify the
Transactional Analysis roles of parent, adult and child.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139072

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)launches new website
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New questions posted on Any Answers include:
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Linda Hunt needs some ideas on what development opportunities to
offer to supervisors.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139249

Dean Wearmouth is writing an e-learning strategy for a financial
services company and would be interested to hear how others have
approached it.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139209

Michelle Roberts needs advice on models to help young
supervisors to identify skill and attitude gaps in their teams.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139187

Got the answer or want to pose a question of your own? Go to:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/anyanswers

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Community News
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Resources: 21 Ways to Improve Appraisals
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Appraisal systems are like cocktail parties: created with the
best of intentions and, when they go well and the people are
sufficiently skilled, they can be hugely successful. But all too
often they fall flat and are seen as an embarrassing bore by the
participants. With this resource, Dick Barton has brought
together a series of useful, practical suggestions on how to
help make the appraisal process as effective as possible.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/adredirect/resource1.html

Browse all of TrainingZONE's resources at:
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Coaches Diary: Speaking Their Language
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Coach Olivia Stefanino is confronted with a client who is
failing to communicate with colleagues, but not for want of
trying.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139256

Jobs and Opportunities
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For all the latest opportunities on TrainingZONE go to:
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How Did I Get Here? Anna Corrie, Ramada Jarvis Hotels
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From Personnel Manager at a stand-alone facility to Learning and
Development Manager for a group of hotels - Anna Corrie charts
her career to date.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139157/728/608/626

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Review: Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures
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Reviewer Sharon Cooper Says: "For students of business, the
subject builds well. For those of us who are veterans of change
culture, it helps explain the theory of the practice we have
experienced."
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/137709/728/608/626

New Members
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This week TrainingZONE welcomes new members from organisations
including: Office for National Statistics, First Response
Finance, Civil Service Training and Development Institute,
Cancer Research UK, AstraZeneca, Global Home Loans, EDS,
Hampshire County Council, Dixons, BT, Vodaphone, Barclays and
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