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TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 319
9 August 2004
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
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1. Feature: Doing the Business with Coaching
2 Paul Kearns: Learning Probability
3. Case Study: The Argos Induction Programme
4. The Way I See It... 11 Myths about Coaching
5. Workers Want More Training
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Editor's note
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For once it seems that employers and employees are in complete
agreement. Earlier this year a Learning and Skills Council
survey found that employers categorised more than one in ten of
their workers incompetent.
In the past week a second survey has found that the majority of
workers themselves feel more training would boost their
productivity.
So does this mean that employers and employees at last recognise
the business, and of course career, benefits of training?
Have your say at:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129249
Regards,
Claire Savage
Editor, TrainingZONE
mailto:editor@trainingzone.co.uk
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News and features
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Latest news and features:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/home.html
Feature: Doing the Business with Coaching
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"Any sound coaching programme should incorporate a means of
helping businesses get to the heart of what matters to them." -
Dianne Bown-Wilson makes the case for strategic coaching.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129309/680/608/626
Bitesize 16: Learning Probability
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What are the chances of training having an impact on the bottom
line? Paul Kearns explains how to work on probability.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129049/680/608/626
Case Study: The Argos Induction Programme
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How a new induction programme at Argos' Central Distribution
Centre in Staffordshire helped boost team-working and improve
staff retention.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129254/680/608/626
The Way I See It... 11 Myths About Coaching
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Coach Jan Brause adds to the debate about defining coaching
by exploring what she sees as 11 myths about coaching.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129260/680/608/626
Workers Want More Training
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DTI survey finds that more than half of workers feel that more
training would boost their productivity.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129249/680/608/626
Top Ten CV Howlers
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The common mistakes that consign job hunters' CVs to the
shredder pile.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129357/680/608/626
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Community
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the community:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/anyanswers/index.html
How can I support Managers and employees to establish their
PDP's and also maintain them as live documents? - Asks Rodney
Powers.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129340/728/608/626
Lisa Hodge would like suggestions for keepsakes to give
delegates on a train the trainer course.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129304/728/608/626
Lissa Gosswell some tips on how to make training cost effective
and accessible to a multi-site business.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/129268/728/608/626
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Resources
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Coaching for Top Performance
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Coaching for Top Performance is a clear and comprehensive guide
to essential coaching principles, concepts and practices that
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page resource includes a two-day modular workshop outline
addressing: why coach? the business case for coaching;
coaching roles and responsibilities; performance coaching
principles; coaching process model; coaching skills and
techniques.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/19352
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Development trainers and professional chefs co-facilitate a
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Theoretical training sessions (e.g. using MBTI) lead into the
planning, cooking and then sharing of a multi-course gourmet
meal. The proof of team effectiveness is quite literally in the
pudding!
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