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TrainingZONE LearningWIRE - Issue 230
18 November 2002
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EDITORIAL: Featured interviews: IiP and ILM
LIBRARY: On learners and learning...
DIRECTORIES: TrainingZONE events listing 2003
NEWS/FEATURES: LSC targets poor business productivity
COMMUNITY: Blended Learning - your views
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Editor's note
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This week, we've a bumper selection of exclusive features for
members, with a feature interview with Ruth Spellman, CEO of
Investors in People, and another one-to-one with Gary Ince, the
new Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership and
Management. Read the full stories in our Topical Briefings pages
now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/topicalbriefings/
And if you're planning your seminar and conference diary for next
year already, our newly-updated Events Listing is the place to
check out - view it now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/70444
Stephanie Phillips
Editor, TrainingZONE
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LIBRARY
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Latest picks from the Library this week:
Team Leadership Skills
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If you need some ready-made materials, this pack is for you. A
fully designed 1 day course, it includes tutor course notes,
full colour overheads / PowerPoint slides, delegate manual,
exercises and role plays. Course objectives cover action-centred
leadership; the activities of an effective team leader;
differences between a leader and a manager; pitfalls of being too
task, team or individually focused; S.M.A.R.T. tasks/performance
objectives; performance standards and how to communicate them to
staff; influencing techniques including assertiveness. The course
includes a set of role plays and case studies. More details are
at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/3000
On learners and learning...
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If you're looking to support individuals in their learning, it
can be useful to begin with examining exactly how people learn.
TrainingZONE's Library contains a whole range of documents on
this subject - to access them, and gain instant access to up-and-
coming materials on this subject, see
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/1296
DIRECTORIES
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/directories/
TrainingZONE events listing 2003
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Want to get details of the key events in the HRD calendar for
the coming year? Look no further than our newly-updated Events
pages, which will bring you details of all the main conferences,
seminars and exhibitions taking place over the coming year. If,
like Tim Neill Associates who are running a series of sessions on
e-learning techniques entitled 'Passengers Don't Learn!' next
February, you have an event you'd like our 40,000 strong audience
to know about, contact us now by e-mailing
mailto:kbryan@sift.co.uk?subject=events_listing
Read the full rundown of events to date now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/70444
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NEWS AND FEATURES
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TrainingZONE's News and Features pages offer a whole host
of informative and original comment, advice and information
on all things HRD. Access it all now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/index.html
Topical Briefings
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A selection of items added this week:
Interview of the month: Ruth Spellman, CEO, Investors in People
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With the Investors in People standard celebrating its 10th
anniversary in 2002, TrainingZONE spoke to CEO Ruth Spellman
about some of the latest developments around the standards, and
put some of your questions about the standard to her too.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96297
Progress in Leadership and Management - interview
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TrainingZONE met Gary Ince, the new chief executive of the
Institute of Leadership and Management, about the organisation's
aims and plans for the future.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96208
Implementing a training solution in the face of inadequate
systems and procedures - opinion
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Dave Green, senior consultant at Training for Advancement, offers
a trainer's perspective on the system failures that prevent
organisations from making the most of development opportunities.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96694
Access the full Topical Briefings archive now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/topicalbriefings/
News
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Got specialist interests? Build yourself a personalised news page
at
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UK leads global specialist skills market, finds survey
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96829
LSC targets poor business productivity
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96607
Get your regular updates from the TrainingZONE news pages at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/index.html
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COMMUNITY
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/index.html
Blended Learning - your views
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Recently we asked TrainingZONE members what they made of this
year's hot training topic, 'blended learning' in our on-site
Poll. This is what you said...
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96172
Any Answers
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With 41 questions and 119 answers added this week alone, Any
Answers is the place to go to get responses to your most pressing
questions. Search the archive to find out what others have said
first at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/anyanswers/index.html
A selection from this week's questions:
- I am looking for ideas to use for a written communications
course. Can anyone help?, asks Claire Halstead
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96681/728
- I am working with a company on supporting whistleblowing. It
is a new journey and they would like to illustrate and explore
this paradigm with training exercises - does anyone have any
suggestions?, asks Brenda Isles
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/96262/728
- How can I perform an effective training needs analysis across
customer service and collections call centres?, asks Ruth
Liebeskind
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/95802/728
Thanks to Angela O'Connell, Colette Johnson and Ian Gearing, who
were among those sharing the benefit of their expertise with
other members this week.
Make sure you receive your fortnightly edition of the Any Answers
digest by updating your news alerts at
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