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TrainingZONE LearningWIRE - Issue 227
28 October 2002
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk
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LIBRARY: Magic Meetings, Murder at Glasstap Grange!
CAREERZONE: Latest vacancies
NEWS/FEATURES: Notes from an ex Training Manager
COMMUNITY: Members reviews, 'coaching' vs 'training'?
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Editor's note
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Last week's CIPD Exhibition provided a good mix of HR-related
stands across the board - from E-HR to employment law, payroll
systems to funeral care, psychometric testing to consulting.
Training Providers were well represented, with numerous
experiential learning providers, an array of management
development and team development companies and at least 25
companies focussing on qualification-based and vocational
training.
Over the next week, we'll be reporting back from some of the
seminars we witnessed, and, on a lighter note, sharing our views
on the best freebies we found!
Stephanie Phillips
Editor, TrainingZONE
mailto:[email protected]
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REFERENCE
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Library
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This week's picks from the Library:
Magic meetings
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Always running over schedule? Can't make sense of the minutes
passed around? This self-study pack provides the knowledge and
skills required to run efficient, effective meetings, covering:
when and when not to meet; success factors of an effective
meeting; preparing to run the meeting; environmental factors in
running meeting; skills required of an effective Chairperson; the
main stages of a meeting; running the meeting; 3 steps to
assertive behaviour to handle difficult meeting participants. The
course is fully interactive, with questions, tests of knowledge
and exercises. For a sample of these materials, see
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/3001
Murder at Glasstap Grange!
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Recently published on TrainingZONE from Glasstap (formerly PDC
Online), authors of the best-selling Training Needs Analysis
Toolkit, Murder at Glasstap Grange is a versatile and powerful
training tool that can be used to demonstrate and develop many
serious learning points. The murder mystery format is specially
designed to be used in small groups of between 4 and 6, with each
participant working with other team members to solve the murder
mystery. Only by working effectively together will delegates
have any chance of solving the mystery. For more details, see
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/3034
Check out the full range of resources provided by TrainingZONE
authors now at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/ppv/
ZONES
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CareerZone
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Whether you're looking to recruit in the HRD world or are looking
for your next opportunity, search the CareerZone, brought to you
in association with BookaTrainer. Latest vacancies added
include:
Oracle PL/SQL Trainer, Lancashire, 300 GBP/day
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-site/tzjobs.cgi?action=detail&id=780
Training On-site Administrator, SW England, 85 GBP/day
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-site/tzjobs.cgi?action=detail&id=778
Bespoke Application Trainers, NE England, 200 GBP/day
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-site/tzjobs.cgi?action=detail&id=777
AMA
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AMA Presents 'Working Across Cultures' - Tuesday November 19th
6:00PM, US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London W1.
To be successful in the global marketplace, managers must be able
to be effective in and across many cultures. A diverse workforce
can improve business performance, but managing that diversity can
be challenging. For more information or to attend, please
contact Nicholas Powell at AMA on 020 7499 9333 or email
mailto:[email protected]?subject=TrainingZONE_enquiry or visit
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/adredirect/amanet.html
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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 at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/index.html
News
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Got specialist interests? Build yourself a personalised news page
at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/mytrainingzone/index.html
Are you too busy being busy?
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Do you spend too much time in a state of 'busyness'? Speakers at
this week's CIPD Conference and Exhibition will argue that 90
per cent of managers are lacking the skills to avoid getting
trapped in a cycle of non-constructive action.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/94359
Notes from an ex Training Manager - Angela O'Connell
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Ex Training Manager? How come? I hear you ask, well read on and
all will be revealed!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/93292
DTI launches investigation of UK management skills
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The government is bringing in the experts to take a close look at
what's amiss with British management. What do you think?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/93529
UK management 'isn't trusted'
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A survey by Mercer HR suggests that many employees are
unimpressed by levels of communication, and do not trust
management to behave reliably.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/94131
IT managers 'don't get management training'
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A new survey has revealed that a large number of UK companies are
ignoring the training needs of their IT managers.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/94101
For all the in-depth features and analysis on e-learning,
visit our E-learning In Focus pages at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/zones/elearningzone/
Linkage International
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Develop Leaders?
Improve Organisational Development?
Building Winning Systems for Identifying Key talent is an
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best practice of Blue Chip organisations including Eastman Kodak,
Honeywell and Unisys. To request further information or to
discuss this in greater depth please email your contact details to
mailto:[email protected]?subject=TrainingZONE_enquiry
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COMMUNITY
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Reviews
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TrainingZONE's team of reviewers regularly assesses reams of
reference books and training materials so you don't have to.
A selection of reviews posted recently to the site:
Encyclopedia of Development Methods, author: Andrzej Huczynski
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Neil Wellman finds this an invaluable reference work which is
likely to earn a well-thumbed place on any trainer's shelves.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/92673/678
Training Workshops for Customer Care, editor: Terry Gillen
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Diane Bailey found this a useful and adaptable resource for
anyone who wants to use training to improve the provision of
Customer Care in their organization.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/93729/678
Training for Financial Awareness, authors: Mike Bolton, Chris Singer
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Matthew Simkin found this useful, though thinks it could have
done with a more creative approach.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/93284/678
Read the full archive of reviews at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/reviews/
Any Answers
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With 2394 answers added so far this year, 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:
- Do people see 'coaching' and 'training' as different, or as
variations on a theme?, asks Paul Jupp
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/94693/728
- Has anybody had any involvement with disability equality
training, asks Isobel Kendrew
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/94770/728
- Does anyone have any ideas on exercises based around multiple
intelligences?, asks Michael Donlevy
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/94562/728
Thanks to Eric Welburn, Tony Mann and Eddie Newall, 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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