Retraining the culture

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What is your first thought when training is mentioned? Is it perhaps learning a new skill in order to progress through the organisation? Or maybe it is the need to become familiar with a new piece of equipment or a software development? These are fairly standard training requirements and, whether delivered via a one-off module […]

Snapshots We Retain

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The other day, as I was trying to get to grips with a left-hand drive Nissan Micra on snowy hill roads in France (my car was in the garage), I suddenly thought; how on Earth did I get here?!  I am, after all, the boy that never wanted to leave the village I grew up […]

Resolutions Shmesolutions! Try Reflection Instead

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January feels like it should be a time for renewal and transformation. Yet, if we take our cue from the natural world, in the Northern hemisphere we are mid-winter, which is all about slowing down, turning inward and rest. This may explain why the annual battle to get fit, lose weight and change habits feels […]

How Delightful is Your Training?

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A few months ago, I found an old book of verse, long forgotten, on a bookshelf at my Dad’s house. I remembered it from my childhood but in fact it’s much older than that; it belonged to my Mum when she was a child. It has her name and address written neatly inside the front […]

Danger: Defunct rule ahead

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Do you know what you are doing? Of course you do! After all you’ve had the training, you’ve been doing the job for a while, and you have the comfort which comes from a sense of ‘we’ve always done it like this.’ Oh, wait a moment. Do historic processes and procedures still hold sway in […]

A Tale of Micro-Management and Results

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One of the consequences of lockdown was that many of us became, by necessity, hairdressers and barbers. In our house, that wasn’t too bad. My husband and I share a similar hairstyle, which can best be described as the ‘broken sunroof’. (It slid back and never returned.) This lack of the basic material essential for […]

How do you evaluate remote training?

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How should you get feedback from delegates who have attended an online training session? I was interested in the advice given on this topic to someone who’d attended training to become a Certified Online Learning Facilitator.  The programme had recommended a series of questions that could be used to gather feedback at the end of […]