1000 Great Quotes for Business, Management and Training: Role Models
Management development providers GNP publish a monthly set of handy quotable quotes for use in presentations, speeches or training sessions. Arranged into 100 themes including vision, change, leadership, teamwork, communication, motivation and innovation. TrainingZONE has arranged to bring you the quotes on a regular basis. This month, the theme is role models. “Lives of great […]
The Strategic Leadership Model
Management consultant Bruce Nixon sets out a model for a leadership retreat designed to develop a team strategy for creative change. This provides a simple, practical process, which you can adapt, for a retreat for leaders to decide how the organisation needs to transform in order to thrive and survive. If you contract well with […]
Tactics To Make Your Team Event Legendary
Authors of Legendary Away Days Karen Cooley and Kirsty McEwan have put together a step-by-step guide for planning, organising and evaluating a team-building event. Building strong, responsive teams is one of the key factors in putting your organisation ahead of its competitors. Yet even when the commitment and the will to succeed exist, hidden pitfalls […]
Managers Urged to Tackle Problem of Desk Potatoes
Employers must motivate staff away from becoming “desk potatoes” to cut the estimated £11bn-a-year UK businesses lose to sick leave, according to the Institute of Leadership and Management.The ILM will be focussing on staff health at its People @ the Heart of Leadership conference this autumn, which is supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).Gary […]
Using Simulations to Boost Learning
Mark Mortimer, Director of Kerobi Performance Management explains how the kind of simulation exercises favoured by athletes can be used in a business setting. Recent research by Capgemini illustrates that the consulting industry continues to undergo considerable change with clients perceiving a decrease in consulting talent below the senior level. This, coupled with the industry […]
Management Development ‘Must Be Priority’
A higher priority must be given to the development of management skills to compete effectively in the future, Wales Management Council chairman Ian Rees has warned. Writing the introduction to the council’s annual report, he said the Welsh Assembly, Education and Learning Wales and the Welsh Development Agency had committed themselves in principle to supporting […]
HR Managers Cite Training as Key to Staff Retention
More than two-thirds of HR managers have named training as the key to retaining talent.The survey, by Video Arts, found that 70% of HR managers surveyed believed training and coaching to be an effective method of keeping staff. Just 12% cited pay as the best method of retention.The survey also found that HR professionals were […]
New IT Executive Programme at Ashridge
The National Computing Centre (NCC) and Ashridge Business School are launching a new executive development partnership aimed at IT leaders. The programme will be aimed at IT professionals seeking to nurture business and leadership skills as well as managers from other business functions with responsibility for technology investments. Kai Peters, CEO of Ashridge said: “We […]
Centre Of Excellence Award for Sheffield Hallam
Sheffield Hallam University’s Faculty of Organisation and Management is celebrating after being recognized by the Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA).The faculty has been awarded the Centre of Excellence in Quality Education status. The University’s MSc in Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence (TQM & OE) won the faculty this award in recognition of work to […]
Managers Judged “Weak” on Staff Development
Over half of organisations rate their top leaders as weak at prioritising and spending time coaching and developing others, according to a study by business psychologists. The survey, by Human Qualities, found leaders were rated as under-performing or performing only moderately on five key leadership success dimensions. Most organisations cited issues relating to leadership, motivating […]
Management Development at Lancashire County Council
Lancashire County Council’s leadership development programme has boosted employee loyalty and improved public perception of the organisation. Lancashire County Council is the fourth largest county council in the country by area and has a population of over a million. In 1999 it conducted a MORI survey which revealed a widespread satisfaction with services amongst its […]
UK Lags Europe in Management Development
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has called on UK organisations to invest more time, money and thought into training managers, as a study reveals that the UK is falling behind the rest of Europe in management development.The two-year CMI study found that UK organisations spend less than their European counterparts on management training and development, […]
Adapter or Innovator?
According to Dr Michael Kirton’s Inventory, we can all be divided into two groups – those who are more adaptive and those who are more innovative. Rob Sheffield looks at how you decide who’s who and shows how KAI can help in the workplace. Those of us working in learning and development are deluged with […]
Case Study: Global Teambuilding at Chiron Biopharmaceuticals
When Carl Pelzel took on the role of Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Operations at Chiron Biopharmaceuticals, he immediately realised that the US and European divisions could be working much more effectively together.The rapid evolution of the company from its start-up beginnings in the US 20 years ago, to become a global industry leader with […]
Management and Consultant Bodies to Merge
The Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Management Consultancy have announced plans to merge.The merger, ratified in a ballot of IMC’s 4,200 members, is expected to be completed by next January.Under the terms of the merger each institute will retain its own brand identity and the IMC will operate as a separate directorate within […]
Managing Virtual Teams
Mike Willets, head of leadership development for MaST International explains how setting a few ground rules can help promote trust and lead to effective team working, even when team members have never even met. In order for any team to work effectively the team members must trust and believe in one another and the project. […]
Case Study: Team Building at Abels
Each member of moving firm Abels 100-strong workforce takes part in an off-site team-building course in a bid to promote greater awareness and co-operation across the company.On the most recent programme, 22 staff from the Suffolk-based company decamped to the Hilltop Activity Centre on the North Norfolk coast to take part in a two-day outdoor […]
Free Training for SME Managers
Henley Management College is offering free training to managers of small to medium-sized companies.The online course “Make an Impact – Make a Difference” aims to help managers deal more effectively with the challenges of the workplace. It has been developed by Henley Management College with academic, education and business partners in four other European countries. […]
Union Puts Work-Life Balance Online
The TUC is set to pilot online work-life balance training.As part of TUC’s online learning strategy, two courses will be available to union reps, accessed through the interne.The courses, based on Changing Times: a TUC guide to work-life balance, is intended to equip union representatives to negotiate and organise for work-life balance. TUC said the […]
Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks
Graham Lee author of Leadership Coaching: From Personal Insight to Business Performance looks how coaching can overcome managers’ unconscious resistance to change and bring about real business benefits. ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ the old adage goes. I have often heard this said by HR professionals concerned by the capability gaps in […]