Leadership lessons from the Chilean miners’ rescue
Employers could learn a great deal from the ordeal and rescue of the trapped Chilean miners, says Bridget Biggar, of management engineering organisation Management Intelligence. "One of the most high-profile people crises of 2010 was turned into one of thebiggest successes of 2010 – and if organisations currently going through thestress of recession adopted the […]
Don’t let the paperwork get in the way of a good conversation
Dan Hammond of LIW discusses how to get the most out of that most dreaded of work scenarios, the performance review. You can run but you can’t hide. Your next performance review is just around the corner and let’s be honest it rarely ranks highly on the ‘most enjoyable things to do at work’ scale. James […]
Report: Resilience to stress can be learnt
Today’s Stress Awareness Day should be rebranded Resilience Awareness Day in order to focus attention less on the symptoms and more on potential cures for the now widespread malaise, according to an HR services firm. Kevin Friery, clinical director of Right Management’s Right CoreCare business, said that staff today were stressed about two key things […]
The evolution of L&D
Taking into account the many technological and demographical changes of the last decade, Francis Marshall looks at what the future holds for L&D. The last decade has heralded many changes in technology and in the learning function with the rise of the internet and Web 2.0. This, coupled with what some economists consider to […]
L&D managers at a crossroads?
In response to a series of articles published earlier this year on TrainingZone, John Pope thinks we need to look at the fundamentals of leadership and management. Donald Taylor has recently written a series of three interesting articles on the training of managers. He emphasises how much more managers and knowledge workers now have to learn, […]
The training managers survey results
Following the last TrainingZone Live event, with the help of Reed Learning, TrainingZone undertook a rigorous survey of the training landscape. The idea was to find out exactly what trainers thought about the industry, how the land really lay, and where the areas were that people would like to see the improvement. Here are the […]
CIPD: We must invest in leadership training
If the UK is to close the productivity gap with international competitors, the coalition government must focus expenditure on improving the country’s poor quality of management, an HR body has warned. In response to its Skills for Sustainable Growth consultation, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) urged the government to develop a […]
Trainer’s tip: How to manage your firm’s dysfunctional star
Do you have a maverick in your midst in the office? Is there someone you work with who refuses to toe the line but whose ability to get the results you need is undeniable? Heather Townsend has a tip or two for you… Every firm has one. You know, the person whose potential/rain-making skills/client relationship […]
Free resource: Holding a development discussion
A practical guide for line managers who are looking to hold development discussions with their team members. Many thanks again to James McLuckie of eden tree for sharing with the community. If you have a free resource you would like to share with other TZ members, drop us a line: editor@trainingzone.co.uk. A practical guide for […]
Judging potential
Mark Loftus highlights the three fallacies we need to be aware of when judging someone’s potential. By the time you read this, Britain’s women rowers may have added an Olympic gold to go alongside the gold they won at the World Championships earlier this month. Don’t worry, you haven’t overslept – it isn’t 2012 yet. […]
Nature not nurture: Raising a better leader
Nigel Watson thinks we should break the patter of trying to be everyone’s best friend in order to be a better leader. From a very young age we are all encouraged to seek out positive feedback. Therefore, moving into a position of leadership where we might be required to ask people, or worse still, our […]
Reality check for many UK managers
Cath Everett reports on a new survey from the CMI where results suggest that some UK-based managers are more confident in their ability to lead than they should be. More than half of UK managers delude themselves as to their strengths and weaknesses due to a heady mix of inadequate training and development, and being […]
How to: Train a new line manager to manage
Jodi Baker takes us through her tried and tested three-step process. Imagine you are two or three years into your career: knowledgeable, confident and well-regarded within the organisation. What’s next? Maybe a promotion with a team, more responsibility and a pay rise? Though alongside these come new pressures, a new way of working and the […]
How to: Manage a micro-manager
No one likes to be micro-managed. Ana Antunes da Silva gives us her advice on how to deal with these office ‘P.A.I.N.S’. Are you being micro-managed at work? Have you ever been? Unfortunately, a vast majority of people have had to endure this type of manager. Bosses can be tough to deal with in general […]
Management: A short history
Management styles have changed over the decades, here John Pope reflects on how things were and what we can expect for the future of management. In days long ago we recruited people as managers because of their character, as shown by their attitude and achievements. It was at the end of WWII when there was much […]
Outrage as council bans white students from training scheme
A council’s decision to ban white graduates from applying for an £18,000-a-year management training scheme in order to boost staff diversity ratios has caused outrage. The initiative by Bristol City Council, which offers two candidates a two-year placement with the local authority, is only open to people from black or ethnic minority backgrounds. The scheme, […]
Management theory: Ignoring the science
Professor John Antonakis blows apart a multitude of modern management theories. Mike Levy reports from the trenches.A man who criticises the basis of Myers Briggs, ’emotional intelligence’, NLP and ‘good to great’ had better be sure of his facts. Professor John Antonakis is sure that he is. Catapulted into the media last year by his […]
Free Resource: Training course management tool
Access this free online system for organising, managing and reporting on your courses from MyPlato.co.uk. Thanks to Paul Bennett at Progress Learning. Plato is a free online system – standalone or company-wide. Schedule courses and add delegates with the click of a mouse then let the joining instructions send themselves. The life of the training […]
Managing the magnificent middle
Are we failing our leaders when it comes to skills and talent management? Paul Daley argues that it’s time to embrace the mid-level management. The future of talent development is something that I have to consider in my job every day. And there are many opinions on how to get the best out of a […]
Call for public vote as CMI reveals the finalists in its Chartered Manager of the Year competition
The Chartered Management Institute has selected 11 finalists to compete in this year’s Chartered Manager of the Year competition. Each candidate is accredited under the CMI’s Chartered Manager scheme and has been chosen by a panel of experts in regional heats. The competition has now been thrown open to the public to vote for their […]
