Champions of Change
From The Linkage Educational Resources Book Review – “Champions of Change” – by David Nadler A Linkage Book Review by Johnathan LehrichChange is the corporate mantra of the ’90s. Unknowable, unpredictable, unavoidable: change has made the ominous transition from verb to noun, as organizations scramble to predict, demand, drive, and implement change. And the more […]
Learning Resources International
LRI claims to offer a comprehensive range of services to assist in the set up of Learning Centres and Resource Based Initiatives. The company provides training products both text-based and online as well as consultancy advice to organisations on establishing learning programmes and centres. Their new Development Zone provides organisations with accessable learning resource centres. […]
Why teams don’t work
This is a book summary and review from the Linkage inc website :If you’re going to read this book, be prepared. This is not a book of sports metaphors. This is not a ritualistic hosanna to the glory of teams. This is not “rah, rah, sis-boom-boaster, teams are the best thing since the wide-slot toaster.”In […]
Benchmarking study into Action Learning
The Linkage inc website contains details of a new benchmarking study into action learning methods. At present more than 20 companies are signed up to particate in the study but there are still a few opportunities to participate.The study is designed to educate participants about best practices for using action learning, and to enable participants […]
Learning about Organizational Learning – Creating a learning history
Learning about Organizational Learning Creating a Learning HistoryAt our conference in May, Marilyn Davidson of Innovation Associates and Bob Thomas of SmithKline Beecham presented a fascinating insight into the learning history project they had developed jointly in Bob’s organisation. A recent journey into the unknown (I never know whether I will get new sites or […]
A Simpler Way: Book Review
If you only take one ‘serious’ book with you this summer holiday look at Margaret Wheatley’s new book, A Simpler Way, which was co-authored with Myron Kellner-Rogers. (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.) It is a near mystical exploration of a radically different world view that will reshape how we think about organizing all human endeavor.Wheatley is also […]
‘Investors in People Explained’ by Peter Taylor and Bob Thackwray
Investors in People Explained (3rd Edition). Peter Taylor and Bob Thackwray. Kogan Page, 1999. Paperback, 184 pages. £16.99. ISBN 0 7494 2966 6.Later editions are produced for a number of reasons. In this case it is obviously because of the substantial increase in the acceptance of Investors and because of the inevitable changes that have […]
Encouraging Learning Businesses
From the Executive Summary of ‘Learning to Succeed’Businesses need a well motivated and skilled workforce to compete in global markets. Successful employers are those who realise that people are their most important asset – and act on that by investing in their skills and development. The proposals for a Learning and Skills Council at national […]
ASTD online Training Measurement Kit
About the Online ASTD Measurement Kit : Now there is a way you can submit your training data online for benchmarking through the ASTD Benchmarking Service’s Measurement Kit! The Benchmarking Service is designed to build an extensive database of comparative information about training expenditures from a large number of organizations-large, small, public, and private. The […]
Association for Management Education and Development (AMED) conference
The Association for Management Education & Development (AMED) conference “Working Communities: The Shape of Future Organisations” is being held at Cranfield School of Management on 25/26 August 1999.The themes include collaborative working; knowledge management; ethics and governance. At work we are stretched. Activity is becoming global, businesses and disaggregating. Yet, increasingly, organisations are realising that […]
Best practice in OD/HRD handbook survey
The Linkage Inc website is currently developing a Best Practices Handbook on Organizational and Human Resources Development programs and systems. In order to better serve you, they are collecting data on your most pressing issues and needs.We would appreciate it if you would take five – ten minutes and fill out their short survey. In […]
Appreciative enquiry – a new approach to organisational development
From the June issue of Training Magazine:-Don’t Fix That Company! by Ron Zemke‘Appreciative inquiry’ is a new approach to organizational development that focuses on what works rather than what doesn’t. It just might change the way you think about your job. From the June issue of Training Magazine:-Don’t Fix That Company! by Ron Zemke‘Appreciative inquiry’ […]
How can an organisation be sure than training is worthwhile?
This article from the-shelf website is an interview with Paul Swift – Organisation Development Consultant, BAA plcIn the era of the knowledge economy, training is important for the competitiveness of every business and every nation. But, with investment in training valued at £22billion per year in the UK alone, how do we know if training […]
A new model for learning organisations?
The current online issue of IPD’s People Management magazine includes summaries of all the feature articles. Unfortunately they will not become available online until the archive is published on 18 June.This week’s cover feature article by John Burgoyne offer a new model for learning organisations.The learning organisation has recently been criticised as a piece of […]
Co-Active Coaching Course – in London
A Co-Active Coaching Course will be run by the Coaches Training Institute in London on July 7 – 9 and July 14 – 16. Further details of this professional coaching development course available from the website – A Co-Active Coaching Course will be run by the Coaches Training Institute in London on July 7 – […]
Is Organisational Development meant to be relevant?
A thee-part series of articles by David Nichol, Editor of the OD Network journal, reviewing the current state of development of Organisational Development. All the parts are available online at A thee-part series of articles by David Nichol, Editor of the OD Network journal, reviewing the current state of development of Organisational Development. All the […]
New Listening – the key to organisational transformation
To bring about an organizational transformation, one must first identify and get underneath the current culture and, more importantly, uncover the “super-glue” that holds the current culture in place. Read an except from “New Listening: Key to Organizational Transformation”, an article provided by our Generative Leadership Group to discover how your organization is “located” in […]
Applying action learning for results
A research report by Derek Smith on the Linkage Inc website.Traditional training often uses contrived examples in training sessions that are devoid of organizational context and focus on developing the individual without a clear connection to the organization or effecting business results. A proposed alternative is action learning. Action learning is the process of developing […]
Survey into Learning Skills and Practices
This survey was conducted online by Peter Honey during the early part of 1999. The participants were a cross-section of men (N=109) and women (N=137) drawn from a variety of organisations and functions.Amongst the findings of the survey are that women are better at learning than men, and learning skills improve with age.Publication of the […]
Organisational Development Network – conference preview and news
‘Going to the Edge – Grounding OD in the Future’ is the theme for the 1999 OD Network annual conference in San Diego during October.A series of previews of presentations and news updates about the conference programme are regularly posted online to provide potential participants with a virtual feel for the whole event. ‘Going to […]
