Education and workplace L&D – how different are they?
Vicki Cable shares her views on what both education and the corporate sectors can learn from each other. We’ve all heard of the saying that first impressions count and that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Well this is even more the case when you do freelance training in the […]
The TZ interview: Steve Backley and Roger Black
Ahead of Steve Backley’s keynote speech at TrainingZone Live, we caught up with him and his business partner, fellow Olympian Roger Black to talk training, leadership and the upcoming games. What are the main leadership lessons businesses can learn from the world of olympics? SB: It’s a very open question – if I was forced […]
Navigating the learning evaluation maze
Kenneth Fee and Dr Alasdair Rutherford guide the community through the evaluation minefield. The field of learning evaluation is not short of models or tools. Neither is it short of enthusiastic proponents of one model over another. The resulting debates can mean confusion for organisations who want to evaluate their learning activities and don’t know […]
How to transform your training with coaching questions
How can coaching techniques improve your training programme? Alan Matthews explains. What do I mean by ‘coaching questions’? Well, coaching is focused specifically on the needs of the person being coached and often involves the coach asking questions such as: "What are you trying to achieve? What are your goals?" "What difference would it make […]
Are you credible as a trainer?
How does playing bridge relate to training? Krista Powell-Edwards explains. It’s Friday evening, the start of a weekend residential course called ‘Bridge for Absolute Beginners’. The weekend starts with dinner, and in the dining room 17 people sit down at the allocated tables. Most of the group are aged 50 plus. Several are professionals. People are […]
Seven lessons from 40 years of change in training
In the last of three articles to commemorate the ruby anniversary of Video Arts, Martin Addison looks at seven lessons that organisations have learned from the changes in learning technology over the past 40 years. The first two articles in this series looked at the fundamental changes that have taken place in three key areas […]
40 years of change in training: Part 2
In the second of three articles to commemorate the ruby anniversary of Video Arts, Martin Addison continues his look at the evolution of training. This negetaive attitude towards elearning began to change when evolving levels of interactivity created the potential for a just-in-time multimedia experience that gave a more satisfying, richer and more engaging experience […]
Britain can’t afford to become a nation of ‘accidental’ managers
Are you in a management position at work? Mary Clarke gives the community some words of advice on how to maximise your influence and ability as a manager, even if you became one by accident. With the Eurozone crisis deepening daily and with widespread predictions of the UK returning to recession, UK companies are facing […]
Ten L&D Predictions for 2012
Rachel Kay gazes into her crystal ball for the TrainingZone community. More innovation: This buzzword will continue to dominate in 2012 in two ways. First there will be increased demand for L&D providers to include more innovative ways of learning in their core programmes, either in the way they are delivered or the content included. […]
From training person to personal trainer
Following on from Jess Suter’s PR tips, Christopher Barrat gives the community a few more pointers for a more consultative approach to training. If learning and development professionals want to have a real impact on their businesses then there is a strong need to shift the emphasis from being course providers to being development consultants. […]
Organisation design: the key to better talent management
Organisation design provides L&D with an opportunity to align development with business strategy, says Jane Sunley. Organisation design (OD) involves the review and re-organisation of a business’s structure, roles and responsibilities. It also looks at how this aligns with process, rewards, metrics, development and the review process. OD is a title sometimes used to […]
Leadership development is top L&D priority, says survey
Leadership development is the top priority for L&D teams over the next 12 months, according to a survey from Video Arts. The survey asked 417 learning and development professionals about the training they provide, how it is delivered and their plans for the future. Leadership development was the top priority for organisational learning in the […]
World of Learning 2011: Charles Jennings on learning governance
TrainingZone interviewed Charles Jennings at World of Learning about his keynote on learning governance. Charles Jennings, former chief and learning officer at Reuters and present MD of Duntroon Associates, delivered a keynote address to World of learning entitled: Transforming L&D through effective leraning governance. In his keynote, Jennings outlined his thinking on learning governance, why […]
Who’s doing what with mobile learning right now? Part 3
In the third part of his series on mobile learning, Andrew Jackson looks at using mobile to improve performance support. If you work in learning and development, you’ve probably been faced with the following dilemma more than once in your career. Your organisation needs people to have specific skills and knowledge – right now. But […]
World of Learning 2011: The L&D elevator pitch
Alison Hewitt, large accounts manager for L&D at Xerox Europe, explains the concept of the L&D elevator pitch. During the World of Learning 2011 conference session entitled “Constructive a compelling business case for L&D activities”, Xerox Europe’s Alison Hewitt and business psychologist Nigel Harrison talked through the concepts of performance consulting and how they can […]
How to get a good transfer of learning into the workplace
Peter Coley looks at how to ensure staff get the most from training and learn how to apply it to the workplace. It is estimated that only 10-30% of training is ever used by staff in the workplace. This poses an interesting challenge. L&D professionals have a key role to play in ensuring that as […]
Learndirect launches Make it Count week
Learning and skills provider Learndirect has today launched Make It Count Week – an initiative to help raise the profile of learning for individuals and employers across the UK. The aim of Make It Count Week is to encourage 10,000 people to sign up to learning during the next seven days. Thirteen partners, including the […]
The challenging nature of projects
Written by Joanne Miles, Managing Consultant, LSN In every sector, projects have become a fact of life – and yet project management processes are often not in place. There is an expectation that projects will deliver business change, improved performance, greater outcomes, without sufficient attention being paid to the skills and approaches that deliver such […]
The future of learning at work part 5 – capability building
In the fifth of this series, Donald H Taylor looks at capability building – is it more than just providing classroom courses? Over the past four weeks I have considered what might be seen as some of the less obvious future roles for Learning and Development (L&D). The final role I consider this week […]
The future of learning at work series
Following from IITT chairman Donald H Taylor’s five-part series on the future of learning at work for TrainingZone, I have aggregated all the links to the articles in one place, which I hope you will find useful. The future of learning at work: part 1 – setting the sceneWhy and how L&D practitioners must help […]
