Should line managers coach?
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Robin Hoyle trains his sights on line managers. Whenever I write about line managers being crucially important to effective L&D (which I do, often) I fall into the trap of describing the role I want them to take as being a coach. A few recent experiences have […]
OAP or VIP?
Simon Drury shares some insights into the continuing need for personal significance, particularly after leaving the usual workplace. Why we work Work is an integral part of our lives. It enables us to establish our credibility in society, demonstrate our skills and capabilities and achieve our goals and aspirations. It affords us the opportunity […]
How to engage senior leaders in the L&D process
Wendy Brooks of Hemsley Fraser gives five tips on how to get your leaders to support and champion learning. Is your L&D process fully supported by the senior leaders in your organisation? If so, it is much more likely to be effective. If they are not engaged, it is a missed opportunity. When senior leaders […]
Adult Learners’ Week: Whatever you do, keep learning
To tie in with this Adult Learners’ Week (12 – 18 May), we’re publishing an article a day from L&D practitioner and workplace wellness guru Liggy Webb. To round off the week, Liggy’s advice is: keep learning. One way to become a more effective learner is to keep learning. If you are learning a new […]
Adult Learners’ Week: Learn and grow
To tie in with this Adult Learners’ Week (12 – 18 May), we are publishing an article a day from L&D practitioner and workplace wellness guru Liggy Webb. Today, Liggy tells us how to learn and grow. I have outlined here a few tips and advice that can help you to learn better and more […]
Adult Learners’ Week: Learning styles
To tie in with this Adult Learners’ Week (12 – 18 May), we’re publishing an article a day from L&D practitioner and workplace wellness guru Liggy Webb. Today, learning styles. It is useful to understand that we are all different and we will learn in different ways. Knowing and understanding your learning style can make […]
Adult Learners’ Week: Learning and intelligence
To tie in with this Adult Learners’ Week (12 – 18 May), we’re publishing an article a day from L&D practitioner and workplace wellness guru Liggy Webb. Today, learning and intelligence. Our approach to learning is very much dependent on what works for us, because every person is unique. Some people may self-limit their potential to […]
Adult Learners’ Week: Celebrate learning
To tie in with this Adult Learners’ Week (12 – 18 May), we are publishing an article a day from L&D practitioner and workplace wellness guru Liggy Webb. Today, an introduction to the initative. "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest […]
The future of L&D: Five things you need to know
The latest UK Learning Trends survey from GoodPractice shows that confidence in L&D's ability to meet business needs and support corporate objectives remains positive. Compared with previous results, the latest survey shows renewed attention on improving organisational efficiency and a broadening of L&D activity to include the development of middle managers alongside strategic leadership […]
How to help people prepare to learn
Training is much more than just the event. It’s also about what happens beforehand, as well as after. Alan Matthews elaborates. If you read a newspaper, where do you start? Do you read it from the front or from the back? Or do you start somewhere in the middle? The answer will say a lot […]
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. […]
