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 […]
The future of learning at work part 4 – performance support
In the fourth of this series, Donald H Taylor looks at the key challenge for L&D: providing performance support. How should learning and development (L&D) practitioners adapt themselves to the changing world of twenty-first century work? In a series of articles I’m working my way through four areas of change described in the series opening […]
‘See inside manufacturing’ launched to improve automotive industry
More than 35 automotive organisations have signed up to the coalition government’s ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ initiative, which is intended to try and improve the sector’s image in a bid to tackle Europe-wide skills shortages. Business Secretary Vince Cable, speaking during a visit to the Mini factory in Oxfordshire yesterday, said that the reason why […]
Learning providers call for joined up approach on skills
If the UK is to create a sustainable jobs market, the coalition government must develop joined up policies around welfare-to-work and apprenticeship-focused skills provision, learning providers have warned. Martin Dunford, chairman of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, formerly known as the Association of Learning Providers, told the organisation’s annual conference in London yesterday […]
Appraisals don’t work: Regular ‘catch-ups’ do!
Do you dread your annual performance appraisal? Is it stressful for you? Do you find that you have to spend time gathering evidence to prove your worth? Does your annual performance appraisal add or detract from your relationship with your line manager? Ok – a lot of questions to start off with, but they’re the […]
The future of learning at work: part 1 – setting the scene
Donald H Taylor suggests four things learning and development must do to remain relevant in today’s changing world of work. The world of learning at work is changing and we need to change with it. This is not a matter of adopting some new, hyped technology nor of championing the latest fad in training […]
Going for gold – five lessons from sports psychology
Harriet Beveridge and Ben Hunt-Davis look at how sport psychologies translate into the commercial arena. With the first tranche of tickets released and the opening ceremony only just over a year away, Olympic hype is well and truly starting. But aside from the sales and sponsorship opportunities the games present, what relevance do the games […]
How I learn: David Mascord
As part of TrainingZone’s CPD month we are asking training professionals to share how they learn. Here David Mascord shares how he keeps up-to-date with the latest thinking in learning and development. Learning from delegates I find out – or remind myself of – useful lessons every time I run a learning event, whether […]
