Creating a lean learning strategy – answering the sixth question
This post concentrates on the last of the six learning strategy questions. In previous posts I have gone through answering the first five questions which are: What are the key strategic objectives that your organisation needs to achieve? What key actions must your organisation achieve to achieve these strategic objectives? What organisational capabilities does your […]
Creating a lean learning strategy – answering the fifth question
In the previous post (which you can access here – https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/blogs/bolaowoade/creating-a-lean-learning-strategy-answering-the-fourth-question) I discussed answering the fourth question for creating a lean learning strategy which was – what skills and knowledge do people need for the organisation to have the right capabilities. This post will deal with the fifth question which is – how will the L&D function help […]
Training can learn a lot from the Rugby World Cup winners.
Watching the victorious New Zealand Rugby team returning home prompted me to think that managers in business can learn a lot from the Rugby World Cup winners. They knew exactly what they needed to achieve (a clear goal) and this determined their decision making A wealth of experience goes a long way, a coaching style […]
Creating a lean learning strategy – answering the fourth question
If you’ve been following this series then you will know that of the six questions required to create a lean learning strategy, three have been answered. The first three questions help an L&D team to understand the business and its strategic priorities. Here are the questions: What are the key strategic objectives that your organisation […]
Why should you hot-desk?
Richard Morris explains how hot-desking can help freelance trainers and smaller training businesses make the leap to the next level. Setting up your own business requires organisation, dedication and focus. Attempting important planning and administrative tasks from your home office (often just a kitchen table or convenient desk) might seem like a solution. But the […]
How to develop an effective employee training programme
Clare Hawkins gives us a straightforward checklist for improving employee training. If you want your business to see continued success, you need to channel enough energy and resources into training your employees. While most businesses have something of a basic model for accomplishing this, that doesn’t attest to the success of the plan. Generic information […]
The importance of managing your Training Records.
In our now modernised world in which qualifications and training are required for a number of job roles, there is often an ever mounting mass of paperwork. Such high volumes of records can be a pain to organise and can often be mismanaged or misplaced. Many business affairs involving training record management involve […]
How to ensure your public speaking is pitch-perfect
Claire Rowland gives us public speaking tips from the perspective of a training venue. Although skills such as management, salesmanship and innovation are all perceived as key to the success of businesses and their employees, a similarly important skill, public speaking, is less developed within the UK workforce, with many employees lacking confidence. It’s easy […]
How to keep your ‘passives’ engaged
With the economy on the up and a dynamic recruitment marketplace in position, employees soon realise they can be more selective about who pays their salary. Gary Cattermole offers his advice on how to avoid losing the staff you’d like to keep. Normally we’re always talking about retaining top talent, but with the recruitment market […]
How to damage your training business by publishing a book
Publishing that book might not be the great idea you first thought it was. Sue Richardson explains. Many people involved in the training business have probably, at some time, considered the possibility of writing a book, even if they haven’t done it yet. Obviously trainers have valuable knowledge and expertise to share with others and […]
The 5 Ps of Vocal Impact in Presentations
When delivering a presentation, voice projection is essential. The 5 P's is a way of maximising all the vocal aspects. P ower – Too loud a voice can be annoying particularly for those at the front of the audience – Too quiet can say that the Presenter lacks confidence and others at the back can't […]
The four golden rules of persuasive presentations
Paul Carroll gives us some simple presentation tips. When it comes to persuading your audience while delivering a training presentation or pitching to a client, there are really only four golden rules – but what they lack in quantity they make up for in importance: Make sense and be brief You may remember the saying […]
How to help your employees work from home
Letting your team work from home brings many benefits – whether it’s improved productivity, a wider pool of workers to choose from or easy cost savings on office space. Here OKA’s Jack Stevens details some top tips for how workers can get the most out of their remote working space. If you let your employees work […]
11 key indicators of good team performance
How well do your teams perform? Take some advice from Liz Bennett from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. There are 11 key indicators to consider when completing a comprehensive evaluation of your teams performance, enabling you to build the firm foundations required for creating an efficient and effective team: Understanding of roles Teams perform best […]
Training millennials: Do businesses need to change?
Are the younger members of the workforce that different to the rest of us? Guy Cooper gives us some strategic insight. Millennials are the self-proclaimed most ambitious generation, yet it seems that many British businesses may be missing out on the opportunities this presents. 37% of people between 18 and 34 said that ambition is the […]
Trainers’ Tips 2 – Three Tips for Powerful Learning
Here are my latest training tips. If you’ve got a comment or question about any of these, please get in touch. It’s always great to receive your feedback. 1. Training needs to grab the learner’s attention! Last time I said that we remember the unusual. That’s true, but how many people with blonde hair did […]
Email Frenzy – Professional email etiquette
“I know that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant” RICHARD NIXON According to the Radicati Group an estimated 183 billion emails are sent every day. That’s around 2 million emails every second sent by 1.2 billion email Users! […]
Recommendations on how to train the trainer?
Hi, I am part of a small team of systems and process trainers in a large company, most of us have been in the job for at least 3 years. We have an opportunity to request funding support to obtain professional qualifications, only there are so many options out there! I would appreciate some opinions […]
L&D needs to learn from marketing if they want employees to show up to their courses
Following a recent webinar, Alexis Kingsbury continues his advice series about how to make sure your training sessions stay well attended. In some ways, marketing and L&D are very similar. Although many L&D professionals wouldn’t like to think of themselves as ‘marketing’ their development resources, often that’s exactly what they are doing. Like marketing, L&D have […]
Five actions of an outstanding trainer
Another short tips piece from Paul Russell, this time focusing on how to be a better trainer. Training – a necessary evil or an enhancing, uplifting experience that can improve our professional persona considerably? Well, whether it is the former or the latter depends greatly upon the skills of the course or workshop trainer. We’ve […]
