And the winner is…
There were several suggestions that made us chuckle this month but there can only be one winner – and Phil Deer’s highly topical entry scooped the prize with: “Tom Daley was not all that impressed with the performance of his groupies.”He gets to choose between a bottle of Italian red (Villa Antinori Toscana 2003; a […]
Dear diary: The adventures of a training director
Our training director has received news that a competing firm is in trouble, and also contemplates the difference between what training clients need and what they say they want. It’s all in a hectic days’ work for our trainer. I had a slow week last week (believe that, you’ll believe anything) then had a phone […]
Spotlight: We shine the light this week on Jooli Atkins
Jooli Atkins talks to TrainingZone.co.uk about her passion for trainer training, the challenge she often faces in ‘proving’ the benefit of her work, and her fear that IT training may become even more impersonal than it already is. Name: Jooli AtkinsAge: Old enough to know better than to tell you (47, if you must know)Job […]
And the winner is…
Best Caption 2008It was a tough choice this month, but the managing editor’s vote swung it for Garry Damant with: Matthew Corbett arranges some naked groupies for Sooty & Sweep! He gets to choose either a bottle of Italian red wine (Villa Antinori Toscana 2003) or a bottle of organic white (Nelson Sauvignon New Zealand […]
Spotlight: We shine the light this week on Peter Mayes
Peter Mayes talks passionately to TrainingZone.co.uk about the trade association he set up, his beef with ‘ignorant jobbing and hobby trainers’ who discredit the profession, and the future of both TrainerBase and the learning & development industry. Name: Peter MayesAge: 51Job title: Chief executive Brief description of the job that you do: I run TrainerBase; […]
Offbeat: Quirky news from off the training track
Take a break from looping back to a product evangalist on a recent idea shower to read our quirky news (see our link to the worst office jargon to work out what this means!). Other stories include a solar powered bra, a spoof training show, and the worst things to say at work in our […]
And the winner is…
We had some very risque entries to our May bank holiday caption competition! After much deliberation the winner is… Jason Riches, training team leader with Civica UK, with: Labour’s new equality minister arrives for his first day in charge His prize is a choice of either a bottle of Italian red wine (Villa Antinori Toscana […]
Spotlight: We shine the light this week on Trevor Gay
Simplicity columnist Trevor Gay talks to TrainingZone.co.uk about his life and work. He’d love to see a time when managers were renamed coaches, he says, and when so-called soft skills – like understanding people and their motivation – were a greater priority. Name: Trevor GayAge: 55Job title: Management consultant, trainer, speaker, coach and author Brief […]
And the winner is…
To help us celebrate 10 years of the TrainingZone.co.uk website, Academy28 donated a fantastic £800 prize. Find out who won a licence to use Your Preferences for Training package with 100 participants!Derek Ive, from City Business at Southampton City College will be creating a buzz with his Your Preferences for Training prize from Academy28.He successfully […]
Comment: Is being miserable at work inevitable?
Motivating your staff really isn’t rocket science, says Nigel Paine, so why are so many employees so miserable that they want to leave? He takes a look at the cause of all this workplace unhappiness and makes some suggestions as to how enlightened businesses can turn things around. Investors in People published a survey recently […]
Offbeat: Quirky news from off the training track
We take a look at the more unusual side of life, in news from off the training track. Oxygen canister in your training room anyone?Nothing like completing a job application for killing timeWhilst waiting for the opportune moment to rob a store, an assailant passed the time by filling out a job application for the […]
High tech lifestyle means we’re always on call
Armed with WiFi, a Blackberry and a mobile phone, employees are notching up an extra 20 working days per year. That’s according to latest research by Office Angels, which says that workers are effectively giving up their holiday for free.One in 10 ‘up-teched’ office workers admit to checking-in constantly outside working hours.Yet despite the findings, […]
Spotlight: We shine the light this week on Nigel Paine
Nigel Paine, former head of people development at the BBC, talks to TrainingZone.co.uk about the evolution of the ‘people agenda’, and predicts technology will play a huge roll in learning. Name: Nigel PaineAge: 55Job title: MD Brief description of the job that you do: I now run my own company helping organisations develop better people […]
And the winner is…
Kim Stocks, head of HR with Look Ahead Housing & Care was the first out of the hat to win our fantastic Easter prize of a team building session for 15 delegates with Hartley’s Chocolate Events.Kim and her team will be transported to chocolate heaven under the watchful eye of director Paul Hartley, who honed […]
Offbeat: Quirky news from off the training track
It’s a funny old world! Read the quirky stories off the beaten track of the training world that have caught our eye this weekLook into the business crystal ballThe world under cyber attack, the United States withdrawing from the world economy and employee behaviour controlled by implanted micro-chips are all possible scenarios for business in […]
Caption competition
Judging the caption competition has been great fun – thank you to everyone who entered: you’ve brought a smile to our faces this week! There’s been great debate as to the winner, but of course, there can only be one. Have a look at our favourites (below), and see who wins that bottle of bubbly.It […]
And the winners are…
We’ve run several really successful competitions recently. In fact, we had more entries to the Champneys competition than to any other competition we’ve ever run, so thank you to everyone for their interest. Unfortunately, there can only be one winner. The good news for Elaine Roy, a learning and development coordinator at Wellstream International, is […]
Offbeat: Quirky news from off the training track
It’s a funny old world! Read the quirky stories off the beaten track of the training world that have caught our eye this week…. Logical Stupidity: Is nonsense the key to innovation? Moonlighting magician sacked from insurance giant Throw out that cactus now! Logical Stupidity: Is nonsense the key to innovation?An unconventional concept ‘Logical Stupidity’ […]
And now for something completely different…
We’ve noticed here at TrainingZone.co.uk that you like quirky news – give you a story about wearing slippers to work and you’re hooked! Perhaps you just like to have something to lighten your day, in between our fantastic reads about 360s, TNA and L&D. Or perhaps we are all drawn to the unusual and the […]
Profile: Katherine Tulpa, Chair Association for Coaching
From a disgruntled teenager to a young adult, the coaching industry has grown up of late and Katherine Tulpa, who was voted coaching person of 2007, has been holding its hand along the way. Annie Hayes reports. Tulpa would be offended to be boxed in the ‘I just ended up in coaching’ throng, because it […]
