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TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 344
14 February 2005
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1. The Way I See It: Judge people on their merits
2. The Brain Bath?! Goes looking for instant love
3. Quango review labels Investors in People 'useless'
4. Public sector culture drives talent away
5. Review: New Market Mavericks
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Editor's note
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If Cupid's Arrow is yet to hit and you're not one of the eight
in ten who have met their match at work then love might be
lurking at a speed-dating event near you.
Desperately single 'Bridget' from the Brain Bath team
volunteered to sample the delights of romance against the clock.
See her 'love journal' and review her scorecard at:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/137027
Happy Valentine's Day!
Kind regards
Claire Savage
Editor, TrainingZONE
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The Way I See It: Judge people on their merits
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'Performance Through Inclusion' MD Tony Burnett argues that
without understanding the difference between the two concepts of
diversity and inclusion, the UK's problems resulting from an
ageing and shrinking population will not be solved.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135868
The Brain Bath?! Goes looking for instant love
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Take 15 desperate women and 15 desperate men, put them in a bar
with some scorecards and what have you got? Speed-dating!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/137027
Quango review labels Investors in People 'useless'
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Investors in People, the national Standard which sets a level of
good practice for training and development of people to achieve
business goals has been branded a 'useless' quango.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/137022
Public sector culture drives talent away
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Mounting bureaucracy and red tape is putting new recruits off
from joining the public sector.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136934
EO scout for mentors
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The Employers' Organisation is touting for senior managers to
act as mentors to new trainees on the National Graduate
Development Programme.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136999
Usdaw delivers skills training in-store
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The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers has
teamed up with supermarket giant, Sainsbury's to deliver
training in-store.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136942
Managers face 'knowledge gap' on bullying
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A UK-wide survey among managers has revealed that bullying is
not seen as a key issue in today's workplace - with only 17% of
respondents claiming that it is a problem to be addressed.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136846
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Review: New Market Mavericks
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"Cutmore's book is a thoroughly entertaining tour of the
investment industry in 2003." Colin Eastaugh reviews a book
that looks at investing in the stock market.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135508
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Community
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the
community:
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Ginny would like some tips on how to spice up a time management
training session.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136881
Training budgets: Rob Hunter seeks your views.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136869
Can anyone suggest a good IT Training book for Satinder Bassi?
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136970
How can training and development improve business performance? Asks Wendy Hooper.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/136987
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