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TrainingZONE Newswire - Issue 352
4 April 2005
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1. Feature: Making E-Learning Accessible
2. Parkin Space: Simulations in Learning
3. Leadership: Visionary, Popular or Sledgehammer?
4. Vocational Training is Failing Girls - EOC Report
5. 1000 Great Quotations - Vision
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Editor's note
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"The core leadership strategy is simple: be a model." These
words from US organisational development guru and management
author Peter Senge seem to have had little impact in the UK. The
latest study from Investors in People found that just a third of
workers would hold up their boss as a role model, as a result
IiP says that bosses are failing to get the best out of their
staff. The research suggests that more inspirational managers
tend to be those who are team players, and involve employees
when making decisions or developing new ideas. But how can
training tackle this shortfall? Have your say:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139010
Kind regards
Claire Savage
Editor, TrainingZONE
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News and features
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https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/news/home.html
Feature: Making E-Learning Accessible
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Steven Price managing director of Cylix explains the key issues
to bear in mind when developing e-learning that is accessible to
all.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/135293/680/608/626
Parkin Space: Simulations in Learning
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"While there are plenty of low-end simulations in the field of
software tools training, we are not seeing the same in soft
skills training." Godfrey Parkin looks at the benefits of using
simulations to aid learning.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139073/680/608/626
Leadership: Visionary, Popular or Sledgehammer?
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Fraser Murray of Fairplace categorises different styles of
leadership and assesses when each style is most successful.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/138601/680/608/626
Teambuilding through cooking!
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The Gourmet Challenge Ltd provides team building programmes
through cooking, delivered in superb kitchen and training
facilities all around the UK. Cooking together in a professional
kitchen provides much opportunity for learning about team
dynamics, and how improvements in effectiveness can be made.
Tell me more...
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/adredirect/gourmet.html
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UK Managers Are No Role-Models
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IIP research shows that only a third of UK employees (34%) see
their manager as a role model, with many resenting their boss's
failure to involve them when developing new ideas.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139010/680/608/626
Vocational Training is Failing Girls - EOC Report
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A new Equal Opportunities Commission report warns that Britain
is failing to provide real opportunity and choice for young
people entering training and work and this is exacerbating
skills shortages.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139108/680/608/626
1000 Great Quotations - Vision
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"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the
limits of the world." - Our latest set of quotes from GNP on the
theme of vision.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139074/680/608/626
April Fool - Training on the Chain Gang
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You may have spotted our April Fool on Friday. Rest assured that
companies aren't really asking staff to form chain gangs in the
name of team building and corporate responsibility. Unless of
course you know better!
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139126/680/608/626
Community
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Resources: 21 Ways to Improve Appraisals
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Appraisal systems are like cocktail parties: created with the
best of intentions and, when they go well and the people are
sufficiently skilled, they can be hugely successful. But all too
often they fall flat and are seen as an embarrassing bore by the
participants. With this resource, Dick Barton has brought
together a series of useful, practical suggestions on how to
help make the appraisal process as effective as possible.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/doc/4526
Browse all documents in the TrainingZONE Library:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/ppv
Any Answers
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the
community:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/anyanswers/index.html
Marcus Jenkins needs guidance on the best way to tackle training
matrices.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139121/728/608/626
James Lancaster is looking for a down-to-earth way to explain
Transactional Analysis.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139072/728/608/626
Denise Orford needs some tips on how to deliver 'inspiraional
training' to sales consultants.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/139058/728/608/626
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