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Senior training and development manager Karen Coleman, 36, on motivation and ideas at the Churchill Insurance Group – voted one of The UK’s 50 Best Firms to Work for How …
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When Paul Archer became managing director of ScottishPower’s customer services division in 2000, he set in place a huge programme of change. This is how he kick-started it Getting it …
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Your role in delivering performance improvement is crucial, especially in a slowing economy. So how are you going to get your message across? asks Carmel McConnell The economy is cooling …
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How can organisations make sure lively thinkers contribute to competitiveness? Simon Kent looks at new approaches, including a day out for WHSmith staff The fostering and promotion of creativity and …
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Elaine Essery canvasses opinion on how to identify whether an individual will be worth the training spend – and how to encourage them to identify the new skills they need …
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Many employers fear the revamped Modern Apprenticeships scheme will still not improve vocational standards. Why won’t reforms in its approach make any difference? By Lucie Carrington Employers have been complaining …
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Can NVQs really make a difference to business? Alstom Transport training adviser Kay Potter thinks so, and here she gives us an inside view on how to conquer the traditional …
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Asda’s head of people development Paul McKinlay doesn’t want to be a training specialist. He tells Stephanie Sparrow why Paul McKinlay’s career became the stuff of legend when a television …
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Campaigners are calling on employers to give their staff paid time off work to get help and advice from union-sponsored learning buddies. John Monks, general secretary of the TUC, …
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This month’s news in brief Comet’s personality push Electrical retailer Comet has introduced a new training strategy, shifting the emphasis on to staff personalities and communication skills rather than building …
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The latest Training Trends survey by the Industrial Society estimates that the average employee will have 4.5 days of training this year compared to the 4.7 days in 2000. And …
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Employers are calling on Learning and Skills Councils to take their needs into account if they want to up the number of Modern Apprenticeships. As part of broad-brush reforms …
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Calls for the appointment of a Government minister with specific responsibility for vocational education are gaining momentum. A number of leading figures in education have added their voices to demands …
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Global management consultancy KPMG had to respond rapidly to its clients’ needs for new e-business skills and knowledge. If it was to succeed, however, it had to puts its own …
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, through …