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Guy Sheppard

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    • Health and safety
    • Learning & development
    • Wellbeing

    Health and Safety training is more important than ever

    by Guy Sheppard 13 Jan 2009
    by Guy Sheppard 13 Jan 2009

    Breaches of health and safety law carry stiffer penalties from this month , making the need for professionally delivered training even more imperative.

    • Learning & development
    • UK Commission for Employment & Skills

    Train to Gain: Show SME the money

    by Guy Sheppard 18 Nov 2008
    by Guy Sheppard 18 Nov 2008

     The government is promoting a £350m training package for small businesses to help them withstand the recession . But will...

    • Coaching and mentoring
    • Learning & development

    Mentoring: Listen and learn

    by Guy Sheppard 18 Nov 2008
    by Guy Sheppard 18 Nov 2008

    Defining exactly what a mentor does is open to interpretation, but involved parties need to decide before they start.The distinction...

    • Learning & development
    • Training methods

    Teambuilding: Hats off to de Bono

    by Guy Sheppard 17 Oct 2008
    by Guy Sheppard 17 Oct 2008

    Despite gaining widespread recognition in the 1980s, Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats method of teambuilding is no longer fashionable....

    • Learning & development

    Sales training: It ain’t what you sell, it’s the way that you sell it

    by Guy Sheppard 4 Sep 2008
    by Guy Sheppard 4 Sep 2008

    Do tried-and-tested methods of sales training still work? Or is a completely new approach needed for the 21st century?Sales people...

    • Department for Education
    • Economics, government & business
    • Sector Skills Councils

    Assessments jeopardise government skills plan

    by Guy Sheppard 6 Sep 2005
    by Guy Sheppard 6 Sep 2005

    Government plans to slash the number of unskilled workers by offering free, flexible training could be undermined by widespread use of unsuitable delivery methods

    • Career development
    • Learning & development

    Compass serves up new menu for skills

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Mar 2005
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Mar 2005

    Training the 1.5 million people working in the UK hospitality sector poses three big obstacles for employers. Most have fewer...

    • HR practice
    • Leadership

    Calling leaders to account

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Jan 2005
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Jan 2005

    Debbie White is scathing about the leadership qualities of many managers. The senior HR manager at mortgage specialist Cheltenham &...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    Winning the numbers game

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Nov 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Nov 2004

    Outsourcing training tasks seems to be on the increase. Guy Sheppard reports

    • Apprenticeships
    • Career development
    • Coaching and mentoring

    Hey, big spender…

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Nov 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Nov 2004

    Nissan’s car factory in Sunderland boasts the highest productivity levels in Europe and one of the best training records in the UK. But training department head Steve Pallas says its success is frequently misunderstood. Guy Sheppard reports.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Coaching and mentoring
    • Learning & development

    Post Office: Counter productive

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Oct 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Oct 2004

    Many Post Office counter staff resisted promoting products to customers. But attitudes soon changed when a new training and coaching programme was launched last year

    • Coaching and mentoring
    • HR strategy
    • Learning & development

    Playing to win

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Apr 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Apr 2004

    Fast-expanding retailer GAME has transformed training for its 4,000 employees in a bid to maintain its high-street dominance.  Guy Sheppard...

    • Career development
    • Continuous professional development
    • Learning & development

    Building on people skills

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Mar 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Mar 2004

    Housebuilder Redrow has opened a national training centre to help attract higher calibre recruits and create a stronger corporate culture. Guy Sheppard talks to new training and development manager, Ilona Hall, about the courses on offer and the company's plans for its staff

    • Career development
    • Learning & development
    • Training evaluation

    Tools for the job

    by Guy Sheppard 1 Jan 2004
    by Guy Sheppard 1 Jan 2004

    Enhancing the skills and responsibilities of learning and development professionals is the aim of this month’s Learning Technologies 2004 exhibition...

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