Kirstie Redford

Learning styles are like fashion trends – in one year, out the next. Some learning and development thought leaders think they matter,...

Organising teambuilding days is a training department staple. And when you’re done with assault courses and go-karting, what’s the latest...

Some training gurus say that delegate learning styles should be taken into account when running courses. Why?

HR needs to take a leaf out of PR's book and help beat bad publicity

What claims to be the largest survey of employment practice of multinational companies in the UK recently underlined the importance...

Age discrimination laws were introduced last October amid huge publicity and a raft of guidance to help employers understand and embrace...

Psychometric tests have been around for decades, but it is largely in the past few years that employers have used...

It’s one of the toughest challenges facing learning and development managers – measuring the value of soft skills training.Measuring the...

There’s rather more to disability awareness training than raising issues around physical impairment – and learning and development professionals need to...

Kirstie Redford sounds out leading employment lawyers to find out what they think of the government’s Green Paper on equality.The...

A job for life may now be an outdated notion, but new research has revealed that more than half of...

Introducing 360-degree appraisals is not just about choosing the right package - HR must invest time and effort in identifying and training the right people to run it, says Kirstie Redford.

Training 360-degree assessors is an absolute must if the assessment process is to be effective.The use of 360-degree assessments to...

Measuring the return on investment of training is one of learning and development’s holy grails. The good news for unbelievers...