Learning & development

Andrew Game takes a look at what not to spend your training budget on.

West Midlands Police will today become one of only eight forces in the UK to win Investors in People (IiP)...

Karen Pay, Brian Croston and Joe Patton report on the manual handling training programme they have introduced at Allied Bakery sites in Cardiff, Reading and West Bromwich

OH needs to pick up some serious leadership and influencing skills if it is to be the major force that the Government seems to expect it to become. Heather Falconer shows how the profession is responding

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

Training and development issues are well represented at this year’s CIPD event in Harrogate. Stephanie Sparrow takes a tour of the conference and exhibition

The impact of instructor-led training could be diminishing, according to research.

Susan James, 31, is learning and development manager at Eaga Partnership. Here she describes how she hopes to implement a skills revolution at the social enterprise company

Coventry Social Services has made the first awards of its e-learning BTEC Certificate in Management Studies, which it implemented as part of its plan to achieve National Care Standards qualifications targets.

Tom Peters is still able to inspire with his
unconventional business wisdom,
says writer and trainer John Charlton

A-Plant, a leading hirer of non-operated plant and construction equipment, is to introduce the concept of e-learning through e2train's Kallidus Authoring Tool.

As more organisations turn to coaching to address issues of productivity and performance, Margaret Kubicek looks at strategies for success and concerns about quality

We ask readers whether they agree with new research which finds the advantages of mentoring extend beyond protgs to include the senior managers who offer their time and experience to colleagues

Sue Weekes reports on an online learning programme designed to reduce the spread of MRSA

Hilarie Owen finds that leadership issues are giving managers sleepless nights, and that new organisational models are needed