Category Archives: Training News

Many organisations seek to achieve an agile learning culture – that is a culture where individuals continually learn and grow together. The ultimate aim of an agile learning culture is to improve business performance by building the capability of the organisation to solve problems and facilitate new ways of working. Newly released research from the…

Have your staff come back from their holiday with a smile on their face, or do they look like they would rather be anywhere else but at work? Immediately after a holiday is a great time to check out the level of employee engagement. This is especially important as some recent research by Investors in…

Providing one-to-one coaching sessions for key employees is increasingly being used by organisations. Coaching is typically provided to an organisation's middle and senior managers, as well as to its sales people. The aim of the coaching sessions is to maximise the effectiveness of these key people so that their future efforts improve business performance. But…

If one of your employees attends a training course do you want the business to get a return on your investment in that employee? Silly question - of course you do! So what can be done to ensure this happens? (more…)

In training design, group work is known to be particularly beneficial. Recent research on how the human brain remembers things has shown why this is the case. (more…)

There are many “myths” which have grown up around good learning strategy and training design. It can be hard to know which of these are valid and which ones are simply not true. In this blog we look at the research into neuroscience to help identify truth from fiction. (more…)

Summer is the perfect time to carry out a mid-year personal progress review. This review is important for your own career progression and for your personal development. (more…)

In today’s fast paced business environment it is vital that we keep up to date and this often means that we have to learn new skills. Many people have good intentions when it comes to developing themselves, but then decide that learning how to do something new is simply too difficult or too time consuming…

One of the questions our Customer Support team is often asked by clients is “I’ve a number of people to train – should I use your open courses or is it better for you to run an in-company course for us?” It’s a great question and the answer is “It depends…” (more…)

Do you find yourself grumbling about the fact that the young people you recruit (whether a school leaver or a young graduate) are simply not prepared for the work place? If so, then you are not alone! In a recent survey by the British Chambers of Commerce 88% of businesses reported that school leavers were…