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Learning should be the emphasis in staff development

By Ally | Published: October 23, 2009

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article from Business Matters

Sharon Gaskin from the Trainers Training Company posted a great link on twitter: Learning should be the emphasis in staff development

It includes this fantastic paragraph:
With most training programs, the emphasis is on the trainer disseminating information to participants. It is the trainer’s responsibility to get the material across. Training is simply an event that occurs [...]

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Unconventional: caught being excellent

By Ally | Published: October 8, 2009

A while ago, I came across a fantastic example of someone going about their work in an apparently quiet and dilligent way and suddenly being noticed. The unusual thing was the methods she employed the carry out her task and the interest she created.

It made me think about how we need to find a balance [...]

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Feedback with a stroke not a poke.

By Paul | Published: October 4, 2009

The other day a colleague took me to one side and said “You were very distracted during that session. What’s on your mind?”
His feedback was genuinely intended to be constructive but it took me back a bit as I had no idea why he would think that. I was fairly sure that I hadn’t been [...]

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3 Top Tips for Managing Gen Y

By Ally | Published: September 17, 2009

For many trainers, 18 – 26 yr olds can be a tough group to engage and motivate. Described by sociologists as the GenerationY (because they follow Generation-X), many prefer the term “millenials” to recognise that their worldview/outlook was shaped as we moved from the 20th to the 21st century.

As a group, they can be hard [...]

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It’s not enough to be a professional, you also have to act like one

By Paul | Published: September 16, 2009

Great post from Clive Shepherd on why L&D professionals should be acting more professionally.

Clive on Learning – It’s not enough to be professional…

Clive’s main thrust here is that  L&D people should be more assertive about using their experience to to guide managers in what solutions to offer training needs.

Judging by the number of comments, he [...]

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