Coaching and mentoring are making a strong return to learning and development as go to strategies for building skills. Learning News asks the coaching specialist, Laura Walker, for her views on how modern coaching is evolving.
New ebook discerns the difference between reskilling for talent development, and upskilling for high performance.
The 2021 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards are given for outstanding work in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Performance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Future of Work.
Hemsley Fraser partners with 5-star Amazon author and L&D expert Laura Walker to provide a new suite of coaching services.
Neoskill will be launching their “Developing Your Storytelling Skills” course to help organisations transform how they communicate, at Learning Live 2021.
FourthRev and The London School of Economics and Political Science launch first ‘Career Accelerator’ in data analytics.
The LPI has launched a new tool for learning leaders that helps them to build a performance-oriented learning culture and evaluate and compare their performance and strategic approach against others.
Speexx is making the language learning journey more personal with new updates around personalization in the product and making customization a top priority.
One in seven (71%) 16-24 year olds (Gen Z) believe they have missed out on training opportunities due to Covid19; Over a third (36%) of students say they feel less confident in their ability since the pandemic; 35% of students have undertaken additional training amid post-pandemic job market concerns.
As the global climate crisis mounts, more and more businesses are looking at the steps they can take to save energy, reduce their carbon footprint and make a more positive impact on the environment.
With planned easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England just around the corner, Nimble Elearning have put together a course to help get employees back to the office safely and with confidence – whether via a hybrid model, or bringing a full workforce back to their desks.
Hybrid working is about to impact almost every organisation, but how well prepared is business? How will managers and teams adapt to new, more agile ways of working?
Government funding for ICT skills for post-16 learners is set to change. From August, funding will switch to a new set of Essential Digital Skills Qualifications.
eLearning Industry name Kineo on list of top content providers for soft skills training.
As part of an exclusive partnership agreement, Learning Tree has developed the world's first SecDevOps certification course in collaboration with the DevOps Institute, and has been fully accredited as part of their certification program.
Imparta is delighted to announce that it has been included on Selling Power’s Top 25 Sales Training Companies 2021 list for another year. Richard Barkey, Imparta CEO and Founder said "Over the past 12 months, we have worked closer with our clients than ever before, creating programs to help them adapt to virtual selling, but also to respond to dramatic changes in their customers’ needs, decision criteria, risks and negotiating stances."
Workplace learning and training has been turned upside down since the global pandemic. HR and learning and development professionals needed to pivot quickly to respond to the new demands of the workplace.
Over half of UK businesses are concerned about missing out on key strategic deliverables as a result of digital skills shortages and 81% will need to recruit from outside of UK over the next year.
For Mental Health Awareness Week Sales Impact Academy is teaming up with Sales Psyche, an educational platform on mental wellbeing for sales professionals.
Chartered Institute of Marketing granted end-point level 7 assessor status; Cranfield School of Management has launched the first master’s-level Marketing and Leadership programme compatible with the senior leader standard and CIM qualifications; Follows research that highlights that the UK senior marketing community needs to upskill, as digital skills have fallen amongst heads of department.
Training Industry announces its selections for the 2021 Top Training Companies™ lists for the sales training and enablement sector of the learning and development (L&D) market. Imparta was selected in the prestigious list for the 11th year in a row.
Richard Barkey, founder of Imparta, joins Learning News to discuss the challenges of selling online and skills that sales professionals can benefit from working on.
To support the sales community through the pandemic and beyond Imparta is continuing to deliver webinars throughout 2021, starting next week with two compelling sessions on Mastering Virtual Presence.
Nimble Elearning has released a special lockdown edition of ‘The course of true love’ in time for Valentine’s Day.
Barefoot E Learning and Imagine Performance today announced they have collaborated to create a complete package of resources to help those working from home. The Barefoot suite of CPD accredited online courses and Imagine Performance’s Perform™ Remote Working platform enable a learner to become fully prepared for remote working and track they are implementing their learning in their workplace, wherever that might be.
Course takes individuals with zero industry experience, to job-ready analysts in just six months
The concept of marginal gains has already revolutionised sports, but in recent years it has also begun to significantly change the way we approach personal and professional growth. Making those 1% improvements when it comes to learning and development (L&D) can have a big impact on overall business performance and Microlearning is the perfect way to support this.
The issues of racial equality and ethnic diversity have been brought to the fore, and in recent weeks, equality and diversity training for individuals and organisations are a priority for those involved in L&D.
Imparta is delighted to announce the company’s inclusion on Selling Power’s 2020 list of the Top 20 Sales Training Companies that excel in helping sales leaders improve the performance of their sales teams.
Management training specialist Skills Shift announces a new live online learning programme specifically for those who are managing homeworking teams.
Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders, has released its selection for the 2020 Top Training Companies lists for the Sales Training sector of the learning and development market. Imparta is delighted to announce that it has, for the tenth year running, received this much sought after accolade.
iAM Learning has launched a remote working course for conscientious employers looking for ways to support their teams during these unprecedented times.
On March 18th, Carolyn Forbes, Systems and Training Manager for News UK, will talk about how their approach to blending learning has improved engagement. Her session at the Call and Contact Centre Expo at London ExCeL will explain how this transformation has included developing a productive relationship with Nimble Elearning.
Although learning has always been important to organisations, the urgency which businesses now feel to maximise the value of their learning strategies has never been more intense. At Learning Technologies 2020, Hemsley Fraser will be talking to visitors about the role creating a “buzz” plays in helping to build a learning culture.
Thrive Partners’ CEO Pam Bateson explores how the quality of the conversations we have at work every day are slowing us Brits down – and ultimately hitting UK PLC’s bottom line.
2014 was the year Nimble Elearning was formally introduced to the world as it was launched at the Learning Technologies event in London. Conceived five years earlier as Elearning247, the brainchild of Neil Hyde and Joe Jarlett, it quickly turned into a game changer in the online learning industry. It aimed to empower trainers and L&D personnel to take control of their own online training.
Neoskill will be launching its new training course “Develop your Emotional Intelligence” at Learning Live 2019. “Develop Your Emotional Intelligence” is an online or face-to-face training course that will help to improve working relationships within organisations.
Engagement is a more pressing concern for L&D teams today than perhaps ever before. The increased emphasis of digital and blended learning content means engagement needs to be considered not just in terms of the content and learning experience, but beyond that too.
Leading Global Sales & Service Training Company, Imparta, has announced the launch of the 3D Advantage™, a comprehensive approach to generating increased revenues through outstanding performance in sales and service.
The Learning & Performance Institute (LPI), the leading authority on workplace Learning & Development, released its selection for the 2019 Top 20 Highest Performing Learning Providers.
The Leadership Pathway, a programme of five e-learning courses from the e-learning supplier Engage in Learning, has won approval from The CPD Certification Service.
BBVA Momentum scheme gets support from FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance educators via online and face-to-face training.
Nimble Elearning has helped many businesses find their training haven – especially their customers Haven Claims. Up until a year ago, as a home and motor insurer, they delivered all their staff training face-to-face in classrooms. However, since adopting Nimble, they’ve been astonished by the massive Return on Investment it’s brought them.
Recognition from your peers is always important. It’s an indication of genuine professional respect. So, when ELEARNING INDUSTRY compliments anyone, it means a great deal. They have included Nimble Elearning’s LMS in their Top 20 LMS Value for Money list for 2019.
Marshall E-Learning, the market leaders in diversity and equality e-learning, have partnered with multi-award winning mentoring expert David Mellor, to produce a new e-learning course focused on Adaptive Selling, an approach that aims to provide a more consultative approach to sales in an industry that traditionally is full of uncertainty, fear and complexity.
The e-learning supplier, Engage in Learning has turned its attention to leadership and problem solving.
Stand D120 at the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition on 16-17 October is where visitors will find Nimble Elearning, the company whose rapid growth is down to their agility, the simplicity of their platform and its cost effectiveness. It’s also where visitors will find Nimble Elearning partnering with Espirita Workforce Solutions in a seminar on raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Business is waking up to the scale of poor mental health in the workplace, but there is still a long way to go...
Businesses must remain agile if they are to succeed. Steve Jobs defined this concept in his ‘5 Nevers’: Never give up. Never pretend. Never stand still. Never cling to the past. Never stop dreaming. Nimble follows a similar philosophy, which is reflected in the recent expansion of its teams.
‘Digital footprints’ are an important security aspect which could be exploited by the cyber-criminal. Nimble Elearning partner, Cyber Security Associates, will be providing practical advice on how to better safeguard company and personal information at work and at home, and will offer advice for protecting against different types of potential, or actual, cyber attacks at their 2-hour seminar 'How to avoid exposing your digital footprint to cyber criminals'.
TACK & TMI, global providers of learning and development solutions, announce the launch of a new brand identity and global websites. The new branding signifies an exciting new chapter for TACK & TMI. Now part of major global staffing and HR services firm, Gi Group, TACK & TMI are looking ahead to the next phase of growth.
The BrightCarbon team are back with a new series of masterclasses. Attendees will learn how to create visually compelling sales and learning content, and discover how to transform their eLearning with tips and tricks from BrightCarbon’s learning professionals.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International officially launches their ‘Behavioural Based Safety’ capability for organisations that recognise the need for establishing a culture of Safety excellence.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International today announces the launch of ‘Digital Skills for Salespeople’ - a new course addition to their robust brand portfolio of practical sales training solutions.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International today announces the launch of ‘Digital Skills for Salespeople’ - a new course addition to their robust brand portfolio of practical sales training solutions.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International is to deliver a seminar unveiling its learner-centric philosophy and new, research-based, ‘Making Learning Stick’ model at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition (WOLCE), at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on 19-20 October 2016.
Accredited Skills has rebranded as Learning Heroes on a mission to save the world from boring e-learning.
Italian staffing firm Gi Group has acquired global training and consulting companies TACK and TMI.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International is to deliver a Business Solutions workshop and reveal insights from its global research study into effective learning transfer at this year’s popular industry event, organised by the Learning and Performance Institute.
Some 400 women in Oman have now completed the Springboard women’s development programme.
The Springboard Consultancy’s ‘Sprint’ programme answers recent concerns about female graduates being able to get jobs.
Some 1,000 women employed by Rolls-Royce plc, have completed the Springboard Women’s Development programme.
Leading global training and development consultancies TACK International and TMI International invite organisations across the globe to share their views on effective learning transfer by participating in a new and in-depth survey entitled ‘Making Learning Stick in Action’.
Karen Daly-Gherabi has become Managing Director of The Springboard Consultancy, a UK-based international training company specialising in women's development issues.
The University of Bath has begun offering its female undergraduates access to a special skills development programme. The programme, called ‘Sprint’, helps participants to develop skills related to assertiveness, leadership, managing conflict and ‘networking with purpose’.
While more than 35,000 women in Australia have now experienced the Springboard development programme, the programme’s results are greater than mere numbers.
With more than 200 emails received per head per day, the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust service managers’ inboxes were filling fast. Reports indicated that email volumes can increase stress and lack of focus, resulting in poor decision making.
The UK-based training company, The Springboard Consultancy, has revealed that over 35,000 women in Australia have now experienced its ‘Springboard’ development programme.
Blind women throughout the Middle East now have the chance to build the skills and confidence to make a better world for themselves at work, home and in their wider communities. They are now able to do so through being able to access the award-winning ‘Springboard’ women’s development programme.
TMI World, the global consultancy for cultural transformation, announces the launch of its new book “SHIFT!” - comprising a collection of informative and engaging organizational transformation stories, based on real experiences of helping clients across the globe to embrace change.
Ann Clayton has been appointed as the new Chair of The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues.
The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a global leadership development and management training company, today released First-time Manager—its new training programme built on the time-tested secrets of The New One Minute Manager.
TrainingIndustry.com recently named The Ken Blanchard Companies® to the Top 20 Leadership Training Companies List for the seventh year in a row. The Top 20 List is a part of TrainingIndustry.com’s mission to continually monitor the training marketplace for the best providers of training services and technologies. TrainingIndustry.com is a US based organisation, though it's lists do include global organisations.
Walkgrove and Coaching on Call partner to launch “supported learning” at this year’s Learning Technologies event.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, will again be sponsoring the Coaching and Mentoring Award offered by the British Association for Women in Policing (BAWP).
Leading training and development consultancies TACK International and TMI International officially announce and congratulate Award Winners from annual Global Congress event.
10Eighty is the exclusive supplier of the CareerCENTRE, a unique career planning tool which enables managers to have effective career conversations. The company will be presenting and demonstrating the CareerCENTRE at Learning and Skills 2016.
InfoPro Learning acquires Sherwood Learning to expand their corporate learning and development services to include a proven library of leadership and development workshops which have been perfected over the past two decades.
A programme intended to end the gender pay gap by helping undergraduate women develop to their fullest potential, has now amassed over 2,000 ‘graduates’ since it began in May 2013.
Blanchard launches new First-Time Manager programme, based on the lessons of The New One Minute Manager. The new programme is being launched via a 60-minute Livecast on 3rd December.
United Biscuits (UB), the leading manufacturer of biscuits, cakes and snacks, is supporting ongoing culture change in the organisation with new elearning for its staff.
TACK International's 7th Edition 'Buyers' Views of Salespeople' research study findings have been published for sales professionals and managers.
Online learning provider Filtered.com has launched the Filtered Foundation to tackle the ever-present skills gaps in young people, particularly those from the state sector. The Foundation will leverage premium business training from Filtered.com to individuals who wish to become more confident in and develop their business skills.
TACK International and TMI International officially announce new Executive Appointment of Samantha North as Global Operations Director. The appointment of this position further cements the company's commitment to increase global footprint and accessibility to the quality training solutions TACK and TMI are known for.
Brazil has become the 44th of the world’s 196 countries to implement the ‘Springboard’ Women’s Development Programme.
Springboard, a women’s development programme from The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), is helping Royal Mail cement its place as one of The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women.
Creativedge Training & Development has today made new additions to its bite-size training sessions which will now include training on topical workplace issues such as Neuro Leadership and 70:20:10 Development training. As a result, Creativedge now has over 150 different, 90-minute sessions on offer to clients.
Creativedge Training has today announced that its 90-minute bite-size training will now be also be available in 180-minute sessions
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, has become a member of WISE.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company, based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues, is presenting its range of development programmes to members of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) at their annual conference, being held at the University of Warwick on 2nd and 3rd September.
Nigerian women are developing their education outside the formal education system and also building their confidence levels as a result of a development programme, devised by The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company, based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues.
Women in the Caribbean are now benefitting from the award-winning development programme from The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, is now finding success in also helping men to clarify their priorities and life goals.
A women’s development programme, developed in the UK and now delivered around the world, is continuing to prove its worth in this country.
New website from leading UK training provider offers visitors and users a more interactive and participatory experience, thanks to its responsive design in order that they might exchange knowledge, information and receive support for their training and L&D issues. Site also includes a social learning forum and live online chat feature.
Richardson, a leading global sales training and effectiveness solutions company, today announced that it has launched a new e-book, Best Practices in Sales Negotiations Skills.
A hundred young people wanting to make a success of the transition from education to the world of work have been the first to try The Springboard Consultancy (SBC)’s recently developed ‘Boost’ training programme.
High Street bank, RBS, is taking the lead among corporate sponsors of The Springboard Consultancy (SBC)’s ‘Sprint’ training programme, which has been designed specifically to address undergraduate women’s study and career issues.
HarperCollins publish 7 May The New One Minute Manager... updated by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson to reflect the new challenges facing managers in today's business environment; Ken Blanchard hosts webinar on The New One Minute Manager - 5 May.
Blanchard research shows that motivation plays a critical role at the root source of disengagement and is a skill that can be learned, developed, and sustained. Leadership Livecast announced: 'Motivating People Doesn’t Work … What Does' featuring Susan Fowler and Ken Blanchard.
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