Browsing news: Skills

    • Access Group launch webinar exploring how microlearning can drive marginal gains that matter

      The Access Group |

      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.

    • Imparta Features on Training Industry’s Top 20 Sales Training Company List for the Tenth Year

      Imparta | London, UK |

      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.

    • Making learning ‘stick’: News UK and Nimble Elearning at CCCE

      Nimble Elearning | London, London |

      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.

    • How creating a “buzz” can lead to a learning culture

      Hemsley Fraser | London |

      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.

    • Are bad conversations holding business back?

      Thrive Partners | London |

      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.  

    • Happy 5th birthday to Nimble Elearning

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      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 to launch new course on emotional intelligence at LearningLive

      Neoskill | London |

      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.

    • Hemsley Fraser share the secrets of engagement at Learning Live 2019

      Hemsley Fraser | London |

      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.

    • Nimble Elearning and Haven Claims partner at the Call & Contact Centre Expo

      Nimble Elearning | London, UK |

      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.

    • Top 20 LMS for Nimble Elearning: eLearning Industry

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      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.

    • New Adaptive Selling course helps salespeople sell with more certainty and confidence

      Marshall E-Learning | London, UK |

      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.

    • Nimble and Espirita WOLCE Seminar: Awareness of mental health in the workplace

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      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.

    • Nimble Elearning – staying agile

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      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.

    • Nimble Elearning and partners CSA deliver important seminar on Cyber Security

      Nimble Elearning | Stonehouse, Gloucestershire |

      ‘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 launch new brand identity and global websites

      TACK International and TMI World |

      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.

    • TACK International launches proven Behavioural Based Safety approach

      TACK International and TMI World | United Kingdom |

      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.

    • TACK International to unveil new learning transfer model at WOLCE 2016

      TACK International and TMI World | United Kingdom |

      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.

    • Middle East’s blind women to benefit from Springboard Consultancy training materials

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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.

    • Sister company, TMI World, announces launch of new book - SHIFT!

      TACK International and TMI World | United Kingdom |

      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.

    • The Ken Blanchard Companies, Named Top 20 Leadership Training Company by TrainingIndustry.com

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | UK |

      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.

    • Springboard sponsors Police Coaching and Mentoring Award

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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).

    • Preview of Blanchard's First-Time Manager Programme

      The Ken Blanchard Companies |

      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.

    • Filtered launches foundation to tackle UK skills gap

      Filtered | London, UK |

      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.

    • New Global Operations Director for TACK International and TMI International

      TACK International and TMI World | Rickmansworth, United Kingdom |

      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.

    • The Springboard Consultancy addresses women’s development issues for the police and careers advisors

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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.

    • The Springboard development programme helps women outside the education system in Nigeria

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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.

    • Caribbean women benefit from the Springboard programme

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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.

    • Apprentices get a Boost from The Springboard Consultancy

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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.

    • RBS takes a lead in The Springboard Consultancy’s Sprint programme

      The Springboard Consultancy | Barnstaple, Devon, UK |

      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.

    • Blanchard research uncovers the root source of disengagement

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | United Kingdom |

      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.

    • 'How to refire your life' - Ken Blanchard webinar

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | London |

      What's the difference between people who remain innovative, essential, and vibrant, and those who grow old before their time? This is the question best-selling author Ken Blanchard will explore in a webinar designed to explore four characteristics that define people who keep themselves engaged, motivated, and growing in all aspects of their lives.

    • Creativedge to showcase new interactive Virtual Training programme at Learning & Skills 2015

      Creativedge Training | London |

      Creativedge will host a live, interactive, demonstration of its new bite-size Virtual Training at the Learning & Skills Exhibition 2015. The new VT will allow organisations the chance to give staff all the advantages of a highly interactive, fully integrated classroom training programme, whilst at the same time overcoming the barriers of geography, travel costs and staff availability.

    • Essential career skills for personal assistants at Office*

      Reed Learning | London |

      Reed Learning, the UK’s top provider of office management courses, will share its expertise and insight, with PAs, EAs and office managers, at the forthcoming Office* event taking place at London Olympia this month.

    • Why Cross-selling Fails: The Ultimate List

      Richardson | Philadelphia, PA USA |

      Why Cross-Selling Fails: The Ultimate List is a new blog post from leading sales training company Richardson that begins to build out a critical list of why reps struggle to cross-sell.

    • Mike Kunkle Joins Richardson as Director of Product Development

      Richardson |

      Richardson has announced that Mike Kunkle has joined the company as Director, New Product Development. Bringing over 25 years of experience in the sales profession, Mr. Kunkle is a training and organizational effectiveness leader with special expertise in sales force transformation.

    • goFLUENT sets out a best practice RFP template for companies seeking language learning programs

      goFLUENT | Geneva, Switzerland |

      As the business world becomes increasingly ‘global’, global businesses are tending to standardize on English as the global business language. According to goFLUENT - a leading provider of Business English training – some 90 per cent of the world’s current business skills language learning budget is devoted to teaching people English.

    • Which is best - Carrot or Stick?

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | London |

      What fuels motivation? The stick or the carrot? The answer is neither. A new science of motivation has identified exciting and effective alternatives to the traditional ways that people have been motivated in the workplace, alternatives that drive employed engagement, innovation and profit.

    • An Audience with The One Minute Manager

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | London |

      The ‘One Minute Manager,’ business guru Dr Ken Blanchard will take centre stage at The London Business Forum on 24th October.

    • A Manager’s Guide to the Emotional Workplace

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | LONDON |

      What is the best way to handle sensitive issues at work? Whether it is delivering feedback, dealing with conflict, or addressing performance issues, dealing with the emotional nitty-gritty of working life is something most business leaders would rather avoid.

    • Richardson CEO, David DiStefano Honored with a 2011 'Best in Biz Award'

      Richardson | Philadelphia, PA USA |

      David DiStefano, President and CEO of Richardson, has been named the silver winner in the Executive of the Year category in Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.

    • LINE to speak on mobile learning at Wolce

      LINE Communications | London |

      LINE Communications will be exhibiting at this year’s World of Learning Conference and Exhibition in Birmingham on the 27th and 28th of September and will be speaking on the subject of mobile learning in both the conference and the exhibition seminars.