Browsing news: Skills

    • 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.

    • Project Agency’s survey shows sponsors failing

      Project Agency | London, UK |

      Project management training and development specialist, Project Agency, has revealed that, in a survey of over 1,300 people who have attended its project management events, over 52 per cent believe that the roles, responsibilities and levels of authority relating to their projects are unclear.

    • Successful networking: learn how with Creativedge Training

      Creativedge Training | Milton Keynes, UK |

      Creativedge Training, the 'bite-size' management and leadership training provider, has introduced a training course in personal networking techniques - an intensive 90-minute session to help business professionals to improve their networking skills.