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Apprenticeship and leadership programmes: Kwik-Fit’s focus on people

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Learning Now tv this month talks with Kwik-Fit’s People Director Paul Binks about Kwik-Fit's apprenticeship and leadership programmes; the LPI’s Ed Monk talks about the current state of L&D; plus interviews on workplace diversity and online learning in engineering.

Paul Binks, People Director, Kwik-Fit (right)
Paul Binks, People Director, Kwik-Fit (right)  

Paul Binks, People Director of Kwik-Fit, in an interview with Learning Now tv’s Nigel Paine, discusses how the Kwik-Fit organisation is reaping such success with its in-house, award-winning apprenticeship programme and its highly popular leadership programme.

Kim Edwards interviews Ed Monk, of the Learning & Performance Institute, on the current state of L&D and the skills needed by learning and performance professionals.

LNTV’s July programme also includes interviews with Mike Shaw on workplace diversity and inclusion in today's organisations and with John Vivolo on his work as online and virtual learning director of the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University.

Learning Now tv is on Thursday July 27 at 8 pm and the following day, July 28 at 10 am. And the show will be available on catch up from the LNTV website three days later.

The full programme of interviews and features for July’s LNTV show:

  • Paul Binks, People Director of Kwik-Fit, discusses how the organisation is reaping such success with their in-house award winning apprenticeship programme and their highly popular leadership programme.

  • Ed Monk, CEO of the Learning & Performance Institute, talks to Kim about the current state of L&D and makes some predictions on the skills learning and performance professionals need to be developing for the future.

  • Mike Shaw talks to Kim about the huge importance of workplace diversity and inclusion in today's organisations and gives some excellent examples of the areas that need to be tackled now.

  • John Vivolo, Director of Online and Virtual Learning at the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, talks to Lisa Minogue-White about his work.

  • Martin Couzins turns the tables on Nigel this month to talk to him about the Digital Age Learning Report which he authored for the European Foundation for Management Development.

  • Robin Hoyle's regular spot this month focuses on the culture in the organisation, which he says defines how and what people learn in the organisation.

  • Tom Spiglanin's popular series on creating videos for workplace learning continues with a look at using multiple cameras.

  • Rich Egan talks to Kim about his recent Health & Safety Compliance training project for a national healthcare provider with some outstanding results.

The next Learning Now tv programme is on Thursday July 27, 8.00 pm UK time with the regular live social stream with Colin Steed from 7.45 pm; and again on Friday July 28, 10 am UK time.