How I make sure my Train the Trainer course delivers high quality results. Choosing a Train the Trainer course which will result in high quality trainers and high quality learning is essential. You need a course which provides you with the techniques to produce effective training courses and training sessions. Always look for a train […]

Many of us feel uneasy when it comes down to financial matters. If you are a manager struggling to understand finance reporting, this may make that part of the management meeting when ‘Finance’ is on the agenda awkward for you. Or maybe it’s a challenge to know what to do when you’re looking at our […]

Who makes sure you grow? Julie Cooper shares how Masterminding for trainers can help us grow. It’s a funny old job, being a trainer.  On the one hand, we’re around people a lot, but on the other it’s quite solitary. There is rarely a boss watching how I deliver. Delegates are not colleagues, they are […]

Leaders often try to hide their weaknesses. It is a common mistake to believe that you have to appear infallible, especially to members of staff. Some leaders correct their own errors without realising that learning from errors is what great leaders do. Whilst it may be understandable why some leaders want people to perceive them […]

Do you remember my story of my work experience with The Development Company? Here is a link to my first blog about my 8 weeks’ work experience in 2016, and this is my story now. Upon finishing my work experience in February 2016, I was fortunate enough to secure two weeks’ temporary work as a […]

Learning versus Training This blog will look at: What learner centred learning is How it differs from trainer centred learning There is also an ebook giveaway at the end of the blog. Introduction Let’s start by what used to happen…  Back in the day… Training was about instructing people. They needed to learn the right […]

This is my final post about employee engagement at LifeSearch – everyone’s a leader. If we could bottle the culture here, every organisation would have staff achieving their true potential. I am passionate about leadership, and I think there is a shortage of great leaders. In a world where we’ve reduced our jobs and companies […]

Learning Styles are Important It’s the weekend and you’re at home. You decide to do some of those household jobs that you’ve been putting off for a while. You decide to start with the dripping tap in the bathroom. It’s been a while since you changed a washer and this particular tap is one of those […]

Fear of failure is the biggest obstacle to success.  It stops you from moving forward, from realising your full potential and from pursuing your dream, your purpose.  Purpose is part of who you are, however it’s still possible to suppress it with fear. Often failure is seen as weak, but could failure be not trying?  […]

Training is going through a bit of a change at the moment. With IT producing some cutting edge services, all it takes is some motivation from the learners and the training revolution will take off. Louise Plant reports from the Association of Talent Development, TechKnowledge 2017 Expo in Las Vegas (well someone had to go!). […]