By: Judith Kors – July 2015 Here’s a nice simple one to take home at the end of the day (…and week…and month)… It’s strange. The ‘performance appraisal’, something that is ultimately aimed at improving the standards, capabilities, and productivity of the workforce can, if not done properly, do the exact opposite, leaving staff negative,…
By: Daniel McCorry – July 2015 If you wanted to nominate someone (or even yourself) for the prestigious ‘AITD (Australian Institute of Training & Development) Excellence Awards’ then you’ll need to get your skates on because tomorrow is the very last day they’ll accept applications. The awards were launched in 2002 to recognise excellence in learning…
By Judith Kors – July 2015 There is one big paradox that seems to affect a LOT of Learning and Development Managers…whilst they are all working really hard to develop the capabilities of their organisation’s staff, they are rarely (if ever) doing anything to develop their own capabilities! There appears to be a variety of…
Building on our previous article ‘5 Simple Ways You Can Support Your Frontline Managers’, today’s article takes us a step before that and looks at ways we can assist Frontline Managers actually make that difficult transition from a team member to a team leader… By: Daniel McCorry – July 2015 Whilst a promotion from being…
By: Judith Kors – July 2015 So we’re almost at August already (where on earth did the first half of this year go!?!?). By now you should have (hopefully) be past the worst of the end-of-financial-year work and, if you haven’t already done so, started thinking about how you’re going to spend your 2015/16 budget by…
By: Sam Russell – July 2015 Given that there is a large number of people that have joined the network since the results of the most resent networking events were emailed, we thought it might be worth posting the overview of the session outcomes to give the new members a idea of what’s been discussed, and…
By: Daniel McCorry – July 2015 The first Australian ‘Edupreneur Awards’ are being held this weekend in Perth. As you’d probably guess from the name, it’s been organised to recognise and celebrate the many people out there that are creating new and innovative ways to deliver training and get their message out there. Unfortunately, nominations…
By: Judith Kors – July 2015 As many in the Learning and Development/RTO space would be aware, last year saw a long overdue overhauling of the ever-popular Diploma of Project Management with, among other things, a change from being a nine unit qualification to a twelve. The latest qualification to get such an overhaul is…
By: Daniel Turner – July 2015 “Why would I need a Diploma of Leadership & Management when I already have a degree?” is a question all-too-often posed to Learning and Development Managers in their ongoing quest to help create their organisation’s future leaders, especially (although not exclusively) in organisations that employ a large number of…
By: Rachael Hunter – July 2015 The current buzzword from the learning and development world lately seems to be‘continuous learning’, but what does that mean for your organisation, exactly? It’s all well and good to have ongoing training programs and a variety of curricula for your employees to follow, but unless they are willing participants…
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