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As promised, I listened in to the much awaited talk by Brene Brown on vulnerability yesterday. I really enjoyed the talk - it was full of new insights building on Brown's work that she first aired at TEDx in Houston 2010. The key themes I picked up o

I recently attended a workshop entitled “Getting the most from your Apprentice” hosted by the Apprentice Academy. It was an interesting session that I wanted to play back, as it looked at starting work through the eyes of 16-18 yr old. Without showin

Hi all,

With our Business growing like there is no tomorrow, we are looking for a reliable holiday calculator.

Our entitlement for the year is 25 days (if working full time).  We would normally work it out by calculating 25 / 12 * number of months work

I was very pleased with the response to my previous blog so thank you all.  In particular I must recommend the blog by Sarah Aubrey, Career or Mum - It shouldn't be a choice!  Absolutely, I was able to use some of the terminology while explaining my

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Well, I found out yesterday I passed my ninth and final assessment for HR Level 3.  It really has been a very rewarding experience for me.  I also achieved the role I wanted at work which was the role of People Development Manager, so, really,

In 6 days, the DPG Community will be officially one year old. Where has the time gone? It feels like only yesterday I left the corporate world of RBS to join DPG. I've been reflecting a lot over the last few weeks about the reasons why I joined DPG a

Carrying on from Part 1 looking at sustainable ideas, here we look at more ways being a better gardener will help your new ideas thrive!

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

Like every good gardener will tell you – you need 100% commitment to make and m

My last blog focussed on how you can influence the situation you work in. I want to look this tie at how companies crush people’s good intentions  . How things that companies rightly need to focus on in order to survive can ultimately restrict inspir

Hello fellow DPG people.  Hope you are well.

I wondered if you could help me with a debate I'm having (mainly with myself but also with others). 

Now, I keep it no secret that I'm a huge fan of eLearning.  It's taken a while but I can now actually admi

I was recently asked to run a short 10 minute energiser for the Level 5 HRD course in London I am taking.

I always enjoy the challenge of coming up with something new that gets people motivated and awake for an afternoon session.

An energiser to me i

In my last blog, I talked about my personal introduction to the world of evaluation with the New World Kirkpatrick Model. Having learnt all about the Four Levels Model and how to effectively apply this theory to display return on expectations, I was

I was recently invited to the Training Journal (TJ) Summer Conference in London to hear from the winners of last year’s Training Journal Awards.

Personally, I love to hear the winner’s stories and the TJ summer conference provides a great insight in

I consider myself, above all things, a learner.  A recent graduate, I’ve spent the majority of my adult life in an educational environment, to the point where I feel, rightly or wrongly, somewhat of an expert in learning as a process on the participa

When people mention change in an organisation, my thoughts automatically turn to ones of restructure, redundancies, re-grading and how we  in HR are going to support colleagues affected by it. I never think to apply the supporting change principles a

Hi All,

I just wanted to share my blog with you on game based learning and some of the games I have made for my courses.

When I joined my company, it seemed like the more information that we could cram on a slide the better. One part of a course had

Well, I survived my first blogging experience! A massive thank you to all who read and contributed to the ‘So I’m Part of the Dumbest Generation?’ discussion, I really appreciate your input. There were some great and incredibly thought-provoking po

How often do you think about you being inspirational? Probably not very often I guess?

When you do think about it, does it always seem like it has to be a big 'thing', something that makes a massive statement of intent to make people sit up and take n

Training just like every other job is becoming more and more supplemented by developing technologies. Although e-Learning and m-Learning is grabbing all the headlines in Learning and Development as being the future – there are a lot more forms of tec

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This year’s HRD exhibition at Olympia was run over the 24-25^th April and we sent along Paul and Hannah to experience all that it had to offer.  A key theme at the exhibition was that Leadership and Development was high on the agenda and the va

I am currently looking into the Bribery Act and small businesses - up to 20 employees. Is the act just for large companies in Government, MOD etc.?

I would be interested to know if anyone has had any dealings with employees accepting 'gifts' from supp