So there I was nearly at the end of my terminal leave and edging rapidly closer to my Discharge date and I heard about the APMG International's Facilitation Course via the company Explosive Learning Solutions on Twitter - There were some last minute
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So all organisations have absence but what is the real cost?
I am currently looking a the real cost of absence within my organisation and would really appreciate your thoughts. From analysis I have identified that on average absence is costing us £110
Thought I would update my blog on the journey of installing our new system. We are still at the contracting side, however, even then there seems to be a need for a keen eye for detail. The company we are using have kindly sent us their contract for
Today our environment is degrading rapidly and profusely due to urbanization, industrialization, agriculture and the extensive use of resources. Water resources like the rivers and ground water are polluted to a large extent mainly because of sewage
In a comment to Niklas Angmyr’s post on the subject of learning, corporate learning and the article Making Corporate Learning work by Shlomo Ben-Hur and Nik Kenley, Niklas get one of the authors to comment, namely Nik Kenley, and a very interesting
A couple of weeks ago I attended module 2 of the HRD Level 5 course. Some of this was about branding from an external branding point of view. This all got me thinking about the journey we'd had with our own internal L&D brand.
We set the departmen
Hi everyone, this is a blog post that went up on the DPG blog yesterday - thought I would share it here. Would love to hear your thoughts! Jason
Even if many companies are unaware of it, workforce development can be nurtured even with reduced budget
I'd like to tell you about a simple tool/technique that was introduced to me at the end of my CIPD Level 3 in Learning & Development Practice qualification by our facilitator, Howard Rose of DPG Plc.
I'm compelled to write about this as I think it a v
For anyone who is embarking on a new adventure in the Autumn:
This time last year I was really proud of myself for sticking my neck out and saying to my director I deserve a qualification to justify the HR knowledge I own in my own department.
No argu
Clever edited Avengers clip for demonstrating Tuckman's Model which I thought I'd share.
Thought it was quite current and different (okay I liked it probably because I'm a fan of Iron Man!!!)
Only down side is a some parts are quite fast, wanted to slo
I have just attended my penultimate workshop for CIPD Level 3 in HR Practice. I have enjoyed it so much and cannot believe my final course for Level 3 is in just 3 short weeks on the 22nd. I have learnt so much and really gained a new perspective o
So I had decided that I was going to leave the Army and many people had said to me ‘Network as much as you can’ when it comes to finding employment. Well, I kind of knew that but how?! Did they mean knocking on Companies doors with CV in hand….Well
PS: If you enjoy this post, find more at ennoble.se ! DS
Inspired by the four levels of Kirkpatrick and the article Making Corporate Learning Work by Shlomo Ben-Hur & Nik Kinley I came up with a new model this morning. From the latter the inspiration
I knew right from the start of my Resettlement phase that I was going to back up my HR/Administration experiences with HR qualifications, there was never any thought of having a complete career change for me BUT I also knew that it would be essential
I have worked in the Military as what they call a HR Administrator for approx. 10 years and I have recently taken the plunge and left a very well paid, stable job in the Army. I have gone over to the Dark Side, joined the ranks of Civvy Street! Thi
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I'm currently reviewing our probationary periods - they are 3 months for what are considered 'standard' staff (not my view) and 6 months for those in more 'complex' roles. Managers of staff in 'standard' roles want to be able to change th
Following on from my previous post about how I secured my Work Placement with the NHS I thought I would do a post about how it all actually went….
I was super nervous about my Placement as anyone would be…There was so much to consider that I just did
Our recent blog ‘What would be the one piece of advice you would give to yourself when you were 20 which you wish you had received’ looked at a LinkedIn discussion we started that recorded some fantastic answers. Another discussion we started called
Have you ever spent ages deliberating with yourself over even relatively small decisions without really knowing why? Have you gone over it again and again in your head before eventually deciding it's better to do nothing at all? The internal battli
Another new experience under the belt. This time a short talk at the PPMA conference (not the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association) rather the Public Sector People Manager’s conference – you can check the #ppmahr13 hashtag for tweets from t