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Celebrate....

Well, its been a while since my last blog...Happy New Year.  I was very excited to learn that I passed my first assignment from workshop 1, a huge relief and a lovely way to start the Christmas hols.  I have been working through my second assignment

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Managers - Competency or Style ?

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This is the third part in a three blog series by our management & leadership specialist David McIntosh focusing on management competence. 

This blog follows on from ‘Are Managers Born or Made?’ and ‘Measuring Management Competence’. In the first two

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1357158?profile=RESIZE_180x180I was lucky enough to speak at the recent Training Journal Winter Conference on using Social Media in Learning, it was a great event. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing the presentations from each of the speakers and chatting with fellow attendees on a sub

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Measuring Management Competence

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This is the second of a three blog series by our management & leadership specialist David McIntosh focusing on management competence.

In the first blog I drew the conclusion that managers need to be developed to excel in the ever more complex world

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Keep on Chatting!

Last night was the second community chat on the subject of Learning Needs Analysis (LNA).

For those of us working on our L&D courses this element of what we do is so crucial in order to provide considered, tailored and robust training events, none of

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Culture Change

Last week, I read an article in the Training Journal on culture change.  The main point was that we as humans are creatures of habit and to instil change into an organisation and gain employee buy in into this, we need to raise awareness of the need

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To Chat or Not to Chat!

Well, I decided I would take part in the chat room event held on the evening of 14th November at 8.30pm for an hour.  The subject was something close to my heart – how to be an effective practitioner, I am currently studying for my L&D Practitioner C

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So this is a BLOG!

After trying my best not to enter into the world of Facebook as why do I need to know what someone is having for breakfast OR how many people LIKED something random? I was then tasked with writing a Blog as part of my course (only attended first work

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Working In Your Pyjamas

In 2003 when the Government introduced the right to request flexible working I thought “Woohoo! The business world has caught up with working parents!!” There I was with a full time job 20 miles away from home, and a three year old at nursery. What w
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Hi!

Hi!

My name is Charlotte and I have just signed up to DPG to do the Dimploma in HR Practice. I completed the certificate through a different provider back in July, and after a little break, I have decided to extend it to the diploma.

I love studying (s

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My HR Journey - The brain is kicking in!

So, I was sitting in a board meeting in my capacity as PA, the conversation turned to the future resource needs of the executive team. There was a big debate on resourcing for future needs (want) or waiting until the need arises (want becoming a need
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The Penny Dropped

Wow guess what i learnt on the  the first day of my course, i now no what CPD means,i am now aware that i do not just do a ten month course & become qualified at the end of the course, but that this is my continuos professional development throughout

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My HR Journey continued...

Well, feeling very studious:).  Have finished 2.5 hours of study on a very rainy Sunday morning in the office.  I find being out of the house much easier, far less to distract me.

I have managed to finish chapter 1 of developing myself as an effective

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