The L&D Forum

Reflective vloging - is it worth it?

DPG Community, your thoughts please...

A former colleague and I are considering starting a YouTube channel with the aim of reflecting on our own experiences in the world of L+D/HR. I'm in the early stages of my CIPD Lvl 5 LDM and he is has also just s

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Measuring the impact of Key Account Management

Hello,has anyone launched Key Account Management within an organisation? I work in pharma but I am interested in looking at the metrics around this, particularly qualitive ones rather than the quanitive, or any early leading indicators we could follo

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What does an effective new starter induction and manager induction look like?

Happy Friday everyone:)

We are currently relooking at how we are running inductions for new starters in general and new managers.

At the moment we are running the overall induction once a month. It is a one day course and it consists of one day where w

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The Grassroots of L&D in the UK - New Survey

 

We've just launched our 2nd annual survey, exploring what’s really happening at the grassroots of L&D in the UK.

It only takes 5 minutes to complete and you’ll receive results in early Feb to help benchmark and shape your L&D approach for 2019

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When the theory makes sense and your living what you read.

I have been enrolled onto my CIPD level 5 in L&D for a couple of months. Within the time of me starting my course I also secured a new job a sales coach which i am fresh into and learning the fundemantals of my role expectations. In conjuction to tha

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L&D Unconference - No Agenda!!

So a few months back I saw a promotion on L&DConnect (Twitter @LnDConnect) called "L&D Unconference" and this one was local to me.  I think this caught my attention due to the word "unconference".  I'd attended many conferences where there was an age

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Resources for Train the Trainer - looking for a provider

Back in the day, it used to be called the Craft Trainer Award, a programme providing the knowledge and skills concentrating on the training process rather than the content for those wanting to deliver “on-the-job” practical training skills. It tended

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Onboarding Bootcamps - any experience?

When it comes to onboarding and company inductions, I've delivered and experienced a real diversity in how these are delivered in different organisations.  Recently, I read about onboarding bootcamps where new starters attended a full week, or longer

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How to tell whether your employees are learning.....

A useful article by Seb Burchell for Training Zone, contains 6 ways to tell if your employees are learning :

1.  Ask Questions -  they will ask questions if they have shown an interest in the learning.

2.  Active Immersion - pushing themselves more i

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Reasons why skills-based training works.....

I recently read a useful blog by Alex K for Training Zone, giving some clear reasons why company's should invest in skills-based training for their employees.  Some of the key reasons can be found below :

• Increase in job satisfation - "Employees fee

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