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Training Agreements

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We offer our employees the chance to do NVQ's to further their careers with us. When someone wants to do it we ask that they sign an agreement that if they leave the company while completeing the course or within the first year after…

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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…

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Webinar platforms for delivering training remotely

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I work in a global organisation and we currently use BlueJeans as our video conferencing platform for meetings. Most people in the organisation really find it a challenge (I'm not sure why we're still using it!). We are looking to…

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Induction Training

Hello All, 

I am looking to streamline our induction and initial training process. We are a small business of around 60 employees but growing rapidly and soon it's going to be difficult to manage. I was hoping to find an online programme…

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Conflict Resolution Activities

Hi everyone,

I have been tasked with putting together a short workshop around managing conflcit. Aside from recognising the sources of workplace conflict, does anyone have any ideas on any activities around this that could highlight…

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1-2-1 with a learning and development leader

Last week there was a major outage of electrical power that affected a million homes and businesses and left people stranded on electric powered trains on the East Coast Mainline.

It obviously wasn’t a pleasant experience for any of those…

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Mental Health in the Work Place

Morning all

As we are aware, Mental Health is becoming more common in people than ever before. I currently work in a business where we have not got a supporting procedure…

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DER webinar

Hi,Does anyone have the link for a DER webinar?

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How I have seen L&D change over the years.....

I have worked in L&D since 2001 and have seen so many changes over the years, I thought I would share some of my observations with you.

Back in 2001 the department was called Training and Development (T&D) and we changed to…

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Zoom - help your teams get perspective

I came across this video on YouTube today – and it took me back to one of the most fascinating books I know and the way in which I used this in my classroom delivery days a few years ago. 

For those of you who don’t know what …

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Action Mapping

I attended the a L&D roundtable event this morning and one of the sessions was around Action Mapping.

Action Mapping which was introduced by Cathy Moore, is a visual approach to instructional design which can help you get clients and…

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70:20:10 How are organisations effectively using this framework?

Hello!

I am currently studying for a level 5 L&D qualification and have to complete a small research project.

My primary objective is to understand how companies that are moving away from traditional classrom-based training are…

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