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Scotland hits new apprenticeship record
The First Minister announced yesterday that the Scottish Government has successfully delivered its commitment to support 25,000 new apprenticeship starts in 2011/12.
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FM unveils training boost for Scotland’s energy industry
First Minister Alex Salmond today launched an industry-led energy skills academy, established with over £900,000 public funding, to deliver training for thousands of workers across key sectors including oil & gas and renewables.
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Criminals’ cash creating job opportunities
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has launched a unique scheme which uses crooks’ cash to help young people access apprenticeships.
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Shapps: “apprenticeships in the home” for tenants
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today offered wannabe decorators and carpenters the opportunity to become “an apprentice in the home” – and get paid to hone their skills.
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Over one-third of employees say leaders are ineffective
Employees believe that their leaders lack empathy with their staff, have poor leadership skills and are ineffective new research suggests.
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Andrew Stunell: £10 million for English language support
Communities Minister, Andrew Stunell today announced that the Department for Communities and Local Government will make available up to £10 million in funding to help English language training for speakers of other languages.
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Train to Retain
Would you rather train and develop your employees with the possibility that they might leave? Or have poorly skilled employees at the risk they might stay?
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Getting the best from your managers and staff
An organisation is like a fleet of ships sailing the high seas, delivering their precious cargo of goods or services.
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Vocational courses fail to make the grade with 3000 subjects to be downgraded
Last year was a big one for the education system. Teachers took part in strikes, ministers began to formulate widespread overhauls to the entire school system, and now the unrest over vocational courses has spilled over into 2012.
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Why Training the Puppy and an Old Dog Could be the New Trick!
- Young aspiring managers often feel they face a glass ceiling when it comes to reaching and maintaining leadership roles.
Selection of some of the best training courses available
Don’t let 2012 be the year when your policies cause a major slip up. Start planning for a better, more productive year today.
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Relieving the carnage of executive stress
Let’s be honest, in the context of stress, executives are a notoriously self-sufficient bunch!
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Develop essential change management skills with CHAMPS2, the proven vision led, benefits driven change management methodology
The Current Climate of Continual Change: Given the scale of the current global fiscal challenge, there is a clear imperative for organisations from across all sectors to embark on significant step-change in the quality and cost efficiency of service delivery.
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Listening to improve Quality
In the age of austerity it is even more important that the question is asked, how might we get the service right for you?
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Neslyn Watson-Druée, CBE
Dr Neslyn Watson-Druée, Managing Director of Beacon Organisational Development and former Chairman of NHS Kingston was honoured CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in yesterday’s New Year’s
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Improve Your Business Performance Today with these Free Videos by Cranfield School of Management
Through its renowned Centre for Business Performance, one of the world’s leading business schools.
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Can online teaching technologies help UK universities to face the challenges of the future?
A recent open letter in ‘The Washington Post’ blog, “Eight thoughts on higher education in 2012” (12/22/2011) highlighted some of the pitfalls facing the higher education sector in the US;
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Personal Finance Education for Vulnerable Groups
Young offenders helped to gain accreditation for developing skills in finance.
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Defining the agile leader and the agile team
‘’Agile Leadership’’ is a much used expression in this day and age in business. But what in fact does it mean? In their highly acclaimed and ground breaking study ‘’Leadership Agility’’, Joiner and Joseph argued that
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Hearts and Minds: Leaders and Managers in the workplace
Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management at the London Business School, was awarded the prize of twelfth most influential living Global Management figure and the most highly placed UK expert on the subject at the annual Thinkers 50 Award on November 15th.
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