News: Leadership training for senior Whitehall staff</h1> <article> <h1>News: Leadership training for senior Whitehall staff</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:05:49 +0000</p> <div><em>Civil servants are to receive mandatory training in leadership and project management skills thanks to the creation of a new £7m Major Projects Leadership Academy.</em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>But the initiative, which will be delivered in partnership with <a href="http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/"><strong>Oxford's Saïd Business Schoo</strong></a>l and consultants, <a href="http://www.deloitte.com/"><strong>Deloitte</strong></a>, is targeted to save the government £10bn per year once it is up-and-running.</div> <div> </div> <div> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/news-leadership-training-senior-whitehall-staff/170388">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Seven reasons to invest in training during a downturn</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:07:53 +0000</p> <div><em>Garry Marsh, director of THM Business Simulations, argues that there are seven essential reasons why training is the one thing that should not be subject to major cutbacks. </em></div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/7-ways-convince-your-boss-invest-training-during-downturn/168296">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Leadership: Enabling creativity and innovation</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:30:53 +0000</p> <div><em>Margot Zielinska of Kenexa explains how leaders can promote the conditions for creativity and instil a culture of innovation. </em></div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/leadership-enabling-creativity-and-innovation/169211">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Leadership: Why perceptions matter</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:26 +0000</p> <div><em>Birgit Schyns, professor of organisational behaviour at Durham Business School, writes about the perceptions of leadership within organisations.</em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>While in the research and practice of leadership we often focus on the leader as a person or his/her behaviour, the role of followers is often neglected. However, followers constitute the context in which leaders operate and there is a long-standing argument, going back to Weber's charisma theory, that leaders can only be leaders if they have followers.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/perceptions-leadership/168409">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Caption competition</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:33:04 +0000</p> <div><em>Can you make us chuckle? There's a bottle of wine in it if so.</em></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Have a look at the caption beneath and give us your best shot.</p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/caption-competition/169436">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>News: Heads of coalition apprenticeship schemes resign</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:04:27 +0000</p> <div><em>The heads of both of the Coalition Government’s flagship multi-billion pound apprenticeship schemes have resigned on the same day.</em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Geoff Russell, who heads up the <a href="http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/"><strong>Skills Funding Agency</strong></a>, and Simon Waugh, who was chief executive of the <a href="http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/"><strong>National Apprenticeship Service</strong></a>, both announced today that they plan to step down.</div> <div> </div> <div>Russell, who will leave his post i</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/strategy/news-heads-coalition-apprenticeship-schemes-resign/169427">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Britain can't afford to become a nation of 'accidental' managers</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:00:34 +0000</p> <div><em>Are you in a management position at work? Mary Clarke gives the community some words of advice on how to maximise your influence and ability as a manager, even if you became one by accident.</em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>With the Eurozone crisis deepening daily and with widespread predictions of the UK returning to recession, UK companies are facing a tough 2012.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/britain-can-t-afford-become-nation-accidental-managers/168265">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>News: Business leaders back youth contract</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:39:16 +0000</p> <div><em>The pillars of British business are formally backing the Government’s flagship programme to ensure every young person is either earning or learning through the Youth Contract, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today.</em></div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/strategy/tz-news-business-leaders-back-youth-contract/168825">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Free resource: Leadership ebook</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:22:30 +0000</p> <p><em>Wow, it must be Christmas. Two free resources in a week! The nice people at LIW have donated us an ebook to give away.</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Dan Hammond and the team at leadership consultancy <a href="http://www.liw3.com/"><strong>LIW </strong></a>have created an ebook about next year's leadership opportunities for the TrainingZone community to peruse at its leisure.</p> <p>Just click on the attachment beneath for instant inspiration.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Caption competition</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:00:14 +0000</p> <p><em>And the winner is...<br /></em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h4> </h4> <h4><strong>This month's winning caption: "It was a strange period in the history of the Hells Angels."</strong></h4> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/caption-competition/168257">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Nine steps to senior management for women</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:30:13 +0000</p> <div><em>Women can develop their leadership skills and boost their credibility through on-the-job learning, says Ines Wichert of the Kenexa High Performance Institute. Here, she outlines nine critical job assignments.</em></div> <p> </p> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <p>Although girls outperform boys at school, women are underrepresented at the top of most organisations. At the age of around 30, when career-shaping events happen, many women choose to start a family. Once you step off the fast track, it's very difficult to get back on.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/nine-steps-senior-management-women/168104">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Self-funding leadership development: A new delivery model</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:30:31 +0000</p> <div><i>In difficult times leadership is even more important to sustain and improve organisational performance. Development programmes are expensive so why not make these self funding? Andy Radka makes the case.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/self-funding-leadership-development-new-delivery-model/168218">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Insight: New study reveals 'sustainable generation' of future business leaders</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:41:43 +0000</p> <div><em>As businesses continue to feel the pinch from tough economic conditions, the next generation of business leaders says that sustainability must be a priority and sets out its plans for a more sustainable future. </em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Published today, ‘<i>The Sustainable Generation: The Sky Future Leaders Study’ </i>examines for the first timethe attitudes and ambitions towards sustainability of 750 corporate graduate trainees, high potential middle-managers and MBA students.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/new-study-reveals-sustainable-generation-future-business-leaders/167995">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Heretical leadership: Anything but trivial pt2</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:34:34 +0000</p> <div><em>Leadership expert Barry Jackson carries on with his assessment of the challenges surrounding modern leadership.</em></div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/heretical-leadership-sick-parrot-pt2/167522">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The importance of training women for IT careers</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:30:00 +0000</p> <div><em><span>Sometimes it's perceived as difficult for women to break into the IT industry. Madeleine Field tells the community how this balance can be redressed.</span></em><span></p> <p> <b><br /> </b></p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/importance-training-women-it-careers/167929">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Heretical leadership: Anything but trivial</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:26 +0000</p> <div><em>A recent experience has led leadership expert Barry Jackson to draw an analogy that reinforces his belief in his own leadership style.</em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>As a self-employed coach, I depend heavily on the reliability of my car - I'm in real trouble without her. I should have known better than to treat her the way I did last week. I'd had a very successful day, coaching the kind of people who are a joy to coach. I was tired, in an exhilarating kind of way; and I was hungry.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/heretical-leadership-sick-parrot/167495">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>What makes a leader trustworthy?</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:00:40 +0000</p> <div> <div><em>Leaders and organisations can benefit by building trust, according to new research. Rena Rasch of the Kenexa High Performance Institute explains how to do it.</em></div> </div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/what-makes-leader-trustworthy/166971">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Putting leaders in the driving seat</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:01 +0000</p> <div><em>Defining good leadership in an organisation the size of the NHS can be tricky. Pippa Cronk of Right Management tells the community about the new 360 feedback tool that will make this easier.</em></div> <p> <br /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/putting-leaders-driving-seat/166142">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Let's have a revolution in leader development</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:30:52 +0000</p> <div><em>John Wenger of Quantum Shift has some strong opinions on the future of leader development. We'll let him explain. </em></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>I recently saw an #occupy placard which read, "I can't believe we still have to protest this s***." I smiled in recognition and instantly made a connection to the feeling I get when I read yet another article about the dearth of good "leadership" in our institutions and how we need to invest more in leader development.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/lets-have-revolution-leader-development/166969">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Teflon change that doesn't stick</h1> <p>Jon Kennard — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:00:45 +0000</p> <div><em>How well does your company deal with change management?</p> <p><a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/teflon-change-doesn-t-stick/166776">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>