Extended DISC have released 2007 dates for their program of one-day performance workshops aimed at improving organisational performance. The workshops provide solutions to many commonly experienced issues that limit performance within organisations and are invaluable to managers, line managers, HR practitioners and recruiters.
Due to popular demand, TPS are pleased to announce the release of spring 2007 dates for the Advanced Certificate in Executive Coaching, accredited by the Association of Coaching.
London Fashion Week has emphasised the increasing rise in the Hollywood culture of skinny, spawning an entire industry concerned with the ever de-creasing size of models waistlines and top of the UK headlines is Mrs. Beckham.
Global Knowledge, the world's largest independent IT Training company, today announced the appointment of Thomas Lee, as Chief Architect.
Investing in employees well-being can pay big dividends and is supported by a recent article in The Times and with UK corporations, writes The Performance Solution.
Over recent years psychometric testing has seen a dramatic increase in popularity and is widely used in organisations across the world for both recruitment and development. A survey commissioned by the Test Agency (www.hogrefe.co.uk) found that 81% of HR departments interviewed used some form of testing.
Sunil Mehta, formerly of Saffron Interactive, is the latest addition to the UK sales team at the global e-learning producer, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS).
Working women throughout the nation are increasingly feeling the pressure from juggling work and family life, Madonna recently admitted that she is not immune either and The Performance Solution suggest that instead of hiring a nanny, hire a maternity coach.
Sally Vanson, MD of The Performance Solution believes that building teamwork is the way forward for companies in today's economic climate. TPS specialize in providing organizations with a full consultancy and teamwork package tailored to meet objectives, Sally strongly believes that 'Consulting is not just about diagnosing problems, but its about implementing change and needs of different people with many different skills.'
The other weekend my partner and I went off shopping for a car. To start with we were being practical, something big enough to fit the weekly or even monthly shop and somewhere to fit the weekend bags, but at the end of the day my heart was settling for a red sports car - two seats and not a lot of room in the boot - practicality had gone out of the window.
QA InterQuad Principal Technologist, Dave Britt, has been selected as a medallist for the prestigious British Computer Society (BCS) 'Trainer of the Year' award for 2006.
The 2nd series of 'The Apprentice', which was broadcast on the BBC this spring, has proved to be very entertaining but can we all learn something from Sir Allan's methods of staff selection. The UK version of US hit 'The Apprentice' featured a team of hopeful candidates all battling to become Sir Allan Sugars Apprentice. With such a successful multi million pound empire Sir Allan must be recruiting the right people, perhaps his recruitment methods could help us all experience this sweet success.
There is a new buzzword in town: coaching. If your not even thinking about this, then your going to miss out. Everyone knows that coaching is not new, but its rapidly changing and growing fast in popularity. Coaching was once seen as the final straw for a manager that was not quite making the mark, but now its something that the top-dogs couldn't be without.
The biggest investment that any business makes is in people. All businesses, no matter what industry they fall within, have an element of having to manage people and to ensure that you receive a high level of return on this investment. Overcoming the challenge of improving motivation, dealing with difficult people and managing the team into high performance is a constant issue for people managers all over the world.
With World Cup fever upon. Could the England football team learn from the victory of the England cricket team at the ashes last year? The Performance Solution -coach to the coaches firmly believe that coaching, motivation and teamwork will be the key to England winning the world cup this summer.
Extended DISC UK has reported a 50% increase in sales of its psychometric and survey tools in the UK over the last quarter.
New role created to drive development of Microsoft training: QA announces the appointment of a senior alliance manager to strengthen further its existing leadership in the Microsoft training arena.
Jane Knight, the founder of the e-Learning Centre, has become the Head of Research, Organisational Learning Technologies, at Learning Light, a non-profit organisation that helps to build relationships between learning technology researchers, suppliers, buyers and learners.
QA announces the appointment of Giles Smith to head its industry-leading Managed Training Service (MTS) division.
QA is boosting further its already popular range of ISEB training with the appointment of Andrew Brown to lead the development of its Service Management training programme.
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