Weekly round-up of corporate learning and training blogs
Living – and sharing – the company values by Alex Masters at the MindLeaders Blog
In my last post – “Move with the Cheese” – I discussed the subject of change and how organisations delivering apprenticeships need to embrace the move from Key Skills to Functional Skills in 2012. I’ve also recently embraced change in my own career. Having previously been a part of our Work-Based Learning team which raised awareness about our solutions for Apprenticeships, Diplomas and Functional Skills, I’ve now moved to our Hospitality team where I’m marketing our elearning solutions around Food Safety and Health & Safety compliance. MORE here.
Cross-training for business survival by Alan See at the MindLeaders Blog
When I was much younger, I worked as a “roughneck” in the West Texas oil fields. The guys I worked with dubbed me “college boy” because they knew I’d be heading back to school in the fall. As you might guess I got to do the manual back breaking jobs because I wasn’t trained to operate any of the equipment on the job site. At the time, I thought they had the easy jobs and I admired their skill, their ability to jump from the driver’s seat of one piece of machinery to another and operate it with equal skill and ease. MORE here.
Featured Member: Maureen Orey of Workplace Learning and Performance Group by Maria Palma at the Co-Merge Blog
One of the best ways to grow as an entrepreneur is to learn new things and continuously improve your business skills. Who doesn’t want to be better educated about marketing, increasing sales, and all those other things that makes our business better.
We often look to others for inspiration in areas where we may need help. One person we can always count on within our community here at CoMerge is Maureen Orey of Workplace Learning & Performance Group, a management consulting and training firm (aka WLP Group). MORE here.
Are you ready for the future workplace & the iWorker? by Robert Gogos at eLearning Resources from eFront Blog
With globalization, the emergence of social technologies that democratize information and change the role of leadership, and the fact that by 2020 the workplace will include 5 generations – the life of a worker by that time will look quite different to now. MORE here.
Training is more effective for those in their chosen job by Alex Fradera at the Occupational Digest Blog
Why do some get more out of training than others? One major factor is motivation, leading to such outcomes as greater skill acquisition, higher post-training confidence, and stronger intentions to apply the learning in the workplace. MORE here.
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