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05/08/10
Volvo Cars invests in digital video for dealership training
Volvo Cars is using digital video as part of its customer service, communications and management training programmes for 5,500 dealership staff in the UK and Ireland.
14/05/10
Bersin & Associates publishes UK training market study
Organisations in the UK cut their training and development budgets by 4% and reduced training staff by 5% last year, according to a new Bersin & Associates study: 'The UK Training and Development Factbook 2010: Benchmarks, Trends and Analysis of the UK Training Market'.
07/05/10
IES adds David Clutterbuck to its coaching team
David Clutterbuck has joined the Institute for Employment Studies' (IES) team of associate coaches.
22/04/10
CIPD publishes 2010 Learning and Talent Development survey
According to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the major change affecting learning and development in the next five years will be a greater integration between coaching, organisational development (OD) and performance management to drive organisational change.
15/04/10
CIPD Annual Learning and Organisation Development Exhibition
The HRD 2010 Exhibition, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's annual learning and development event takes place on 21-22 April 2010 at Olympia, London.
22/03/10
Video Arts offers online access to CIPD training clips
Video Arts is offering trainers online access to video clips from eight training DVDs produced by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
15/02/10
World of Learning Conference & Exhibition 2010
Now in its 18th year, the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition will take place at the NEC in Birmingham on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 September 2010.
29/01/10
HRD aims to help organisations deliver sustainable organisational performance
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) says this year's HRD Conference and Exhibition has been designed to help organisations build the skills that they need to deliver sustainable organisational performance.
25/01/10
IES publishes coaching podcast
The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has published a podcast on the theme of 'what makes coaching effective'.
08/12/09
Airport hotels on course to 'Host the World'
Tourism South East is offering businesses the chance to sign up for a package of business support and training that is themed around major events and conferences.
25/11/09
Inspiring Potential launches on demand coaching service
Inspiring Potential has launched a pilot for its new coaching service, Inspiring Potential Now! The company says its new service will offer on demand, one to one, telephone coaching 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round.
23/10/09
CMI launches new coaching & mentoring qualifications
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has launched a new suite of coaching & mentoring qualifications.
30/09/09
Joint survey looks at the effects of the recession on coaching
According to a joint survey of members of the Association for Coaching, the International Coach Federation, and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, 70% said that their practice had either grown or stayed the same as a result of the recession.
23/09/09
Free coaching sessions available for World of Learning 2009 visitors
Coaching and leadership development firm Unlimited Potential is offering free taster coaching and mentoring sessions to visitors to World of Learning 2009.
16/09/09
Survey looks at training provision and delivery
Video Arts has released the results of a new survey that asked 565 learning professionals about the training they provide and how it is delivered.
24/08/09
Almost 90% of organisations now use coaching, says survey
Research to be launched at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Coaching at Work conference has found that almost 90% of organisations now use coaching.
08/07/09
British Red Cross invests in coach training
Senior managers at British Red Cross have embarked on a coaching skills training programme.
06/07/09
Bedfordshire sixth-formers mean business
Bankruptcies and government refinancing were all in a day’s work for the teams of Bedfordshire sixth-formers that took part in the 12th annual Cranfield Business Challenge.
23/06/09
Survey finds top priorities for coaching
According to a survey by executive coaching firms Performance Consultants and MS Coaching, the key goals for coaching sessions in the current economic downturn are team development, confidence/self-belief, personal development and motivation.
12/06/09
Henley Business School launches new MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change
Henley Business School has launched a new MSc in Coaching & Behavioural Change as part of its executive education programme.
05/05/09
Change on the agenda for the delivery of training in UK organisations, says survey
According to this year's CIPD Learning and Development survey, sweeping change is on the agenda for the delivery of training in UK organisations.
01/05/09
Poetry workshop aims to improve business leaders' and company performance
Using poetry to improve the performance of business leaders and organisations is the focus of an introductory workshop from coaching firm Unlimited Potential.
15/04/09
Diary date: World of Learning 2009
The World of Learning 2009 conference and exhibition will take place on 30 September and 1 October at the NEC, Birmingham.
09/03/09
National Express opens new Midlands Training Academy
Thousands of employees are set to benefit from the new National Express Midlands Training Academy, officially opened in Aston by John Healey MP, Minister of State for Local Government and Communities.
06/03/09
Acas launches new guide on management
Acas, the employment relations service, has launched a new guide on management that aims to help senior managers get the best out of their frontline managers such as supervisors, team leaders, and project leaders.
21/11/08
World Of Learning award winners announced
The BBC College of Journalism, RBS Insurance, Reed Learning and Accenture are among the winners of the World of Learning Awards 2008, which were announced this week in Birmingham.
18/11/08
Ashridge partners with Melbourne Business School
Ashridge Business School has launched a partnership with Mt Eliza Executive Education, part of Melbourne Business School, to provide virtual learning modules to the Australian school's customers.
29/10/08
Association for Coaching launches awards scheme
The Association for Coaching has launched a new international award scheme that aims to recognise significant achievement and best practice by businesses and individuals within the coaching profession.
20/10/08
CIPD Coaching at Work Conference
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is holding its 2008 Coaching at Work Conference on 25 - 26 November in London.
23/09/08
CIPD announces 2008 People Management Award winners
Kier Building Maintenance (KBM) has been selected as the overall winner of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's People Management Award 2008 for its delivery of a training programme aimed at improving the skills of young people and its own staff.
08/09/08
CIPD to launch new series of training DVDs
A new series of training DVDs from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is to be officially launched at the 2008 Annual CIPD Conference in Harrogate.
02/04/08
Video Arts extends self-study courses library
Video Arts has announced that it has extended its offering of interactive self-study courses, taking the number of available courses up to 54.
25/03/08
Increase in organisations using coaching, says survey
Coaching is increasingly popular as a means of promoting learning and development, according to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
07/01/08
Association for Coaching conference announced
The Association for Coaching has announced details of its upcoming bi-annual coaching conference.
05/11/07
Association for Coaching Scotland launches seminar series
The Association for Coaching (AC) in Scotland is holding a seminar entitled 'Pioneering Corporate Coaching in Scotland' on 21st November 2007 in Glasgow.
06/09/07
Conference aims to to help delegates embed coaching into the workplace
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is holding its Annual Coaching at Work Conference on 17-18 October 2007 at The HurlinghamClub, London.
05/09/07
Executive programme gains award nomination
An executive education programme designed to inspire business leaders to put their skills back to work in society has been selected as a finalist in the National Training Awards 2007.
13/06/07
Beating office politics is key to successful leadership, says study
59% of leaders rate career transitions as very or extremely challenging according to the research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Development Dimensions International (DDI).
24/05/07
Loyalty company uses drama to train internal coaches
Loyalty Management Group, the company that operates the Nectar customer loyalty programme, is training 50 senior and middle managers to be in-house coaches.
19/04/07
Inspiring Potential launches new coaching programme
Coaching and leadership development company Inspiring Potential has launched a new six-stage, one-to-one coaching programme.
02/04/07
CEL and NCSL offer development support for 14-19 consortia
The Centre for Excellence in Leadership ( CEL ) and the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) have designed a range of programmes aimed at supporting the 145 groups of schools, colleges and training providers chosen to deliver the new Diplomas for 14 to 19-year-olds.
21/03/07
New book explores training and development around the world
National culture has become an overused and potentially damaging term in the world of learning and training. In reality, the key to delivering effective training on a world stage is to adapt to context, of which national culture is just one small part. This is one of the conclusions of a new study of learning, training and development around the world, based on 58 case studies of learning and development across 19 countrie
25/01/07
TPS launches Certificate in Coach Supervision
The Performance Solution (TPS) has launched a Certificate in Coach Supervision. The programme comprises two three-day modules.
23/01/07
Action International re-brands as ActionCOACH
Business coaching organisation Action International has just changed its name to ActionCOACH as part of a major re-branding exercise.
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Research and reports 30/09/09
Joint survey looks at the effects of the recession on coaching
According to a joint survey of members of the Association for Coaching, the International Coach Federation, and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, 70% said that their practice had either grown or stayed the same as a result of the recession.
16/09/09
Survey looks at training provision and delivery
Video Arts has released the results of a new survey that asked 565 learning professionals about the training they provide and how it is delivered.
24/08/09
Almost 90% of organisations now use coaching, says survey
Research to be launched at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Coaching at Work conference has found that almost 90% of organisations now use coaching.
23/06/09
Survey finds top priorities for coaching
According to a survey by executive coaching firms Performance Consultants and MS Coaching, the key goals for coaching sessions in the current economic downturn are team development, confidence/self-belief, personal development and motivation.
05/05/09
Change on the agenda for the delivery of training in UK organisations, says survey
According to this year's CIPD Learning and Development survey, sweeping change is on the agenda for the delivery of training in UK organisations.
06/03/09
Acas launches new guide on management
Acas, the employment relations service, has launched a new guide on management that aims to help senior managers get the best out of their frontline managers such as supervisors, team leaders, and project leaders.
25/03/08
Increase in organisations using coaching, says survey
Coaching is increasingly popular as a means of promoting learning and development, according to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
13/06/07
Beating office politics is key to successful leadership, says study
59% of leaders rate career transitions as very or extremely challenging according to the research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Development Dimensions International (DDI).
26/09/06
CIPD releases research on coaching supervision
According to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), less than half (44%) of coaches say they are receiving regular supervision, and less than a quarter (23%) of organisations who use coaching are providing coaching supervision.
30/05/06
New research to be previewed at coaching conference
New research on coaching workplace teams will be presented by David Clutterbuck at the Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring (OSC&M)'s 8th Annual Conference this June.
11/01/05
University to host coaching and mentoring research day
Sheffield Hallam University is holding a Coaching and Mentoring Research Day on February 9th 2005. The event is being hosted jointly by the university's Mentoring and Coaching Research Unit and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
29/04/04
Study: ‘Coaching works but it could be better'
Against a background of increasing demand and heightened expectation, the provision of external coaching services across the UK has soared over the last few years. ‘The Coaching Study 2004', by the University of Central England and Origin Consulting sets out to discover how coaching contributes value to businesses and organisations across the UK.
21/04/04
Coaching industry is growing up, but still has things to learn
Coaching is an increasingly popular tool in the promotion of learning and development, and has achieved almost universal acceptance as a technique that delivers tangible business benefits, according to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
24/02/04
Coaching and mentoring: everyone's at it, but are they doing it right?
Coaching and mentoring are still essential tools in developing skills and knowledge within organisations. 83% of organisations use coaching and 73% use mentoring, but this widespread popularity is not reflected in giving training to those coaches and mentors. Only 21% of organisations in the survey, for the Coaching and Mentoring Managing Best Practice guide, always provide guidance or training to their coaches and mentors.
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