Is Personality More Important than Skills?
One of the greatest traps when thinking about bolstering a company’s capabilities is focusing too myopically on the technology. Sure, great teams require technical wizards, but it turns out that in the eyes of employers hard skills take a back...
Soft Skills for the future
Five right-brain skills are predicted to be in high demand in the “Conceptual Age.” Creativity is emerging as the most important leadership quality for success. The business world is shifting from exclusively valuing left-brain skills, such as subject expertise and...
How Web Conferencing Benefits Employee Training
The use of web conferencing for employee training is becoming more prevalent because it lowers costs to employers, provides a solid training foundation for employees, and makes re-training of current employees seamless. Many companies are beginning to include web conferencing...
Join the Australian Delegation to ASTD ICE 2014
ASTD International Conference & Exposition– May 4-7, Washington DC, USA. The ASTD 2014 International Conference & Exposition brings the training and development industry to life. Each aspect of the industry is covered for every level of practitioner, from CEO to specialist, from...
Do you make these 10 employee training mistakes?
According to John Tschohl, president of Service Quality Institute and author of “Achieving Excellence Through Customer Service” a significant amount of the money and time companies spend on training is wasted. “Training that is poorly presented goes in one ear...
Addressing gaps in skills with in-house training
Connect training strategies with the desired business outcomes of your RTO We live in an increasingly evidence-based business world, where records are continuously used to assess business success. For registered training organisations (RTOs) the evidence-based approach affects all aspects of...
Year-End Achievement Inventory
Before deciding what you should do next year, it’s critical to step back, take a breath, and do your own year-end review. It’s true. As Training and Development professionals, we’re all good at setting our own learning goals and then...
Rethinking Your Performance Management Training
Increase the impact by shifting the emphasis from process to people. Decades of research has shown that, when it comes to driving high performance in organizations, what matters most is open communication, candid feedback, and trust. It is the day-to-day...
LLN Practitioner Scholarships
LLN Practitioner Scholarships-Now Open- 4th Round The Australian Government is providing scholarships of up to $5250 to individuals to undertake an approved adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) practitioner qualification through the LLN Practitioner Scholarship Program. The program is targeted...
Are you planning for growth?
As companies mature, they often face declining growth as innovation gives way to inertia and registered training organisations (RTOs) are no the exception. In order to achieve consistent levels of growth throughout their lifetimes, RTOS must attend to existing businesses...