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March Newsletter
21 March 2007
Richmond Training & Consulting
March Newsletter 2007
Welcome to our very first newsletter in which I will be offering periodic commentary on topical business issues that may affect your business in Jersey.
This quarter is about what is happening in the world of Training, Learning & Development and how it is impacting organisations. I hope you find it useful.
Trends in Learning & Development – CIPD survey Jan 2007
- Organisations on average spent £469 on training per employee
- Employees received an average of 5.1 days training
- Almost 8 in 10 organisations used coaching activities
- The implementation of new programmes to develop the roles of line managers was the most common change to workplace practices in the past year
- On – the –job training was identified as the most effective form of learning by 39% of respondents.
Richmond Training & Consulting website launch
We hope you like our new website. it contains recent published articles, newsletters, details on our services and also information on Personal Development Planning and the help we can provide your business to find a better alternative to staff appraisals - www.richmondservices.com
My thanks to BlueBox Creative for helping me in designing it.
Managing talent in your organisation
Recent survey data shows that 51% of responding organisations undertook activities to manage talent in their organisation – mainly developing high-potential individuals (67%) and growing future senior managers(62%), usually in the form of in-house development programmes, coaching and succession planning
Reducing stress in the workplace – not that difficult?
A very recent study carried out be Goldsmiths and commissioned by the CIPD and the Health & Safety Executive in the UK has identified that HR and line managers can reduce stress at work by taking simple steps to improve management practice.
These include monitoring and managing workloads (77%) listening to and consulting their team(68%) keeping staff informed about what was happening(63%) and showing consideration for individuals and their personal lives(61%)
Stamp out poor spelling in the workplace
The Department for Education and Skills has warned the UK Government that employers need to do more to stamp out poor spelling and grammar in the workplace.
Managers expressed frustration at the number of grammatical mistakes in application forms and CVs but Ministers argue that employers have a vital role in encouraging and supporting staff to improve their basic skills. “ Concerns around the level of reading, writing and maths should be right up there with managing absence and staff morale” said the skills minister, Phil Hope.
A Favourite Leadership quote
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results" - George S. Patton
Kind regards
Mervyn Le Masurier
Managing Director - Richmond Training & Consulting
