Academy training service launched for Devon & Cornwall Constabulary officers

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary has launched an academy training service to improve the operational effectiveness of officers while also reducing the amount of time they need to spend in the classroom.

Hewlett-Packard signs deal with University of Portsmouth to train 'black belt' change champions

Hewlett-Packard has enlisted the help of academics to train its senior managers to make the company more responsive and efficient.

AXA study will look at the impact of financial education in the workplace

AXA today launches a six-month study to assess the impact financial education in the workplace could have on the financial wealth and health of the nation.

Ashridge report highlights organisational failings in leadership development and internal comms

New research published by Ashridge Business School shows organisations are failing to provide effective leadership development, internal communications and virtual working practices.

National Learning at Work Week: McDonald's Restaurants

Father-of-one Paul Edmonds has worked at McDonald's restaurants for the past 20 years, during which he has always jumped at the many opportunities available to him.

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New hybrid vehicle manufacturing training programme is launched for Toyota staff

Toyota has introduced a new training programme to accompany the production of the Toyota Auris Hybrid.

Tesco builds on its coaching foundations with the launch of a new programme for personnel managers

Tesco has launched a coaching programme to 900 personnel managers and 50 group personnel managers and plans to extend the scheme into 2011.

Chartered Management Institute calls for tax breaks for employers and more control over skills funding

The Government must now spring into action to address the key issues facing business leaders, if the UK is to continue on the path to post-recession recovery, according to the Chartered Management...

Eversheds updates its L&D structure to progress careers based on skills rather than length of service

Eversheds has modernised its internal learning and development framework in order to foster a performance-based rather than term-based route to career progression.

Coaching is still not a top priority for many employers

Employers continue merely to pay lip service to coaching, new research reveals.

IBM launches the Corporate Service Corps - a model for its next generation of global leaders

IBM has launched a launched a new initiative to expose high-performance employees to the 21st century context for doing business - emerging markets, global teaming, diverse cultures, working outside...

Are you an honourable leader?

In every situation you have a choice to be a leader or a follower by the way you act or react. Throughout history men and women of great character have chosen to stand up for ideals greater than...