Back Issues - August 2006

• Meredith Belbin opinion
  Meredith Belbin provides a tribute to the life and work of his wife Eunice, who died earlier this year.
• Peter Honey opinion
  Peter Honey reflects on the TJ Conference and draws some important conclusions about his learning experiences.
• International Opinion
  Pam Jones extols the virtues of team communication.
• Tech Trends
  Steve Macvicar explains the pluses and minuses of using e-learning in the development of \'soft skills\'.
• Open all hours
  David Dyble tells Jo Young about the unique training delivery methods he uses at Hull College, and explains how his system offers huge potential benefits to industry.
• Blue sky thinking
  Debbie Carter looks at \'Project Re-Energise\', the winner of TJ\'s Outstanding Achievement Award for 2006.
• Under pressure
  Lynn Leahy offers her tips on managing stress in the workplace.
• To the lighthouse
  Byron Kalies introduces a three-step approach to help reduce your project failure rate.
• In pursuit of happiness
  Felix Wetzel believes there is a great need for training in recruitment.
• Maximise your peak performers
  Steve Macaulay and Sarah Cook explore how to develop the capabilities of senior managers.
• Sweetening the Pill
  Phil Higgins explores the eight-step coaching model used by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
• Tips for unlocking middle managers
  Mark Mercer gives his ten tips for unlocking middle manager potential.
• Great Thinkers
  Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
• Five and a half steps to evaluation
  In the first of a two-part article, Martin Schmalenbach introduces his 5½ steps to evaluation success.
• Town Hall, Manchester and The Whitworth Building, Manchester University
  If Victorian opulance is your thing, you could do worse than Manchester's town hall, says Jo Young.
• TJ Archive
  In a review of the September 2002 issue of Training Journal, Debbie Carter looks at ways for trainers to address diversity issues.
• A day in the life of
  TJ's trainer of the year, Cheryl Guest, tells about the impact her training has on the vulberable of Leeds.
• Andrew Mayo
  Andrew Mayo knows a learning organisation when he sees one, yet embedding a learning culture remains something of a black art.