Back Issues - September 2006

• Ten ways to happiness
  Samuel Malone's practical advice on living a happy, successful and fulfilling life.
• The good, the bad and the okay
  Ruth Spellman discusses how a holistic approach to L&D is good for both employee and employer.
• Opportunity knocks for star performers
  Alan Rands asks what talent is and how we can track it.
• Putting yourself in his shoes
  Liggy Webb says the customer is at the heart of strategic selling.
• Triggering appraisal's tipping point
  Terry Gillen considers how we can apply the lessons from Malcolm Gladwell's best selling book 'The Tipping Point', to staff appraisal and development.
• Five and a half steps to evaluation
  In the first part of this two-part article Martin Schmalenbach set the scene and indentified 'killer questions'. We began our journey through the five and a half steps, demonstrating how to identify the issue and the stakeholders involved. In this second part, we look at the remaining steps to evaluation success, again drawing examples from real events involving the author.
• What's the difference?
  Carol Wilson and Gladeana McMahon explorethe differences between coaching and its related disciplines.
• Coaching on the couch
  Erik de Haan gets up close and personal with Carl Rogers.
• Reviews
  Books on designing and delivering training and developing leaders, plus a new DVD on behaviour-based interviewing come under scrutiny by the TJ reviewing panel.
• 7 tips on achieving magnificent business success
  David Ollerhead shoots from the hip with seven powerful strategies for business success.
• Great thinkers - Jean Piaget (1896 - 1980)
  The life of Jean Piaget.
• Trainer's Choice: A UK guide to venues
  Elizabeth Eyre looks at the multi-million-pound refurbishment programme that aims to put Sandown Park in the winners' enclosure.
• TJ Archive
  Debbie Carter examines the importnace of continuing professional development for trainers.
• A day in the life of Sue Noble, Brighton and Hove City Council
  TJ's Coach of the Year Sue Noble, learning and development officer at Brighton and Hove City Council, talks about her passion for coaching.
• New appointments
  A brief round up of recent movers and shakers in L&D community.
• Andrew Mayo
  Everyone has their imperfections, says Andrew Mayo, helping us to deal with them is the key to successful management development.
• Assessing knowledge: using written tests
  Pat Ward and Louise Tamblin look at how to compile a successful written test.
• Peter Honey
  Peter Honey reveals how workplaces can make learning a top priority.
• Tech Trends
  Mike Ditchburn advises on accessibility in e-learning.
• Meredith Belbin
  Meredith Belbin considers the learning life-cycle of entrepreneurial 'butterflies'.