Back Issues - April 2005

• One more time: what is learning to learn?
  Peter Honey deconstructs L2L in order to find a definitive meaning.
• Questionnaires: designs that deserve a 'tick' rather than a 'cross'
  Many of us use self-assessment questionnaires as a part of training, coaching or other developmental activities. We use off-the-shelf materials but often feel tempted to put together something of our own to meet a particular need. Clare Llewellyn West encourages you to have a go.
• Delivering real, sustainable change: two success stories
  Caroline Dunk, principal at cda, an organisational consulting, development and training provider, explains how two major companies – Alpha Airports Group and Toyota (GB) Plc – were able to make important changes with impressive results.
• Letter from France
  Herminia Ibarra tells us to 'mind the gap' when making the leadership transition.
• Focus 'Opinion' on diversity
  This month, Focus kicks off its new topic: diversity. To help us gain an understanding of its importance, Dianah Worman offers her perspective of just what makes this issue so relevant in today's workplace.
• Focus - E-learning giving greater learning opportunities for disabled people?
  You may be forgiven for thinking that e-learning is the perfect medium for just about anyone, given its flexibility. But, as recent reports reveal, this far from true. Using a new CIPD report entitled ‘Inclusive learning for all’ as a guide, Jessica Jarvis outlines how we can make this type of learning more accessible.
• Focus: Knowing how to deal with disfigurement: a valuable asset
  If you are a trainer you may not have thought of disfigurement and its relevance to your training portfolio. With both personal and professional experience, Cathy Wheatley presents a strong case for trainers to understand the issues involved.
• Focus: Inclusion: an inescapable imperative
  How can we maximise on every single person in our workplace? To begin with we need to make sure that real inclusion becomes more than just a moral or legal exercise. Simon Kettleborough has some facts, figures and a few home truths.
• Exhibit one: cyberspace
  Gilly Salmon takes us through a thousand years of educational institutions and asks where that leaves us today in terms of e-learning.
• Netcheck
  Marketing is everywhere. So what do we need to know about it and how can we use it to our advantage? Clare Forrest suggests a look at www.marketingprofs.com for more information.
• Known and unknowns in talent management
  Andrew Mayo takes the words of US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, and applies them to managing talent within our organisations.
• Planning the Learning Needs Analysis Project
  Part 4 in the Learning Needs Analysis series by Sarah Cook.