Back Issues - July 2005

• Blockages, barriers and obstacles
  Peter Honey offers advice on how to keep people motivated by careful use of language.
• Is it all about winning? A perspective on developing selling skills
  Martin Fairn provide a perspective on how to influence and support team sales skills while improving the skills of the individual.
• How to develop workplace coaches
  Some people are born to be great coaches: the good news is that it is possible to make great coaches too. Carol Wilson offers some suggestions on selecting and developing workplace coaches.
• Letter from Ireland
  What do trainers do? A simple question, but giving a simple answer is not so easy as Pat Costine explains.
• Learning from literature. What will you be reading on the beach this year?
  Reading is an essential skill, but it is also an enormously pleasurable pastime. Clare Llewellyn West offers some words of wisdom on literature as a personal development tool.
• Focus opinion
  Can learning be ‘fun’ and ‘ business focused’? Richard Phillips explores some of the common misconceptions about AL and emphasises its benefits to both individuals and organisations.
• The science behind Accelerated Learning: an exploration of the research, theory and results
  Bill Lucas explores the growth of accelerated learning to establish its importance to successful learning.
• Power mapping: an expression of radiant thinking
  Is Mind Mapping® a serious tool? Here Clive Lewis highlights the techniques that make Mind Mapping especially valuable for business executives and trainers alike.
• Stakeholders in learning
  Andrew Mayo outlines the vital connections between the various stakeholders involved in training, and the importance of mapping their roles and capabilities.
• It's not the Titanic
  Gilly Salmon explores the long term impact of e-learning.
• The bear necessities
  Rob Lewis explains to Mike Levy about his views on motivation and leadership.
• Netcheck
  Garry Platt examines two key theories of team working and offers some useful online resources to help deepen our understanding.
• Ticking the right boxes
  Part 7 of the Learning Needs Analysis series by Sarah Cook.