Back Issues - March 2005

• Not many people know this!
  Peter Honey offers a refreshing, reflective and wry look at the notion of the three Rs.
• Letter from 'across the Pond'
  Brenda Sugrue makes the case for learning and explains why an investment in learning pays off.
• Neuro Linguistic Programming: a personal perspective
  Debbie Carter talks to Mary Fraser and Karen Parfrey, two recently qualified Master Practitioners, about their interest in NLP, how they developed their skills and how they use it in their own training programmes.
• Spotlight on Alison Fraser
  Mike Levy visits Alison Fraser on the tropical island of Langkawi in Malaysia.
• Tackling the big Cs with the Strength Deployment Inventory: overcoming communication and conflict issues in the workplace
  Jan Brause and Simon Gallon explain how the SDI works in terms of communication and conflict in the workplace and use two case histories in order to outline the benefits.
• Management theorists: thinkers for the 21st century?
  Dilys Robinson looks at the final four of her ten most influential theorists and assesses their influence in business today.
• Focus: Opinion from Dr Angus McLeod
  Dr Angus McLeod outlines a method of flexible and intelligent managing that results in better performance and more independence.
• Focus: Absence management: much more than just a policy
  Who takes time off in your workplace? And why? Be it persistent short-term absenteeism to genuine long-term sickness, these are tricky issues which need dealing with in a structured way. But to whom does that responsibility fall, and is the person in question equipped to provide resolutions? In answering these questions, Sue Hayday explores why absence is such a topical issue.
• Focus: Dealing with sickness absence in the workplace: legal and management perspectives
  David Harris takes a look at the procedures and methods for dealing with both long- and short-term absences – including legal avenues, disciplinary procedures and the return to work interview.
• Focus: Talent and performance management: key methods of tracking results
  Jonathan Hill provides an appreciation of the distinctive tasks and challenges confronting training professionals when developing the performance of their particularly talented colleagues.
• Be careful what you wish for
  Gilly Salmon fast-forwards to 2014 and comes back to the present with a new perspective
• Netcheck with Garry Platt
  Garry Platt takes a look at two main resources and some supplementary sites to help with energisers, icebreakers and team-building exercises.
• A coach for all seasons
  Andrew Mayo takes a look at the use of coaches and asks whether this should be an external or internal role.
• Timing your Learning Needs Analysis
  Part 3 in the Learning Needs Analysis series by Sarah Cook.