Back Issues - May 2004

• Learning: 12 reasons to make it a priority
  With Learning at Work Day fast approaching, now is a good time for Peter Honey to remind us all of the benefits that come with learning.
• Trainers as project managers: a new world?
  Jim Aspden recounts how he realised the usefulness of project management in the training arena, and suggests here that trainers can learn much from the principles and practices of project management.
• International opinion
  Jennifer Naughton, Patty Davis and William Rothwell on a new ASTD competency model.
• Using delegation as a development tool: methods and benefits
  Terry Foster examines the elements that allow managers to delegate in a developmental way, considers why there is a reluctance to do so and outlines some methods of encouragement.
• ;Spotlight' on Susan Pember
  Are apprenticeships becoming cool? Susan Pember certainly thinks so, as Mike Levy discovers.
• True or false? 11 myths about coaching
  What is coaching? Is it like mentoring? Or counselling? Is it just a fashion? What good does it do? In a light-hearted look at the topic, Jan Brause separates fact from fairytale and reality from red herring.
• Case Study - Minding the gap: e-learning and the 'forgotten learners'
  Caroline Thorpe outlines the partnership between learndirect and Remploy, and explains the difference that online learning can make to those who may have faced discrimination in previous attempts to learn.
• Netcheck
  Garry Platt looks at two useful web resources that advise on running participative workshops and provide a host of energising techniques. He then dons his armour and, with the help of some trusty web-swords, slays a few mythical concepts and models.
• And now for your projects
  Andrew Mayo outlines the advantages of projects in management development programmes but urges us to think carefully about their real purpose.