Back Issues - July 2007

• Editorial
  Debbie Carter introduces the July 2007 issue of TJ.
• An acquired taste
  As M&As are predicted to reach record levels next year, how could this affect you? Bob Little investigates M&A activity in the learning sector and discovers some of the key issues involved in ensuring efficient organisational change.
• Winning and losing
  Following the success of last month’s TJ Awards ceremony, Clare Forrest explores the pros and cons of competition.
• Peter Honey
  Peter Honey wonders whether the pace of change is slowing.
• Bill Lucas
  Bill Lucas asks the unaskable: is coaching becoming unfashionable?
• Tech Trends
  Training is changing – and so are trainers’ roles and essential skills, says Daniel Hanlon.
• The green rooms
  Elizabeth Eyre talks to training venues boss Alastair Stewart about his company’s efforts to be nvironmentally friendly.
• Putting something back
  Elizabeth Eyre talks to the Tata Group about its corporate social responsibility projects in India and in the UK.
• Taking stock of the team
  Regular reviews of team effectiveness are essential. Sarah Cook and Steve Macaulay explain how to conduct a team audit.
• Everybody wins!
  David Laughrin celebrates the success of the Prince’s Trust mentoring programme.
• Intuition in decision-making: friend or foe?
  Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith explores key research on intuition and offers guidance on how to develop your intuitive judgement.
• Raising awareness of ethics in business
  As business ethics rises up the corporate agenda, Iain McLeod provides his ten key principles for successful awareness training.
• Sales training goes experiential
  Richard Barkey explores the available options in modern sales trainingtives.
• Measuring the success of coaching
  Paul Fairhurst provides practical guidance on evaluating coaching.
• Pledge to prosper
  Mark Fisher, chief executive of the Sector Skills Development Agency, explains why employers need to engage with the skills agenda.
• Netcheck
  In the first of a new series looking at the best of the web, Garry Platt gets creative.
• Online Editor
  A roundup of the month online with Sue Mennell.
• Super Models
  In a series of articles examining learning models, Dr Mike Clayton looks at Mehrabian’s 7%:38%:55% rule of communication.
• Hints & Tips
  Karen Tocher explains how to make the most of attending a conference.
• Great Thinkers
  Amadeo Peter Gianni (1870-1949)
• Test Drives
  In the fourth of a regular series on how psychometrics contributes to L&D, Ian Florance examines trait tests.
• Trainer's Choice
  Dexter House, London.
• A day in the life of
  Marianne Brooker is a Young Advisor at the YARN, this year winner of TJ’s Best Not-for-Profit Programme Award.
• Andrew Mayo
  A systematic approach to workplace L&D is best, says Andrew Mayo.
• The skills to go straight
  Getting a job is widely recognised as being the best way of keeping ex-offenders out of prison. Elizabeth Eyre talks to skills minister Phil Hope about a new initiative to give them the skills to succeed in the workplace