Back Issues - May 2008

• Editorial
  Debbie Carter introduces the May 2008 issue.
• Diversity in European coaching
  Debbie Carter looks at a recent survey into coaching in Europe.
• The final leg
  Debbie Carter provides an update on the TJ Conference and Awards programme for 2008.
• Managing talent is top global HRM challenge
  The most comprehensive review of global HR practices ever conducted was unveiled at HRD2008 last month. Elizabeth Eyre read the report.
• The professionals
  The need for L&D practitioners to become more professional in order to meet future challenges came under the spotlight at the HRD2008 conference. Elizabeth Eyre reports.
• Association news
  A rundown of news from organisations representing L&D professionals.
• Ask Izzy
  In a regular new feature, TJ agony aunt Isobel Rimmer provides the answers to your training problems.
• Peter Honey
  Peter Honey admits to being no expert on learning and development.
• Martyn Sloman
  Martyn Sloman illustrates the shift from training to learning with the help of his family cat and a job interview conducted in a railway station.
• Across the pond
  In a regular new feature, Harrison Monarth gives us a flavour of L&D life on the other side of the Atlantic. This month he looks at what is on the agenda at a leading American conference.
• Tech trends
  Julian Dable looks at the role of e-learning in succession planning.
• Leading in a global economy
  Sir John Sunderland explains to Sue Mennell why we need skilled, innovative leaders to meet the challenges of a tough, globally competitive market.
• Managing to make savings
  Elizabeth Eyre talks to a company that has benefited from a managed learning services contract.
• Business partners or part of the business?
  Anna Hipkiss has some timely advice on how learning and development practitioners can become an integral part of the business.
• Is your customer service training on target?
  Steve Macaulay and Sarah Cook argue that training frontline employees in customer skills will have only limited effect unless more attention is paid to leadership and the organisation as a whole.
• Are you a goal junkie?
  Professor David Clutterbuck says it’s time to question our obsession with SMART goals.
• Creating working relationships
  Fiona Dent uses recent research carried out at Ashridge Business School to suggest ideas, knowledge and tools for developing effective work-based relationships.
• If music be the food of learning, play on...
  Peter Cook looks at what we can learn about learning from music.
• On being coached
  In a new monthly series, Elizabeth Eyre records the highs and lows of being a coachee in her coaching diary.
• Tools of the trade
  In a new series, Carol Wilson identifies the tools and models frequently used during coaching projects. This month, she outlines her own Permission model.
• Why perfectionism at work does not pay
  In the first of a series of articles looking at emotions that are likely to be addressed in coaching, Gladeana McMahon and Adrienne Rosen focus on perfectionism.
• Super models
  In a series of articles examining learning models, Dr Mike Clayton looks at the Johari Window.
• Online editor
  Sue Mennell urges you to make the most the TJ Online website, plus snippets from this month's Digest.
• Netcheck
  Our series looking at the best of the web is back. This month, Garry Platt stumbles upon a very useful site about leadership and management development.
• Thinking tools
  Debbie Carter continues the theme of using fiction as a means of improving constructive creativity.
• Hints and tips
  Dr Andi Sanderson explains how to ensure dyslexic employees are able to access learning and development.
• Great thinkers
  Joseph William Bazalgette (1819 to 1891).
• New appointments
  Who's who in the world of L&D and where are they now?
• L Vaughan Spencer
  This month the Gangsta Motivator is fishing for change.