Staff Training

Article: Communicating with Employees

Communicating with Employees Poor communication is one of the most common criticisms employees have about the businesses they work for. Employees complain that they are given poor instructions, they feel uninformed about what is happening within the...

Article: Development Coaching for Business

Development Coaching for Business Why coaching matters to businessCoaching is in the news. We see serious-looking ex-CEOs in the FT and bright four-colour-enthusiasm-on-legs in the media. In between there are therapists, HR...

Article: Leadership

Leadership Whether you are the managing director or a shift leader, the way you lead is the single biggest success factor for everyone you work with. Leaders change the organisations around them. They make a difference to the business, rather than...

Article: Managing Change

Managing Change Businesses face change all the time, driven by internal or external influences. The rhetoric of change includes words like growth, innovation, redundancy, outsourcing, relocation and diversification. But most changes in business are...

Article: Managing Your Time

Managing Your Time Time is like money. If you control it, you can create a satisfactory and productive working environment. If you do not control it, you can spend your working life in an exhausting and depressing muddle. This briefing explains how to...

Article: Motivating Employees

Motivating Employees Most employees spend less than half their time at work being genuinely productive. For the business owner, this is frustrating and expensive. Ironically, though, the employer is usually the major cause of the problem. Almost all...

Article: NVQ Training Without Disrupting Your Business

NVQ Training Without Disrupting Your Business NVQ training in core skills needn’t disrupt your business. At learndirect Business we understand that setting aside time for training isn’t always easy. So, unlike other forms of training,...

Article: NVQs

NVQs Measuring performance at all levels is one of the keys to success for growing businesses. Traditional financial measures alone are no longer sufficient. Measuring an employee's performance and the contribution they make to achieving goals is...

Article: Performance Appraisals

Performance Appraisals Maintaining employees' focus and motivation is essential if they are to make a full contribution to your business. Performance appraisals actively involve employees in understanding what is expected of them. By setting agreed...

Article: Personal Development Plans

Personal Development Plans Personal development plans (PDPs) provide a powerful, flexible way to link employees' professional and personal development with the development of your business. A PDP is a short, unambiguous written document that maps out...

Article: Staff Planning

Staff Planning This information will not cover every business situation and when setting up and running a business it is important to seek help and advice on your specific business situation from professional advisers including solicitors,...

Article: Stress Management

Stress Management Work-related stress affects employers as well as employees. It can cause illness and absenteeism and can be the cause of bad business decisions, poor workplace relations and loss of productivity. Managing it effectively can bring...

Article: Teambuilding

Teambuilding Small businesses rely on teamwork, just as much as their bigger counterparts. When a small group of people starts working towards shared goals and producing results that add up to more than the sum of the parts, it becomes a...

Article: Using Training Effectively

Using Training Effectively Training can make a mediocre employee good at something, and a good person excellent. On the other hand, a person without training can be a brake on the business. Whether you are aiming for increased sales, more efficient...