Newsletter March 2010

Welcome to the GoodPractice Newsletter!

GoodPractice is pleased to announce the launch of its new monthly Newsletter. Packed full of industry and GoodPractice news, client case studies, free articles and downloads – all delivered directly to your inbox. We hope you enjoy the read and as always, we welcome your feedback

How do managers learn?

GoodPractice recently published the latest white paper in the Learning and Performance Link series. Presenting the survey findings of over two hundred managers from mid-size to large organisations, ‘How managers learn (in their own words)’ is a compelling read, providing an insight in to the perceived effectiveness of current leadership and management development and training methods. The report has been well received and sparked a phenomenal response from the TrainingZone audience. If you have not done so already, read the full report.

Industry Spotlight

Top Posts and Hot Topics

Industry Spotlight Top Posts and Hot Topics If like us and Tony Karrer, you struggle to keep up with all the latest blogs and must read articles, then we hope you will find this of use. Tony recently posted a list list of blog posts and hot topics for the month, allowing us to keep up to date on leading thinking from some great writers. What’s more our very own Peter Casebow made the list at number 11 with his blog post on planning to implement informal learning.

Exploring the performance landscape

What’s your mental picture of the learning landscape and the tools you have available to you, as a learning professional, to do your job? One of the conclusions from our White Paper on How Managers learn (in their own words) was that Learning and Development professionals need to revaluate their perspective of the learning landscape and start to think about a performance landscape. Exploring the performance landscape sets out our thinking on this idea further, and you can read the full article.

Top 5 toolkit search terms

What over 1 million managers have been searching for this month

1. Time Management
2. Motivation
3. Feedback
4. Competencies
5. Values

Featured Client

The University of Liverpool

“The Professional Development Toolkit has become instrumental to the University’s approach to leadership and development”, explains Frances Hewison, Assistant Director of HR at the University of Liverpool. Read the full case study.

GoodPractice News

Have you met Alex yet?

This month sees the arrival of additional features on goodpractice.com, including a dedicated resource section, new product demonstrations and an animated video starring Alex. There’s never been a better time to visit!

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