April 2012

Contents

• Time to 'do some good' at work

  Stuart Walkley wonders how long it will be before we make the same effort to achieve wellness as we did to improve safety

• Editorial

• The Gadfly

  In the second of his articles for TJ, The Gadfly turns his attention to water, diamonds and lawyers

• Viewpoint

  It's important to get a healthy balance, says Kevin Friery

• TJ online

  Different ways of giving feedback were discussed by the members of the TJ Forum recently. Elizabeth Eyre reports

• Reaching for the stars

  In our series on the L&D professionals who scooped the prizes at TJ's 2011 Awards, Seun Robert-Edomi finds out about a different style of coaching from Leo Pharma

• The Great Skills Debate

  Martyn Sloman introduces TJ's debate on skills and encourages you to get involved

• Gaining the competitive edge

  A top former athlete explained recently how an unexpected change in strategy brought him a gold medal. Elizabeth Eyre reports

• People really do matter, survey reveals

  Research by KPMG reveals that 'people matters' are now one of business leaders' top five concerns. Elizabeth Eyre reports

• Proactivity versus loyalty

  New research has identified four types of employee engagement and their drivers. Elizabeth Eyre reports

• Leading from the front

  Chartered Manager of the YEAR Neale Moss talks to Seun Robert-Edomi about what makes a good manager

• The competitive differentiator

  Prerna Lal explains how organisations can use e-learning effectively to develop soft skills

• Thrive not just survive

  Hiding your weaknesses may save your job but it's your strengths that will secure your future, says Paul Brewerton

• Bullying beyond the bully

  Andreas Liefooghe examines how organisations victimise their employees

• Managing change

  Steve Macaulay and Sarah Cook highlight the important role of L&D in creating sustainable organisational change

• Reactive versus proactive

  Katie Rishi outlines some approaches to stress in the workplace

• Personal resilience

  David Williams asks how organisations can support and encourage individual responsibility for wellbeing

• IT Yin, HR Yang

  L&D professionals working in IT have a foot in both camps, and they need to demonstrate their value to each, says Jooli Atkins

• A question of coaching

  Gladeana McMahon addresses the issues faced by coaches in the course of their work

• Sustainable wellbeing

  Martha Simpson examines coaching as a tool for sustaining wellbeing in the workplace

• Treading the boards

  Alisdair Chisholm has some flashbacks