Back Issues - August 2008

• Guest editorial
  Phil Hawthorn introduces the August 2008 issue.
• Online opinion
  FAQs and a round-up of this month's hot topics on the TJ Online Discussion Digest.
• Peter Honey
  Peter Honey questions whether life's lessons are ever really learned.
• Martyn Sloman
  A cautionary tale of Web 2.0 from Martyn Sloman.
• Across the pond
  Harrison Monarth gives us a regular flavour of L&D life on the other side of the Atlantic. This month he reveals what L&D can learn from a burger chain.
• Ask Izzy
  TJ agony aunt Isobel Rimmer provides the answers to your training problems.
• EU watch
  In a regular new column examining EU regulations and policy affecting L&D in the UK, Andrew McCoshan examines what recent EU figures highlighting the importance of low-skilled jobs to Europe's developing knowledge economies mean for qualifications.
• Tech Trends
  Sean Weafer predicts a r'evolution and how technology will help L&D practitioners take it to the boardroom.
• UKCES praised for its critical skills role
  The new UK Commission for Employment and Skills held its first reception in London last month. Elizabeth Eyre went along.
• What type of trainer?
  TJ readers are being asked to contribute to new research into how behavioural preferences influence training delivery.
• Effective collaboration investigated by UKCES
  UKCES CEO Chris Humphries used the recent TJ conference to detail some of its plans to tackle the skills gap. Elizabeth Eyre was in the audience.
• The strong and passionate voice of HR
  Debbie Carter talks to Jackie Orme about her plans for the CIPD.
• Winning hearts and minds
  Elizabeth Eyre reports on a conference examining how government can change people's behaviour to enable the successful delivery of policy outcomes.
• Learning and development: how clued up are we?
  A new piece of research into the L&D industry shows customers are more interested in quality than price, says Kasmin Cooney.
• Collaboration in coaching
  Debbie Carter reports on the OCM's Annual Conference.
• Reach for the skies
  Jim Parker explains to Sue Mennell how, by keeping all of our people together after 9/11, Southwest Airlines watched its profits soar.
• Laying foundations for better management
  A pilot project to assess and develop managerial skills in the Welsh construction industry ended earlier this year. Elizabeth Eyre spoke to some of the people involved.
• My boss went to San Diego and all I got was this boring blog...!!
  Hugh Greenway gives a very personal perspective on this year's ASTD conference in California.
• Assessing potential
  Mark Burbridge examines the current thinking on assessment and offers some guidance on how best to manage the process.
• Making all your teams into A-teams
  Building great teams doesn't happen by accident; it frequently needs to be spurred by a concerted, goal-orientated intervention that encourages a decisive increase in self-awareness, argues Steve Adams.
• Learning about well-being
  Heather Girling explains the role that L&D practitioners can play in promoting an organisation's well-being.
• The hard facts about soft skills measurement
  Garry Platt demonstrates that measuring the ROI of soft skills training really does pay dividends.
• On being coached
  In the fourth instalment of her coaching diary, Elizabeth Eyre goes from the ridiculous to the sublime.
• Tools of the trade
  Carol Wilson identifies the tools and models frequently used during coaching projects. This month, she looks at 360 degree feedback.
• Does a great coach need a supervisor?
  Jan Brause, Beverley Collins and Christine Froebel explore the challenges of creating credibility for coaches and their clients within the coaching profession.
• Super models
  In a series of articles examining learning models, Dr Mike Clayton looks at Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory - how we are calculating about motivation.
• Netcheck
  In our series looking at the best of the web, Garry Platt finds a really remarkable invention.
• Thinking tools
  This month Debbie Carter looks at making associations and their link to creativity.
• Hints & tips
  Louise Weston reveals how managers can get some motivational hints from the state of their teams' desks.
• Great thinkers
  John Harrison (1693 - 1776)
• New appointments
  Who's who and where.
• L Vaughan Spencer
  This month the Gangsta Motivator makes the case for change.