Current Issue

• Editorial
  TJ editor Elizabeth Eyre looks at the significance for L&D professionals of a number of recent employment and salary surveys.
• Online opinion
  What TJ Digest members have been debating this month.
• Opinion Peter Honey
  Peter Honey advocates a tough but realistic “third way” between positive and negative thinking.
• Across the pond
  Harrison Monarth wonders whether the X-factor matters in L&D.
• Opinion Tricia Hartley
  A fairer distribution of learning resources and opportunities across the different stages of life is necessary, says Tricia Hartley.
• Opinion Hugh Greenway
  Hugh Greenway advocates pushing learning a little harder.
• Opinion Alan Tuckett
  The public-funding pendulum has swung too far towards employer-led learning, says Alan Tuckett.
• Opinion Martyn Sloman
  Technology can be a friend rather than a foe, says Martyn Sloman.
• Opinion Francis Marshall
  How can we get line managers more involved in training, asks Francis Marshall.
• Opinion Robert Gillan
  Money and training have an “uneasy” relationship, says Robert Gillan.
• TJ update
  Debbie Carter outlines what’s new on the TJ calendar.
• Putting the ‘learning’ back into e-learning
  The emerging wave of enthusiasm for Web 2.0 and practical guidelines for making e-learning more effective in organisations were among the issues discussed at the latest learning technology webinar run by TJ and Video Arts. Martin Addison reports.
• Brighton rocks
  Daniel Wain riffs and jams, beside the seaside, with BIMM’s Bruce Dickinson.
• Learning with horses
  Beth Duff explains why connecting humans with horses can improve leadership skills.
• Mission impossible?
  What are the skills needed to successfully lead mixed ability learning events, asks Marcus Hill.
• From service provider to strategic consultant
  Jackie Smith explains how L&D practitioners can improve their internal consultancy skills.
• Competency capers
  Consistent and comprehensive competency definitions help training professionals do their jobs and organisations achieve their business goals, says Bob Little.
• Winning the selfmanaged learning war
  Robin Hoyle asks whether e-learning is really the best weapon.
• How to make change stick
  In the last of three articles looking at change, Mark Eaton discovers why some organisations can implement and embed improvements successfully while others can’t.
• Business-focused L&D
  Ian Cunningham presents some lessons for L&D from two prominent businessmen.
• Backing the winner in you
  In the second of three articles for readers contemplating a new direction in their careers, Vaughan Evans has some practical advice for discovering a job you can be passionate about.
• A question of coaching
  Gladeana McMahon addresses the issues faced by coaches in the course of their work.
• Tools of the trade at work
  In a series showing how the tools and models featured in “Tools of the trade” work in practice, Ruth McCarthy explains how the Thinking Environment helped a coachee break through limiting assumptions.
• Coaching is dead, long live coaching!
  Angus McLeod aims to help you separate the wheat from the chaff in today’s crowded – and confusing – coaching market.
• Reviews
  Jason Yeomanson reviews the Advanced Diploma in Transformational Learning delivered through training & leadership coaching by Angie Norden and Rachel Kirkham.
• Net check
  In our series looking at the best of the web, Garry Platt highlights a blogger who may have some of the answers.
• Energisers
  In a new series looking at ways of enhancing the learning process, Ann Grindrod explains why relevant energisers can be useful.
• Tools of the trade
  In a regular series, Carol Wilson identifies the tools and models frequently used during coaching projects. This month, she looks at Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment.
• Ice breakers
  In a new series looking at ways of helping learners get to know each other, Stella Collins provides the introductions.
• Instructional design
  In a series looking at instructional design, Purnima Valiathan describes the ADDIE model.
• Learning about e-learning
  In a series aimed at those taking their first steps with e-learning, Rob Hubbard says simplicity and realism are the keys to successful authoring.
• In the mix
  In a series on how to successfully market your business, Mark Stuart emphasises the importance of training and qualifications.
• Hints & tips
  Richard Ferguson has some advice on ensuring the success of change programmes.
• New appointments
  Who's going where this month.
• Treading the boards
  Alisdair Chisholm relives some of his finest award-presenting moments.