School teachers are trainers; their trainees may be slightly smaller in stature, but nevertheless, teaching is training! Schools are centres of learning excellence and teachers are at the forefront of outcome-focused professional development. They train, constantly, in spite of time
Can we remotely assess apprenticeship standards?
The simple answer is YES. And this blog will tell you how.
4 training and development challenges iConnect can solve
It’s vital that people are engaged in training and development on a regular basis, but as most training takes employees away from their work environment, our learning often gets sidelined.
3 video-based activities for developing sales skills
Video is a fantastic tool for helping you to develop your sales skills; not only more engaging, but it’s more effective too.
7 reasons why learning on the job is more effective
Learning on the job is the most important part of training. Why? Because it’s not training that’s just given to employees, but something that they can participate in.
5 habits of an effective learning organisation
Most companies think that in order to become a successful learning organisation you have to have a clear aim, a hell of a lot of training and the money to invest in flashy content tools. Simply providing options to develop is
Job shadowing: Increase the effectiveness of your sales team
Job shadowing has been criticised in recent times as it can lead to new starters only witnessing one person’s technique. No matter how effective that top performer is, if their approach is the opposite to that of a new starter, for example,
Onboarding new salespeople: Get them contributing, faster!
The key to attracting and retaining your top talent, is the learning and development you offer new starters. Onboarding new salespeople and getting them up to speed quickly can mean a considerable increase in revenue and efficiency for your organisation.
Are your people sick of role play and how effective is it anyway?
Role play has become the dirty word of training, striking fear into even the most seasoned of employees. Trainees will often try to skip sessions where they know role play will take place and many trainers have simply given up
4 steps to increasing sales through mentoring
We all know it, sales people are protective over their leads, clients and techniques. Most managers let this go on as long as targets are hit. But, if you have a team who like to work using completely opposing methods,