News: Performance Management
More firms using internal management training 'to fill vacancies'
24 December 2008
Companies are increasingly drawing on internal talent and offering management training rather than searching for candidates outside of their firms, a recruitment consultant asserts. Sally Toumi, the managing di...
Performance management 'generates value'
19 December 2008
Maximum value can be obtained from performance management initiatives if these are integral to the firm's business strategy, an analyst has claimed.Describing the framework it will use to identify the finalists...
Training 'must not be a downturn victim'
18 December 2008
One of the areas where cost-cutting must be avoided during the credit crunch is training, an expert claims.Alan Warner, Hertfordshire county council's director of people and property, identifies this as one of ...
Training 'could help managers improve employee engagement'
16 December 2008
There is "significant room for improvement" when it comes to the development of employee engagement, a leading group asserts.Mike Emmott, an employee relations adviser at the Chartered Institute of Pe...
Northumbria Water 'trains future leaders'
15 December 2008
Management training has played a key part in a FTSE-250 company's drive to improve the quality of its leadership, a source reveals.Northumbria Water deployed coaching as a way to accelerate the development of a...
Development: Firms urged to invest in management skills
12 December 2008
While many companies invest in the development of leadership skills among their managers, many fail to instil the essential skills in their team, it is claimed.Michael H Shenkman, writing for online resource Ma...
Managers 'uniquely able to motivate staff'
11 December 2008
A manager is in a unique position to motivate or demoralise people, it is claimed.Jerry Osteryoung, a small business commentator and the director of outreach for the Jim Moran Institute, makes his comments to o...
Training and development 'a top graduate concern'
10 December 2008
Graduates place considerable value on the opportunity to attend training and development in the workplace, new research shows.A study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reveals one-third of university le...
Management skills 'key to staff happiness'
09 December 2008
Developing management skills through training could be key to keeping staff happy, one expert suggests.Management pundit Martin Haworth makes his comments in an article distributed by Ezine, explaining a negati...
Regeneration workers 'not receiving leadership training'
05 December 2008
A number of regeneration professionals assert they are still not being trained in generic skills, including leadership.Responding to a survey on careers and salaries conducted by industry resource Regen.net, ma...
