Too many trainers rely on outdated PowerPoint presentations. Training & Coaching Today today provides some helpful new techniques. 

Developing middle manager leadership skills can only benefit employers, especially if they are to be moved up the ranks. 

Improving executive performance is usually a gradual process, but proponents claim that with hypnotherapy, results are promised within a few days.

IT company Fujitsu Services has transformed the skills and knowledge of its HR department by setting up a learning academy.

One form of coaching that seems to be bouncing along merrily is the peer-to-peer variety. Some advocates say its time has come.

When seven NHS trusts decided they wanted to share mental health care courses and put them online it created quite a challenge. How was it met?

Is blended learning simply e-learning in disguise? Training & Coaching Today finds out.

Personnel Today discovers how employers can get the best out of their Generation Y employees, drawing on experiences from Cancer Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the US army.

Albion Chemicals Group refocused its training activity in order to integrate with its new parent company, while maintaining and developing its local customer service infrastructure.

Health and Safety Bulletin reports on an important appeal judgment on how employers should assess the adequacy of their training provision.

Learning management systems providers are looking to bring a little more to the training table, in the form of "richer media".

Competency frameworks should be a valuable training aide - if applied and used properly.

Introducing a performance management programme into a ballet company provided some unique challenges.

The current economic turbulence is great news for change management experts, who are in high demand. Personal Today investigates.

The award-winning strategy to improve the representation of women at financial services company Citi includes a series of initiatives to encourage women to return to work after maternity leave.

Bentley Motors has used a tailor-made management development training course to meet its target of appointing 85% of new recruits from within the organisation.

Investing in coaching for the sake of it will never get results. Personnel Today suggests 10 ways to embed a coaching culture in your organisation.

Teambuilding activities have had a bad press over the years - many events have been little more than work jollies. Training & Coaching Today looks at how employers can utilise them more effectively.

Do you use, or are you considering introducing, competencies within your organisation? If so, IRS would like your help in our research into the effectiveness of competencies by completing a short online questionnaire. In return, we will provide you with a free copy of the research report.

Disability charity Scope has a successful track record in helping break down the barriers to work for individuals with disabilities. Its graduate training programme has a 90% success rate, while action within its own organisation is improving the representation of disabled people through cultural change, target-setting and reserved posts.

A successful leadership development strategy can shape the culture, direction and even success of an organisation. This IRS survey looks at how 74 organisations have tackled the leadership development challenge, and highlights key learning points from HR.

Instead of coaching board executives as individuals why not coach the top team as a whole? Training & Coaching Today reports.