Leadership - The Process
by Robin Morrison
Robin Morrison, Church and Society Officer, The Church in Wales, provides insight into the leadership task to help you with your own process.
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Leadership Is Not Just The Guy In Front
by Christopher Ward
Make no mistake about it, modern leadership is a complex business that is not easy to define.
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Mentoring a New Generation of Winners for Industry
by David Moffett
Outgoing Welsh Rugby Union Chief Executive David Moffett has offered us many insights on strategy and management during his three year tenure in the job.
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Eyes Wide Shut
by Christopher Ward
Stanley Kubrick's last film was Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. It has been variously described as "a mysterious odyssey of sexual and moral discovery" and "an erotic daydream about chances missed and opportunities avoided".
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Living Leadership - Exploding The Myth
by Colin Williams
Colin Williams is an independent consultant who has worked with Ashridge for over 20 years. Here he takes a down-to-earth look at what constitutes an effective leader.
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Creating the Managers We Need for a Competitive Future
by Christopher Ward
The case for improving the skills of the Welsh workforce has been made convincingly over recent years. Evidence from a multitude of sources tells us quite simply that we need better-skilled people at all levels who can do jobs that support sophisticated and innovative businesses capable of earning more for our economy.
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Too Many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians
by Christopher Ward
News that one in eight of Wales’ 1.2 million - strong workforce now holds a managerial post has raised eyebrows in some quarters.
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Training Evaluation Part 1
by Martin Schmalenbach
In the first of a short series of articles on evaluation, Martin Schmalenbach looks at the work of Donald Kirkpatrick and others in setting a framework for appraising the effectiveness of training.
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Training Evaluation Part 2
by Martin Schmalenbach
In the second of a short series of articles on evaluation, Martin Schmalenbach looks at the work of Donald Kirkpatrick and others in setting a framework for appraising the effectiveness of training.
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Training Evaluation Part 3
by Martin Schmalenbach
In the third of a short series of articles on evaluation, Martin Schmalenbach looks at the work of Donald Kirkpatrick and others in setting a framework for appraising the effectiveness of training.
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Training Evaluation Part 4 - Taking Control of ROI
by Martin Schmalenbach 
In the last instalment of this series Martin Schmalenbach goes beyond Kirkpatrick levels 1 and 2 to look at the value of control groups, and offer some tips on how to get a real sense of ROL.
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Building Skills While Doing The Day Job
by Christopher Ward
On the face of it there is no shortage of management training and development going on in Wales today.
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The Way I See It... Mapping the Way for Management Development
by Simon Court
Recent opinion pieces on TrainingZONE have reminded us that management and leadership development is only likely to add value if it sets out to respond to business needs. Critically, it needs delivers change in management behavious that boosts organisational performance.
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Shifting to a Higher Gear
by Christopher Ward
Open international markets and rising skill and technology levels across the globe present huge competitive challenges to Welsh businesses. Location in the "Western world" no longer provides protection, and every company must now fight its own corner, moving itself decisively up the value chain, if it is to stay among the high earning elite.
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Power of the Hidden Leaders
by Christopher Ward
When we think of leaders, most of us tend to visualize high profile, larger than life characters, commanding the limelight through their charisma or force of personality.
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Managers of Mid-Life Reinvention
by Christopher Ward
They say you can't teach old dogs new tricks. But, in the case of Welsh managers, that's precisely what we'll need to do in the years ahead.
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Taking Management Seriously!
by Christopher Ward
Make no mistake, unless we build a quality workforce and maintain an adequate infrastructure, Wales' is not even at the starting line of international competitiveness.
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Honours Without Profit
by Christopher Ward
Those of us involved in the task of promoting better management performance often ponder upon what it is that motivates managers most to excel at what they do.
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One Jog Can’t Stop a Heart Attack
by Christopher Ward
Summer has, as usual, brought forth a new wave of debutant joggers, joining their more committed counterparts who have been pounding the pavements through the winter.
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