April 2020 – Page 2 – Proactive Training

4 Training Topics to Maintain a Safe, Respectful Workplace Culture During COVID-19

COVID-19 is causing many changes and disruptions in organizations across almost every industry. However, the pandemic should not undermine an organization’s values, principles, and standards of conduct. Article Author: Andrew Rawson, Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer, Traliant From new guidelines for essential front-line workers to stay-at-home orders for other employees, the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing […]

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Middle Management—The Cornerstone of Change

How do organizations leverage their middle managers to make change “stick?” Article Author: Diana Vienne, Senior Partner, Notion Consulting Mid-level leaders have two roles in driving change in an organization—first, they need to adapt to the change themselves, then they need to lead that change for others. Navigating Change The change journey is highly personal,

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Training as a Business: How to Bring Learning Effectiveness to a New Level

This requires different mindset around success and failure, as well as taking note of the tangible value of consistent investments made in people over the long term. Article Author: Melissa Mauro Employees want to work for a learning organization—an organization that has inculcated a lifestyle of learning from mistakes and also sees mistakes as opportunities

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New Webinar Recordings & Latest Professional Learning

NEW WEBINAR RECORDINGS The VDC has recently added a new extensive range of pre-recorded webinar sessions that are available on the VDC website here (Professional Development / Webinar Recordings) 24 new topics in a PowerPoint accompanied with presentation audio recording format are now available in the areas of: Assessment Essentials Quality, Compliance and Auditing Mapping

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The VET workforce: What does it look like?

NCVER has just released its long-awaited report on the VET workforce. For the first time we have a much clearer idea about the size and nature of the Australian VET workforce. It’s been a long time coming In their paper published by L H Martin Institute in 2018 and entitled “How can VET teacher education

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After the ATAR III: supporting young peoples’ passions and giving purpose

This latest paper from Year13, ‘After the ATAR III’, looks at the roles of passion and purpose in connecting young people to meaningful education and employment. Both of these attributes are important for young people transitioning out of high school, they suggest. Moving on from the decision-making processes After the ATAR III collates nearly 4,700

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VET Reform Roadmap: Micro-credentials paper

The Skills Senior Officials Network has released a discussion paper on micro-credentials. This is the latest in a number of articles and reports about them. The story so far Previous VDC News editions have featured items about micro-credentials. In September 2018 Are micro-credentials a way to go bro? looked at New Zealand work. The review

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Latest Traditional trade apprenticeships Research

New research from NCVER looks at data on trends in training activity and completions. It also provides details on the application of incentives as well as highlighting international apprenticeship models and practice. A big program of apprenticeship research! The most recent research from NCVER is part of a larger research program which is “investigating training

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ACT to Move Tough Conversations into Positive Workplace Outcomes

Part 3 of 3 articles that will provide tips for Preparing, Engaging and Acting to manage difficult conversations in the workplace. Article Author: Karen Hough, Founder and CEO, www.ImprovEdge.com Tough conversations about performance, office behavior, or team issues are never easy. If we engage with another team member on a touchy subject, we want that

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Training Top 125 Best Practice: Roscoe Property Management’s IDEAL (Invest, Develop, and Empower with Accountable Leadership)

Regional and corporate managers throughout the company attend a bi-annual leadership conference where regional vice presidents facilitate training on a variety of topics. After each leadership conference, the training is transformed into computer-based or instructor-led training. Article Author: Edited by Lorri Freifeld Roscoe Property Management’s IDEAL (Invest, Develop, and Empower with Accountable Leadership) program was

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