Blogs

Shared services: success or failure?
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 25 February 2010
Most of this month I have been talking to Revenues and Benefits Managers around the country to discuss how they are going to meet the challenges of 2010.
Kickstart succeeds again in Sefton
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 25 September 2009
Training Synergy are pleased to announce the successful completion of another Kickstart programme in Sefton.
Medway Council Kickstart deemed a success
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 25 September 2009
Six Trainee Housing Information Officers were successfully recruited for Medway Council.
Nacro Kickstart provides another great day.
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 25 September 2009
Still the most effective staffing solution in the Public Sector today.
Merton Kickstart Blog
Posted by: Debra Ley · 20 August 2009
Due to requests from both our clients and candidates we will be blogging the future progress of all our Kickstart campaigns.
Combating Learning Decay
Posted by: Debra Ley · 19 May 2008
Phone Coaching to combat learning decay
More bad news for the care sector?
Posted by: David Field · 29 November 2007
It’s big, getting bigger and improves our standard of living every day but why all the bad news?
The value of end users
Posted by: Debra Ley · 23 October 2007
A look at the problems which can arise when an organisation doesn’t invest in end user training.
Seeing beyond the classroom to more effective performance
Posted by: Sam Mather · 09 August 2007
Why the classroom is not the performance panacea.
Getting the best from your training partner. And a shed.
Posted by: Sam Mather · 09 August 2007
If you had said to me when I moved into my new house, that a shed would be at the top of my priority list, I would have snorted in derision at your lack of insight into the importance of shoes in my life. However, I should have listened to those who had already bought a house with no garage. They knew that without a shed to place items such as bikes and paint tins; very quickly your dining room begins to look like B&Q.
Which is best – classroom training or e-learning?
Posted by: Daniel Hanlon · 09 July 2007
It’s not a new question, but it often remains an unanswered one: which form of learning works best?
Why off-the-shelf training courses aren’t an effective investment
Posted by: Sam Mather · 07 July 2007
Lilac and orange is the new grey, so maximise your training investment and add some colour.
Training on a shoestring
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 05 July 2007
Julie Vazquez, Service Improvement Manager at the North West London Hospitals Trust, told us how she made a little go a long way.
Learning by Google
Posted by: Daniel Hanlon · 02 July 2007
In the learning industry, we are often so absorbed with formal learning methods that we often forget just how successful informal learning can be – whether it’s good or bad. Welcome to ‘learning by Google’ the world’s number one learning resource.
The hidden DNAs – training in the NHS
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 27 June 2007
While the NHS strives hard to cut its DNA – ‘did not attend’ – rates for patients attending hospital and GP appointments, a hidden DNA rate remains worryingly high among the staff themselves, Niall Shanahan explains.
Management training for the NHS
Posted by: Niall Shanahan · 13 June 2007
How much is the precarious nature of NHS finances down to poor management? And how much of that is a result of lack of training?
