Achieving best practice -> People -> Training & skills

Training & skills

From basic maths and English through to IT know-how, it’s essential to make sure your business has the right skills. This section looks at best practice in staff development, training and skills.

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Guides:

Building your business’s skills and capabilities

Cover of Building your business's skills and capabilities guide

A look at how businesses can improve by identifying where they need to invest in skills. It also includes case studies that show how other businesses have filled their skill gaps effectively. URN: 04/802


Technology and training

Find out how technology can help you deliver more targeted, flexible and affordable training in this factsheet.


Maximising potential: High Performance Workplaces

High performance workplaces encourage best practice methods of working in human resources, work organisation and employee relations. This short booklet looks at how businesses can benefit by adopting the key characteristics of a High Performance Workplace. URN: 04/808

Case studies:

Eastserve

Encouraging the East Manchester community to use technology as part of a local regeneration scheme.


Hamilton Financial Guidance Services

Founder Chris Hamilton went on a learndirect course to help him get the best out of his company’s technology.


Westinghouse UK Fuel

Part of BNFL, the company’s ten-year partnership programme has improved health and safety, performance management and productivity.


Zebra

Investment in technology has allowed Zebra Communications to respond to changes in its market, expanding into profitable new areas, integrating its processes and providing high levels of customer service.

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Elementis Chromium

Two-way communication and the development of an employee learning strategy has benefited Elementis Chromium.


Michelin Tyres

Michelin Tyres encourages lifelong and self-managed learning, so that employees develop professionally and personally.


Video diaries

Listen and see how two businesses are ensuring that their staff are trained to use e-business solutions, by accessing our video diaries.

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