Dr Paula Smith - Presentation Skills Expert

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Leadership Development

Workforce development with Dr Paula Smith

Don’t waste your training budget (dangers of training your staff)

There is no real need to go into lengthy explanations about the definition of a training budget and why we need one, but it is a good idea to look at the benefits and dangers of training our key people and the costs of not training them.  What if we train our staff and they leave?  … Read more

7 training mistakes

Well, that training was a waste of time

7 Critical Workforce Development/Training Mistakes Unfortunately, that phrase rings true for way too many organisations. How does this happen? For several reasons, let’s explore some critical training and development mistakes that have the potential to waste your valuable talent development dollars. 1. There was no strategic needs analysis Training is not a stand-alone event.  All … Read more