Dr. Donald Kirkpatrick Dies

All at LMI-UK were very saddened to hear the news on Friday, 9 May 2014, that Dr. Donald L Kirkpatrick had died.  He is noted as the man who almost singlehandedly made the industry aware of the critical importance of measuring training effectiveness and exerted immeasurable influence on learning and development. His four levels of training…

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The Total Leader – May 2014

Build Your Goals in All Areas of Life Successful people set goals, and they make certain alltheir actions and activities contribute to the achievement of their goals. They take action in a logical, reasonable, and organized manner to attain the results they have identified as important to them. Successful people increase their productivity through controlling their priorities. Setting Priorities…

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The Total Leader – LMI Newsletter April 2014

The Total Leader is LMI’s Newsletter. Articles this month include: Multiply Success with Motivation Preparing a Motivational Climate Balance Behaviour Styles to Motivate Give your Persuasive Skills a Boost Build a Foundation for Communication Strengthen your Sense of Identity Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Performance To read the Newsletter click this link    …

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Year to Date Results

LMI-UK record some fantastic results from the 1st Quarter 2014 FANTASTIC RESULT No1 98% above Plan… INCREDIBLE RESULT No2 82% increase over the same period last year.  WONDERFUL RESULT No3 84% increase in actual programme sales over the same time last year. Thank you to all those with whom we work and we look forward…

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HR Grapevine Monday 31st March 2014

87% of the global workforce feels as though they are not actively engaged in their jobs, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report. Only 13% feel engaged, have job satisfaction in their work and are focused on creating value for their employer. The report finds that companies with higher employee engagement see better…

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Bosses today rarely apologise and inspire less trust

Only 5% of UK employees and 3% in EMEA  get an apology from their boss whenever they make a mistake, which is affecting levels of trust in leaders and employee engagement according to a global survey. The Global Leadership Pulse survey found that 49% of staff claim their boss never or rarely apologises, yet in…

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Is the economic crisis continuing?

Not for LMI-UK and the clients who use us. At the end of November LMI-UK will officially record a 25.8% growth in business against the whole of 2012, and with more new contracts confirmed through to the middle of February 2014. As the UK economy awakens from the past few years of downturn, companies are…

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The Empowerment Imperative

During this past week (ended 08th Nov) I attended three excellent events in Central Manchester, each with a distinct focus. Yet the concept of the Empowerment Imperative straddled them all: a) The Manchester Creative Studio school for 14-19 year opening Sept 2014 is the new type of workbased, work styled environment where students will have…

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Towards Investors In People

This week we saw the beginning of a very exciting new project, working with a national manufacturing company to achieve their goal of achieving the Investors In People standard. Our pilot group involves 8 managers from across the business, with varying levels of seniority, undertaking the LMI Effective Leadership Development programme. Plans are already afoot…

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