Learning and Development

Employee development is not a consumable, it is an investment.

Restricting training to role-specific responsibilities makes perfect sense; why would you offer staff training on topics not directly related to their role? Well, for many organisations, the answer lies in the value of broad staff experience and their ability to draw from a wide knowledge base.

RWA is proud to announce that the e-Learning platform, My Development Zone, won the ‘Best Use of Technology within Education’ award at the Wales Online Digital Awards 2018.

Under IDD, everyone within the industry who sells, transacts or processes contracts in relation to the sale of insurance products will need to accrue a minimum number of CPD hours. Stu Rolls, director of e-Learning at RWA, outlines how the Aviva Development Zone can help you to both meet and record CPD activity requirements.

The Development Zone course design team has been hard at work adding new learning material to our ever-growing course catalogue.

Liam Goodall joined RWA on a two-month contract to assist in some important project work. As part of this process, we were keen to help Liam broaden his understanding of the world of work and provided him with access to My Development Zone.

All RWA staff are encouraged to use our flagship My Development Zone online learning system for on-demand learning as a tool to plan and evaluate performance and Liam was no exception. He has kindly agreed to tell us more about his experience so far.

We all lead busy lives and as the world changes around us, we have become more conscious about our health. Is it time for business leaders to start considering mindfulness in the workplace for themselves and their employees?

A key requirement for maintaining competence is keeping up to date with market activity and thinking...

Mental health is something we all have. It doesn’t matter who we are – young or old, male or female. Anyone can experience periods of mental ill-health during their lifetime.