e-Learning

19 new courses have been added to the Development Zone:

• Accuracy - The Importance Of...
• Dealing with Rejection in the Workplace
• Employment Rights - A Basic Introduction
• Inclusive Language - Introduction
• Language and Power Relationships
• Motivation in the Workplace
• Negotiation - Introduction
• Occupational Language
• PEST Analysis
• Production Methods - An Introduction
• Retaining Good Employees
• Sexism in Language
• Staff Organisational Structures
• Staff Recruitment - A Basic Introduction
• STAR Interview Technique
• Strategic Planning - Introduction
• Workplace Communication - Introduction
• Writing an Advertisement
• Writing Instructional Text

In light of the recent ransomware cyber attacks, Terence Clark provides an overview of the key topics each firm must consider in order to get to grips with their cyber risks.

Training: Basic English Grammar - Conjunctions, Prepositions, Determiners, Basic English Grammar - Pronouns, Basic Graphology, Conversation - Introduction to Spoken English, Conversation - Politeness, Conversation Structure, Gender and Conversation, Health & Safety - Risk and the Workplace, Semantics - Denotation & Connotation, Semantics - Similes and Metaphors, Spoken English - Accents and Dialects, SWOT Analysis, Thinking about starting a business, English - What is Face?, English - Writing A Formal Letter, Working with Display Screen Equipment - An Employer's Guideystem.

New Courses: Achieving a Work-Life Balance, Basic English Grammar - Adjectives, Basic English Grammar - Nouns, Basic English Grammar - Verbs, Communication in Challenging Circumstances, Handling Criticism, Management Standards - Dealing with work-related stress, Managing Personal Finances, Mental Health and Well-being at Work, New and Expectant Mothers, Social Media 1 - Introduction to Social Media, Social Media 2 - Considerations for Employees, Social Media 3 - Considerations for Employers, Social Media 4 - Setting a Social Media Policy, Stress.

I have no issue with any individual who wishes to better themselves and take a path of formal study, but it should be relevant to their day to day activities and provide a direct benefit to them and you as the employer (after all, you may well be paying for it), rather than ticking any sort of box.

"RWA pioneers new innovative workplace e-learning solution." My Development Zone has been featured in an article in the March 2017 edition of Chamber Chat from the South Wales Chamber of Commerce.

Introducing RWA Insight - our new online content and thought leadership platform that focuses on the key areas of Insurance Broking, Business Consultancy, Workplace Learning and Human Resources.

April 2016 saw us issue our 50,000th Open Badge for a successfully completed course. Now, roughly eight months later (Jan 2017), due to the increasing popularity of both the platform and of Open Badges in general, we have passed the 100,000 Open Badges issues milestone.

Change is needed. The workplace learning shift is here. Your people expect it, your customers expect it and the communities within which you work expect it. There are workplace learning skill gaps in education, within the work environment, and within local economies.