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while a shocking 10 per cent said that they
check every 10 minutes.
Employees want

More worryingly, 91 per cent of those who
more learning
listening?
check their phones every 10 to 30 minutes
oppotunities
said that they felt anxious when unable
to access emails. Age also contributes to
T
he trend for delegates to multi-task delegate-drain; a large majority of young
by reading and responding to respondents aged 25-35 checked their
S
aaS e-learning provider, SkillSoft,
unveiled a global survey that shows
roughly seven out of 10 workers have
emails and texts on their gadgetry phones more often than the 36-55 year
been asked to accomplish tasks without
during conferences is affecting their levels old participants who checked their phones
receiving proper training beforehand.
of concentration, according to a recent every one to two hours.
Within IT, the survey concludes that the
survey carried out by
problem is even more pronounced. Nearly
Wyboston Lakes. Clive Bache, Sales and Marketing Director
80 per cent of IT professionals working in
of Wyboston Lakes, said: “Within today’s
the US, and 74 per cent in Europe, claim
The survey, society of 24/7 mobile connectivity it can
they have been asked to perform tasks for
which polled 875 be hard to fight the distractions of the which they were not previously trained. The
delegates, found modern fast-paced world and the pressures
survey was conducted on behalf of SkillSoft
that three quarters of that come with this. Conference speakers
by OnePoll and a total of 6,100 employees
all participants ignored need to find the most effective ways to
participated with nearly 1,000 respondents
requests to get audiences focused and more involved
working in IT and a third working in a
switch off in the messages they are trying to get
managerial role.
their mobile across. 24/7 connectivity means that the
devices. Of temptation is always there, however, we
Managers must
these, a try to discourage the use of PDAs and
further 40 mobiles during events.” jump onboard
per cent
admitted Do you ignore ‘turn off mobile’
to checking requests? Are you frequently checking
phones at your mobile or PDA? Make the most of
A
lack of line management buy-in
(cited by 40 per cent of respondents)
is the major barrier to learning
least every conference and seminar sessions – read
retention, according to a survey of hundreds
30 minutes; Robin Hoyle’s top tips on page 17.
of learning and development professionals
conducted by the World of Learning 2008.
Carlsberg
and exhibitions to educate staff on the Andrew Gee, Project Manager for the
hottest topics in their industry spanning; World of Learning, said: “Over and above
commits to
health and safety, environment, the survey results, we have found that
learning
wellbeing, marketing and the latest there is growing concern about the lack of
manufacturing technologies. on-going support and learning guidance.
It is a constant battle for learning and
The idea, which could be rolled development professionals to ensure
out nationwide, included courses, that line managers place their staff’s
competitions, seminars and workshops, ongoing development as a high priority
as well as one-to-one personal on a day-to-day level. Learners can often
development sessions and exhibitions therefore leave courses with insufficient
from experts. Learning Day was also used skills to help them follow through on what
to launch a series of new and innovative they have learnt.”
internal people projects and the first
Carlsberg Learning Centre; designed Svetlana Omeltchenko of British American
to help colleagues succeed within and Tobacco and Patrick Taggart of GPSVision will
C
arlsberg UK’s Leeds Brewery outside work. be speaking on ‘Embedding the line manager’s
shut down production for an role within L&D’ at the World of Learning
unprecedented 72 hours when Leeds Brewery Director Andy Hume Conference on 19 November at 15:00 – 16:45.
all 170 employees took part in a new commented: “Our people are key to our
flagship interactive education and training success and we’re shutting down the site The issues of employee engagement and
programme called Learning Day. to demonstrate our commitment to their how to teach managers to support learning
development. By offering dedicated time will be a focus in 2009. Look out for
Learning Day was a ground-breaking away from the day job to learn, we aim to features in the coming issues of Learning
initiative for the brewery; an intensive and equip our staff effectively for a changing Magazine and on the website
interactive series of workshops, seminars and challenging business environment.” www.learningmagazine.co.uk
learningmagazine.co.uk
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