Other Information
This page gives you useful snippets of information and links to downloadable documents that we think will be of interest to you. Some of them are our own documents and others are from other organisations. We cannot be held responsible for the content of documents from other organisations and are simply drawing your attention to them in good faith.
Extract from the long term evaluation report on the effectiveness of personal and work development training – ‘Personal Development has Legs’.
As far as we know, this is only research on the long term effects of personal development training. Following up people who have been participants on our programmes up to ten years ago, the report is thorough, detailed and full of interest to anyone who is even vaguely interested in this topic.
Download an introductory extract
Contact us if you want a copy of the full document.
Research report into the development issues for older workers.
The results of research conducted inside 14 diverse UK organisations. Identifies the issues for older workers themselves and takes a snapshot of employer’s attitudes to older workers as well. The issues identified resulted in the design and development of the ‘Fresh Steps’ development programme for older workers.
FreshStepsReportFinal05.06.doc‘Fresh Steps’ evaluation report.
The complete evaluation report from the pilot ‘Fresh Steps’ development programmes for older workers conducted in the UK. Packed with detail and useful testimonials from a wide range of participants.
‘Glass Cliffs’ report from the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Dr Sue Hewitt has drawn our attention to a recent report from the CIPD about ‘Glass Cliffs’, outlining the current situation regarding sex discrimination at management levels.
Download it from: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/dvsequl/sexdisc/_wmnbrdrmtp.htm
Report from McKinsey and Co - ‘Women Matter: Gender diversity, a corporate performance driver’.
The world famous consultancy has recently issued a highly researched report called ‘Women Matter: Gender diversity, a corporate performance driver’. McKinsey are one of the most famous strategy consulting firms in the world, with enormous clout, so the result of their study is bound to be influential.
Download it from: http://www.womens-forum.com/zzRestofsite/c_research1.php
‘Facts about Women’ - a valuable fact sheet from ‘Opportunity Now’. 2008.
The people at Business in the Community’s ‘Opportunity Now’ campaign, have collected a mass of really useful data about the current position of women in the UK.
Download it from:
