Boardroom Education: Training and Development (Express Exec)

Effective Training & Development is essential if you are to continuously get the best from your people and extend the knowledge shelf-life of your company. This module explores the vast array of options available to the HR function including on-the-job learning, formal management education, coaching and mentoring. Cost-effectiveness and measurable payback are also dealt with as cornerstones of any training and development activity.

Michel Syrett has written on business issues for a variety of publications including The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, European, Asian Business and South China Morning Post. He has also conducted research on business leadership and corporate governance for Cranfeld School of Management, Business International and the Poon Kam Kai Institute of Management in Hong Kong.

Jean Lammiman has designed and delivered programmes aimed at board-level executives for the International Stock Exchange, Grand Metropolitan the National Health Service. She was chief executive of the UK division of Ambrosetti Consulting Group, which specialises in boardroom education and currently runs her own consultancy, The LSK Group, in the same field.