A UK study found that most people who decide to leave their current job are looking for progression in their career and an opportunity to show that they can achieve more. With lowest unemployment rates Ireland in the recent years, the best way to avoid high staff turnover is to keep your workforce happy by investing in training.

At New Horizons Ireland we are compromised to provide the best way as possible to upskill you. Our newest training option is the New Horizons Learning-as-a-Service, which as a blended learning solution from our other options. It combines the New Horizons classroom experience and enhance it through our On-Demand content, award-winning books and anytime access to a live expert instructor. Basically, you can get the best of several different learning modalities – Virtual Instructor-Led training and self-paced learning.

The process of developing leadership and management skills is not easy. Some people seem to have some form of natural ability for leadership, but that doesn't mean that these skills can not be developeed an built upon. Building up those skills requires time and investment. To keep the team engaged and productive, companies must have a development program or something similar. But it'ss a win-win situation, the enterprise achieves their goals and the employees will be happy and satisfied with their achievements.

The process of developing a successful career is something extremely particular in everyone’s life. Besides that, there are useful skills that might be always helpful. Leadership and business skills are one example of it.  The ability to deal with people and emotional intelligence is increasingly valued in every company in the world.

Leadership skills also the added benefit of improving productivity and engagement in the work environment. According to the American Staffing Association, “68% of workers say training and development is the most important workplace policy, while 55% of employees say they think they could advance professionally if they were offered greater training opportunities.”

New Horizons Computer Learning Centres is pleased to announce that following a rigorous assessment by the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI), the entire Leadership and Professional Development program from the world’s largest IT training company, New Horizons, has been endorsed for the highest standards of excellence, commercial relevance and positive learner experience.

Join us on International Project Management Day as we discuss the discipline of project management, it’s rapid evolvement and what this means for the project manager. At a recent conference, Dr. Harold Kerzner explained that the discipline of project management must grow and evolve into “project management 2.0” and beyond. In this webinar, we will explore how his observations have implications for the role of project manager.

In today’s fast-paced environment, where cycle times are dramatically short and technology supports everything we do, project managers should ask themselves: “Am I prepared for project management 2.0 and, indeed, project management 3.0?”