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Follow on Google News | Carillion chooses eLearning to equip 9,000 staff with soft skillsCarillion, a leading integrated support services company, has introduced 53 eLearning courses from interactive training specialist Engage in Learning, to equip 9,000 of its UK staff with the soft skills they need to do their jobs.
Covering communication skills, personal effectiveness, influencing, leadership and teamwork, coaching, customer service and managing high performance, the new eLearning courses were introduced after Carillion had undertaken a nine-month, in-depth evaluation. “When we were looking for a cost-efficient way to develop the soft skills of our employees, the obvious answer was to grow our eLearning capability,” The new eLearning courses feature practical tips and techniques, interactive exercises and video clips. “Engage in Learning’s courses combine interactivity, humour and storytelling to create engaging and memorable learning,” said Nick Chammings. “They’re easy to use, the instructional design is very strong and they can make a practical difference to performance. Also, the founders of Engage in Learning really understand eLearning, having been in the industry from the very beginning, and they also appreciate the challenges that an organisation like ours faces. To be able to tap into their expertise has been invaluable.” Many of Engage in Learning’s courses have a complementary, interactive eBook, which summarises the eLearning content and enables learners to create their own notes and action plans. Designed to help learners transfer their skills and knowledge to the workplace, the eBooks can be read on smartphones and tablet computers. Carillion identifies employee training needs through one-to-one discussions, and annual appraisals, and it encourages each employee to create their own personal development plan. “Our people have a responsibility for their own development,” Carillion will monitor the use of the eLearning courses through its learning management system, which tracks all training undertaken and provides detailed management information. For further information, please call Engage in Learning on +44 (0) 845 456 0465 or visit www.engageinlearning.com Background notes: Carillion is a leading integrated support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group had annual revenue in 2012 of some £4.4 billion. It employs around 40,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada. www.carillionplc.com Engage in Learning provides 68 customisable, SCORM-compliant courses on key business topics. Its founders - Chris Horseman and Kim Whitmore - are industry experts who both have over 25 years’ experience of running interactive learning companies, having created Balance Learning in 2002 and Xebec in 1988. www.engageinlearning.com End
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