What’s it like to deliver the IOSH Managing Safely course? We asked Jen Rogers, Health and Safety Trainer at International Workplace, to help us see a typical classroom course from a tutor’s perspective.   Before the door opens, I have no clue as to what I am going to be faced with. I might know the names and the company details of the delegates who are attending, and maybe their job titles. But I don’t necessarily know what their job entails, or their areas of expertise. Every new course brings a sense of excitement as I look forwar... Continue reading

The last 12 months seem to have denoted a marked acceleration in the move to ‘digital’. In the world of learning and development, not everyone welcomes this. We talk to a good number of senior managers responsible for managing people and workplaces and the vast majority are either unaware of just how much of a transformation learning technologies can bring; or else they are fearful of it. We’ve been providing training and support to businesses since 1995 so we’ve seen quite a few changes in technology since the days of the 14.4k dial-... Continue reading

If you're looking to run an internationally recognised health and safety training programme in the Arab-speaking world, then an IOSH-approved certificate course is a sensible choice. It's been available as a classroom-taught option for some time. But now, for the very first time, you can study IOSH Managing Safely in Arabic online* with International Workplace, making it fully accessible wherever you are in the world. Our Arabic-language course is based on the same 5-star rated English-language online course we launched in 2017, which was a f... Continue reading

Do your teams struggle to hit targets, even though everyone seems flat-out? Perhaps you're under pressure to execute deliverables, but find it hard to whip up the morale of your staff? Have you asked yourself: is everyone actually engaged in the task at hand, or are they just “looking busy”? According to research, just one-third of all UK employees feel engaged in the workplace; ranking the UK in ninth place for engagement levels amongst the G12 collective. Productivity is suffering, so do we demand more of a time commitment from our team... Continue reading

In 2014, I gave a public commitment in a speech to move International Workplace – the company I'd founded some 20 years earlier – fully into the digital age. I believe there is, and will always be, a place for face-to-face delivery of training, where human interaction adds a dimension that can't be replaced. But I also believe that a large amount of what currently passes for training (much of which is knowledge sharing or self-learning) *can* be delivered digitally, more time-efficiently, more cost-effectively, and with better results. Ove... Continue reading