What Current Trends Do You See in L&D?
The first thing we have noticed is the market is maturing as people have become used to the idea of E-Learning and E-Learning is being used as a training tool more regularly.
The 4 key trends that we can see are:
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Take Us Through A Typical Day?
I like to start early in the office around 7-7.30am with my emails and planning my day. As people arrive around 8-8.30 I like to meet with my managers and development teams and check each clients needs are being met.
We are doing a lot of work in research and development and trying new tools so I enjoy spending time checking in on the progress.
My day often includes a client visit either in the UK or in Europe and I also deliver webinars and talks on E-Learning trends.
I aim to finish by 6.30 every day to walk my lovely Dalmatian dog.
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program, that’s why I love what I get to do as CEO.
How Do You Spend Your Day's Off When You Are Not The CEO of Biz-Group?
If i'm in Dubai then on a sailing boat out on the water, which I enjoy. If I am outside of Dubai, my ideal scenario would be travelling on Safari, we have a beautiful place on the beach down in South Africa.
Even though I’m in the role of CEO, I thoroughly enjoy travelling and seeing new markets and meeting new businesses in new industries. My nickname is ‘What’s Next?’, as I’m always looking to find 'what’s next' in this industry. That may still be work, but I consider it 'playtime’.
What Advice Would You Give Our Readers For Training Success In The Middle East?
Great question. I think first of all train and develop people in a subject you are passionate about, that way it never feels like work.
The second thing, is to work extraordinarily hard as it’s an unforgiving industry, everyday is a new day and you need to be on your game, that is why passion helps.
We are spending a lot of time right now on return on investment and proving business impact. If you can find a subject that you are really passionate about and makes a difference in organizations, then you can do that day in day out .
Start proving those cases to clients and that will make you successful.
For us, our success and results got us ranked No.16 in the Dubai SME 100 list.
How Can Our Readers Find Out More About You And Biz-Group?
Just go to www.biz-group.ae and I suggest you get a sense of our culture by watching the biz happy video on youtube.
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