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After all, digital natives, and indeed all of today’s most talented potential employees, expect (and increasingly demand) the high quality, engaging and transferable employee development that only accredited programs can deliver.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAligning with the standards set by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) – today’s premier accreditation body for training programs – the authors offer principles for quality program structure, delivery, and improvement needed to achieve accreditation.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThey share practices used by high quality training program managers today, covering business alignment and program administration along with the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of learning systems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309922726261,"sku":"9783030140038","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783030140038_0785ec0a-f861-41a3-9bb2-4ff5ac31ead6.jpg?v=1786031963"},{"product_id":"the-integrated-life-plan-ilp-for-work-life-harmony","title":"The Integrated Life Plan (ILP) for Work-Life Harmony","description":"Some of us are planners - but most of us are not. We'll likely plan our education and consider our post-secondary path, typically stopping formal education planning once we graduate. As for financial plans, many people set a budget and plan for retirement. Regarding careers, most people take whatever job comes along and find it difficult to plan for the future. And then there's wellness: we usually don't plan for it until we have to. One thing we are certain of is that none of us plans for all four aspects of our lives (education, career, finances, and wellness) in parallel.   That's where the Integrated Life Plan (ILP) comes in. It's a new model designed to give us a fresh look at how these four aspects of our lives change across life's phases, from adolescence to retirement and beyond. The ILP Framework offers a practical roadmap for aligning the parts of your life that compete for the same time, energy, and attention. Grounded in research and real-world practice, it helps you make decisions with clarity, purpose, and long-term direction.   Whether you are a student, professional, entrepreneur, career changer, retiree, or senior citizen, this book helps you connect personal values with meaningful action. Through reflection, self-assessment, and the practical tools, you will learn how to build a balanced life that is meaningful, fulfilling, and personally rewarding.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536450265461,"sku":"9783032297013","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783032297013.jpg?v=1788791926"},{"product_id":"the-agile-innovative-and-resilient-supervisor","title":"The Agile, Innovative, and Resilient Supervisor","description":"When you become a supervisor, no one gives you a manual. One day you’re doing the work, and the next day you’re in charge of the people who do it. That change is harder than it seems, and most companies don’t give you nearly enough help to get through it well.   Now think about everything else that goes on at work these days. There are now AI tools in workflows that didn’t exist two years ago. Teams are now more diverse, spread out, and under more stress than they used to be. The rate of change is not slowing down. It’s getting faster, if anything. And in the middle of all that, you need to keep your team focused, motivated, and productive even though things are always changing. This is what supervision is like right now. Not the one you read about in a book, but the one you’re living.   The framework at the heart of this book presents those three traits as the three sides of a triangle, with each side a vector with both strength and direction. The triangle is inside a bigger circle that stands for the conditions around you, the place where your team works every day. The triangle’s shape changes all the time, just like the conditions. Sometimes, being able to adapt quickly is most important because your team is trying to keep up with rapid changes. When the usual way of doing things stops working, it’s time to try something new. Your team may need resilience the most when they are tired, stretched thin, or recovering from something hard. It’s not necessary to keep all three in balance all the time. You need to read the moment well enough to know which one your team needs most right now. That’s what this book is designed to help you do.   Chapter 1 sets the context, examining why the modern work environment demands a different kind of supervision and introducing design thinking as the mindset that runs through everything that follows. From there, each chapter builds on the framework in a specific direction. You’ll explore what agility looks like in practice, how to create conditions where your team feels safe enough to try new things and fail without shutting down, and how to lead steadily when pressure is high and outcomes are uncertain. By the time you reach Chapter 8, the goal isn’t for you to have memorized a model. This is for you to gain a clearer understanding of how you lead now, where you’re strong, where you tend to struggle, and what small shifts could make a real difference for your team.   Supervision has never been a simple job. But supervisors who stay curious, try new approaches when old ones stop working, and hold steady when their teams need an anchor are the ones people remember. That’s what agile, innovative, and resilient leadership looks like in practice. 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