The Juice- Issue 8
Welcome to The Juice- the newsletter that keeps you posted and refreshed.
Every quarter we aim to bring interesting and fun articles to you. If you have any suggestions or would like to see an article/interview featured, please let us know by emailing emily.bennett@mendas.com
These are the topics that caught our attention this quarter...
The role of psychology in training
In the last edition of The Juice, we described the first 3 elements of 'The Training Cycle': Analysing Needs, Developing Objectives and Devising the Programme, providing some insights from the world of psychology.
This month, Helena Murray, Junior Business Psychologist, completes the cycle by describing the processes of implementing and evaluating training, giving some practical tips based on our own experiences of delivering effective training programmes.
New Web-based Level A training lessons for online learning.
Mendas has launched a new partnership with Real Training to provide highly cost-effective and flexible routes to achieving the Level A Certificate of competence in Occupational Testing. As well as offering delegates the traditional face-to-face course over three days, delegates can now choose to study Level A through blended leaning or distance learning options.
Read more about Level A Training.
Home-Working: psychological implications and practical solutions.
Technological advances are now enabling many forms of traditionally office-based work to be performed in a diverse range of locations. For example, Home-working is a growing business practice. The key difference between home-working and working from home is that for home-workers the employee's main office base is in their home, rather than just working from home on the odd day.
But, how do you ensure your organisation's work practices, policies and culture enable the benefits of home-working arrangements to be realised?
In this article, written by Marielke Pritchard - Principal Psychologist and Hilary Blackmore - Senior Psychologist, we offer practical recommendations to help you get the most out of this type of working arrangement.
Mendas in the Press
Check out Mendas Media Centre for all articles featuring Mendas in the press here.
Justin Spray, Mendas Director, discussed the future of assessment with People Management and "working with colleagues issues" with the Guardian. All this whilst Dr Simon Draycott, our own other Director, talked about online assessment with Personnel Today. Simon also debated interview preparation and gave some advice to job seekers in an interview with the Evening Standard.
Competition
Congratulations to Michelle who won last quarter's competition. We hope you'll enjoy your £100 theatre tokens.
The question we asked was what had Justin said in his interview featured on "Redundancy: They called me The Angel of Death" published in the Guardian on 22nd August- and the correct answer was A- "Learning to break bad news can make you better at your job as it teaches people the art of making decisions".
How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
Enlighten us with your humour and clever answers for a chance to win £100 theatre tokens for yourself. Email paola.meloni@mendas.com with your answers. It is easier than you think!
Good luck to you!
