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Call of the Wild named Welsh Small Business of the Year 2008

We won! Call of the Wild  Ltd, organisation, team and people development Company   are thrilled to announce they have been awarded the prestigious Welsh Small Business of the Year Award 2008.

One  of three finalists, shortlisted from over 50 applicants, at this years Welsh Business Awards we were named the winner  at a grand ceremony  which took place on May 23rd at the Cardiff International Arena.

“We are absolutely delighted to win this special award. This is a real team effort and illustrates that we have  fantastic staff who are both professional and committed to their work. It demonstrates that our work in the fields of management training, team building and leadership development is recognised as some of the best in the country.

Although we were delighted to  win the National Team Building Company of the Year Award 2008, the Small Business Award is, if possible, even more pleasing. This is because this award is not just restricted to our market sector. We were competing against all business’ in Wales  and therefore the award means so much more in terms of overcoming the fierce competition in this category ” explained Geraint Lewis, Managing Director.

Why It’s Important to Understand the Difference between Learning, Training, Education and Development

Why is it important to understand the difference in terminology between training, education, development and learning? Well its for a number of very important reasons. As we know knowledge is locked up with the employees of a Company and it is this factor which determines how successful a business is. If as a manager you don’t understand this point then the performance of the Company will be jeopardised.

So why is it important to understand the exact definition of these terms. Well its because they are used in an inexact way which is often interchangeable. People do not use them in an exact way or in accordance with their literal definitions. This will cause problems when you come to develop your employees as if you can’t match your training, learning or development objectives with the right programme not only will you be wasting valuable time but also wasting money and undermining your credibility in the eyes of your employees. How often have we come across the serial moaner who comes out with "oh no not another training course to waste my time." You need buy in on the part of staff not barriers in order to maximise the return from your investment.

Call of the Wild Ltd place great emphasis on this issue when we initially meet with clients. It is important to understand what the objectives are and what will be the best programme to meet these objectives using our blended learning approach. We seek to clarify for the clients what the actual terminology means and what form of delivery is required so that they can get best value out of the programme.