Radical selfdevelopment a bottom up perspective

Selfdevelopment of employees is essential if businesses are to thrive. Technology has brought new techniques, of which elearning is one of the more publicised. There has been a great deal of experimentation, some of it more successful than others. One ingredient, motivation, remains essential to the success of any development plan. Personal contact is an important part of this. Now elearning is out of its infancy, there has been a move towards blended learning a mix of different learning methods to optimise the effect of all of them. There is a radical initiative from Sweden, which combines personal coaching with Webbased training. It takes as its pivotal point the motivation of the employee. Aligning individual goals with organisational objectives is integral to the programme.