How can line managers ensure that their employees develop the necessary skills to succeed? Where does the learning take place: on the job, coaching or in the classroom?

These questions are being asked not just by line managers, learning and development departments but also by academics. Last year, two Irish Institute of Training & Development events focused on these questions with a panel of practitioners and Dr Paul Donovan of Maynooth University undertaking a closer examination of both public and private sector organisations’ learning model of 70:20:10. To learn more about when to train and when to coach, check out our January blog.

Academics dislike the 70:20:10 model but business leaders love it, according to findings from the studies