Another new start...

The Learning Group is happy to announce that Anette Karlsson has been appointed in the newly created role of Director of Business Solutions, Asia Pacific.

Anette was previously with TLG for over five years as our Business Solutions Manager before moving on to global software provider SAP. In her time there, Anette became an integral part of the team in her role as an Education Account Manager, where she was responsible for identifying, qualifying and selling SAP Education services to assigned named accounts whilst building successful relationships with SAP customer and partners.

Anette’s new role with TLG will see her working alongside Daniel Meek, Director, Business Solutions to develop new and existing business relationships, and she will lead TLG in its push into the Asia Pacific region. We are very fortunate to have her in this role and are excited about this new direction in which we are heading.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...

After more than three fantastic years with TLG, Cathy Aboud has packed her bags and moved on. She has accepted a position with consulting firm Maximus, and though we miss her dearly, we wish her all the best.

We are happy to annouce that Fiona Lew has joined the team as a Business Solutions Consultant. Fiona joins us from Kaplan Professional and brings great enthusiasm to the team. Welcome, Fiona!

Getting a Grasp on... Two New Generic Modules!

The Learning Group is excited to announce two new titles - "Getting a Grasp on Information Security" and "Influencing Climate Change - Making an Impact at Work".

These two titles have been developed to address two key issues within Australian organisations currently - the importance of security of information and climate change awareness.

They follow the successful formula of TLG's generic suite of modules, using easy to understand language, interesting visual design and interactive and engaging instructional design.

An afternoon on the green

When TLG staff were told recently that they were to have an afternoon out and only told to bring their hats and sunscreen - they were begging to know what the plan was.

"Are we going horse-riding?" "I know! We'll be rock climbing!" "Is it an afternoon in the park?" "Are we going ten-pin bowling?"

That last guess was close - TLG was off for an afternoon of Barefoot Lawn Bowls! Everyone piled into a bus and off they went to Kensington Bowls Club, where the fantastic staff gave them all a tutorial on the finer points of the game, then they were set loose on the greens!

Each group played a few ends to hone their skills before a tournament was announced! It was hotly contested, but Cathy, Sally, Shamil and Sohail triumphed in the end!

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of TLG for a terrific day!

CEO Triumphant in Easter Bunny Hunt

When there's any sort of competitive event at The Learning Group, participants had better come prepared!

With the hunt restricted to our reception area, hiding spots were highly inventive, such as behind a chair leg, under the newspaper and in the flower arrangement. 

Highlights of the hunt included two staffmembers lunging for the same bunny, almost headbutting a wall and breaking the bunny in two, as well as (in what he later labelled 'a fair and equal... ok maybe not equal') competition, CEO Mickey Clark came up against Business Solutions Consultant Cathy. After much pushing, shoving and name throwing, the competition ended with Mickey triumphant and Cathy decidedly sour.

At the end of the day, Mr B. Rabbit was exhausted and all he wanted to do was catch up on the latest business news.
 

Amanda Squared

Not content with just having the same names, our two resident Amandas decided to add to the confusion today by wearing strikingly similar outfits...