How to use people analytics to engage employees
Training can be an effective way to engage employees and reduce attrition at a company. Employees are far more likely to strive to reach success within their organisation when they know that they’re being challenged. But with so many companies offering training programmes, only people analytics helps you be sure that you’re offering your employees […]
Negotiation Skills Self Assessments.
I am currently in the process of refreshing the content of my 2 Day Negotiation Skills Training Workshop. I would be interested to hear from trainers regarding the best provider of negotiating skills self assessment questionnaires to help attendees gain awareness of their own negotiating style at the start of the course. I’m also keen to hear about […]
What works in corporate coaching?
The first point that we have to consider is an obvious one: does coaching actually ‘work’? And doesn’t that depend on what we mean by ‘work’? For most people in the corporate environment, having something ‘work’ means seeing an increase in performance, or retention, or engagement, or job satisfaction. For coaching, it means solving a […]
Information to transformation – moving from knowing to doing
Is it true that learning has not taken place until it results in a change of behaviour? Over many years as a trainer, coach and lecturer I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with hundreds of managers and team members. One theme I have noticed, which seems more prevalent now that individuals have […]
Succession Planning
I’ve recently joined an organisation in which there is not much business growth and not much movement either – especially in relation to new openings in management roles. Therefore, the non-management colleagues feel there is little opportunity for progression, so are more likely to exit the business to seek other opportunities or remain in the […]
Authority or Anarchy: What’s the Right Balance?
The business medium has become more and more preoccupied with management strategies and there are probably thousands of written and video pieces offering advice on how to balance organizational authority with employee freedom. The new generations impacted company culture, influencing the rise of a more progressive management that focuses on employee experience. The advantages offered […]
How Leaders build Trust within their Team
Trust is a two way process. Leaders need to trust their team, and teams need to trust their Leader. As a leader, you want your team to perform and to show outstanding results, but how do you expect to show results if your team don’t trust you? Lack of trust is still a growing concern […]
Cross-Departmental Mentorship: Does it Really Work
Every employee should be enrolled in a mentorship program as soon as they are welcomed to your team. Matching junior team members to the right mentors is essential for their long-term success. The best mentors may not be in the employee’s own department. E. Wayne Hart points out that the best mentors are highly inspirational. […]
Authority vs Anarchy: Freedom at Workplace
The business medium has become more and more preoccupied with management strategies and there are probably thousands of written and video pieces offering advice on how to balance organizational authority with employee freedom. The new generations impacted company culture, influencing the rise of a more progressive management that focuses on employee experience. The advantages […]
The real workplace experience employees crave
Business leaders would be mistaken to think that unlimited free food, an indoor gym, and a monthly table tennis tournament are top requirements for millennials. Though they are certainly office gimmicks workers appreciate, these aren’t the finite offers keeping employees happy. Below we take a look at the world of the worker experience, examining how […]
How great CEOs put workplace culture first
Culture affects employee onboarding, employee engagement, and customer appeal, so it’s not surprising that many great CEOs put workplace culture first. What is culture? Sometimes workplace culture gets confused with free food, unlimited vacation, and other perks. While such things may be an expression of culture, they aren’t culture itself. Culture is defined by the […]
Train talented introverts to be stellar managers
Last week, Amy Crawford wrote a very insightful article about tailoring learning styles to individual employees. Crawford makes some excellent points, because every employee has their own perspectives and learning styles. The individualized training approach is necessary when you are training introverted employees to become managers. Introverted employees are often overlooked for promotional opportunities, because […]
A day in the life of: Brad Taylor, Director of People at CIPD
We’re always curious to hear how our members and contributors tackle the challenges that the ever-changing world of L&D throws at them. We’ve got a wealth of experience and knowledge across the site, and what better way to showcase the diversity of our community than to get them to walk us through an average day? Want to […]
9 Tips For Hosting Webinars For Remote Employees
Training has been fully disrupted. The days of piling people into rooms with a presenter at the “head of the class” are fast disappearing. There are a few reasons for this: Technology allows training through a lot of delivery modes The growth of remote workforces has grown exponentially. In the U.S. alone, one in five […]
7 Reasons for Encouraging Workplace Collaboration
Running a business is not easy. The success of the business depends significantly on the performance of the employees. If the management is able to get the best performance out the employees it will do well and the chances of success will increase. One of the important factors in getting good ideas and finding best […]
Co-creation:capturing the knowledge of millennials
The M word – millennials. Or snowflakes as they have most recently been called. I’ve been reading a lot about this generation recently and I don’t know about you, however I’m getting a little bored of the negativity surrounding them. Articles stating things such as their inability to communicate, lack of focus, wish to live […]
Empower employees to ‘skill up’
When you hear the term ‘skill up’, what comes to mind? For all you gamers out there, it might remind you of advancing to a new level or gaining new skills to use to your advantage against a hard-to-beat, virtual villain. For learning professionals, the definition of skill up is similar to some extent. Only, […]
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Millennials?
I’ve seen so many articles over the past few years about the confusing menace that are Millennials, and it’s hard to understand the trepidation with which we’re often approached. Indeed sometimes it feels as if I’m a wild animal or museum piece, with experts trying to piece together the inner workings of my brain from […]
Are you underestimating your introverts?
Our world favours extroverts, says author Susan Cain. Cain suggests we are conditioned from a young age to see introvert characteristics such as a quietness as flawed or somehow inferior to extrovert characteristics like sociability. Cain goes as far as to say that schools and workplaces are designed for extroverts and that this bias creates […]
Facebook Content Marketing? Learn These 5 Tips!
Don’t you get totally frustrated when your post fails to get a significant amount of reach? If you say yes, then you are one with Facebook Page Managers. But there is one thing that may stop this from happening – engaging content! What causes your posts from getting the “intended” reach are your posts. If […]
