Rethinking Your Employee Benefits For Better Retention Rates
Benefits packages play a very large role in employee retention and satisfaction. Perks and benefits are so important that in a 2015 survey conducted by Technology Advice. 56% of respondents reported that they would be willing to forgo a salary increase for certain benefits. If you find yourself combating high employee turnover rates, a look […]
Your people, your differentiators
How do you see your people? Are they paper shufflers and process followers; part of that vast army of ‘heavy-on-the-costs’ entities which are tolerated at least until the machines can take over? Or are they the centrepiece of your organisation, the guardians of the culture and the drivers of differentiated innovation? Unnecessary question? Well, even […]
What does it take to motivate a TZ reader?
797 people have read the post about the survey into what makes a job boring…. but only 18 people could be bothered to fill in a three minute survey….https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/L55T2LH what do I have to offer to get a half-decent number of people to answer one single question? 797 people have read the post about the […]
Breakfast Insight: A Simple Model of Motivation
Breakfast Insight is your short dose of new ideas and food for thought, perfect to watch with your morning coffee. Today we're chatting to Carole Gaskell, founder of Full Potential Group. Contact or ask Carole a question on Twitter at @fullpotentialgr. Carole tells us about: The 'motivation as energy' argument – our 'inner fire' Why helping […]
6 Major Advantages Of Custom eLearning For Corporate Training
Providing your employees with effective eLearning is a lot like shopping for clothing; a one-size-fits-all approach does not usually cut it. While pre-built, off-the-shelf products can be initially cheaper to purchase, they might not result in the greatest ROI or offer the best fit for the specific skills and knowledge required by your organization. Here […]
“My favourite thing is when the people you’re working with suddenly have an epiphany, a spark”
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 […]
Are YOUR staff this engaged with your customers?
The hotel closed- the staff were laid off yet they voted unanimously to come back in, unpaid, to save a customer's booking…. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04394g4 This radio clip would make a great discussion topic on a workshop. Rus www,ruswrites.com The hotel closed- the staff were laid off yet they voted unanimously to come back in, unpaid, […]
Is YOUR job boring?
This article from the BBC raises the spectre of boredom becoming a formally recognised cause of stress – it got me thinking- What is it that makes a job boring for any one particular person? Bearing in mind that we are all different and that some people love doing what others would pay good money […]
The five stages of Brexit
If you want to know how resilient we are as a nation, you only have to look at how quickly we went through the five stages of grief when the result of the Brexit referendum was announced. There was little time for denial as the results came flooding in from counting stations across the country. […]
4 Ways to Engage Managers in eLearning
Managers play a crucial role in the professional wellbeing of an organisation. Consider this: managers interact with frontline employees on a daily basis and it’s these employees who are last to touch your product before it reaches your customers, or deliver your service. This highlights the importance of regularly training the leaders in your organisation […]
Training duration: what’s the golden ratio?
I've read quite a lot around the subject of attention spans, and the lengths of time given can range from anything from 5 hours to 15 minutes! Have you found a certain amount of time before learners lose focus, and how do you deal with this – do you break sessions into manageable chunks, change […]
Top 5 Myths about Onboarding Millennials
Onboarding employees is a critical first step to ensuring your company’s success. This can help your new hires learn how to navigate the landscape of your organization, build relationships and find out where and how to access resources as they get started. As older generations begin retiring, it’s also important to recognize the new breed […]
The Consumer Learner at Work: Is L&D Ready?
Seismic shifts in how work is done present a huge challenge for L&D professionals. At the core of this challenge is the impact of new ways of working on how individuals learn. Pervasive mobile technologies mixed with easy access to content and peers put learning in the hands of individuals. Employees are no longer passive […]
Building on strength
Your people are your greatest asset. This may be a cliché, it may even be one which is overused but have you ever stopped to think what it means in practice. After all, your assets are things which you use to make the business work or to represent the worth of the business but should […]
Office designs to boost employee engagement
The look and feel of a workplace has a significant impact on an individual’s day and a company as a whole. While designs can (and indeed should) vary from office to office, some features are beneficial to any workplace. Lilli Hender, from workplace experts Office Genie, discusses the key office design elements every business should consider […]
Engaging Participants in Your Training Sessions = Better Mastery
Training sessions can be wonderfully effective, a total flop, or anything in between. The goal, of course, is that participants master the skills and/or concepts being presented, but for this to happen, presenters have to be mindful of their delivery. One of the biggest mistakes that presenters make is that they teach in the way […]
Is the 70/20/10 learning mix out of date?
Is this the number you are striving for in your learning strategy? According to a survey in 2014 by Lumesse, the talent software firm, fewer than 5% of companies achieve the 70:20:10 learning mix although many more are trying to achieve it. In case you haven’t come across this or have never really understood it, […]
Why you should never call a high potential a high potential
You rarely see them: job advertisements looking for incapable consultants or salespeople. Most companies are looking for talent, which makes sense. There is a downside to this focus however, as was shown by Californian psychologist Carol Dweck. After the Enron-scandal in 2001, Dweck was wondering how successful companies discern themselves from others. After lots of […]
Help with coaching workshop
Hi everyone! I'm currently working on bringing to life coaching content for a store managers workshop and wanted to know if anyone has activities or ideas on "Engaging your team through coaching". Thank you Clare Hi everyone!I'm currently working on bringing to life coaching content for a store managers workshop and wanted to know if anyone has […]
5 Reasons Companies Fail at Employee Engagement
In a recent Gallup Poll study, only 30 percent of Americans employees indicated they felt actively engaged with their jobs. And disengagement from the other 70 percent cost the U.S. economy $450 to $550 billion in lost productivity. In a world where sales and profits are paramount to success, some business leaders may be at […]
