Leading through healthy selfishness
How do you lead stressed employees? Steve Knight says you have to get your own house in order before you can help others. In today’s productivity-obsessed and cost conscious workplaces, many employees are feeling emotionally disengaged from their organisation. Who can blame them? They’re rarely involved or considered in decision making. In fact, they’re almost […]
How to get people to listen to your podcast
Wakey wakey! Hannah McNamara gives us the essentials on getting optimum engagement from your podcast. Whether you’re creating a podcast as part of a mobile learning programme or to showcase what you can do as a trainer, it’s wasted effort if no one listens to it. Just as in live training sessions there are certain […]
Towards sustainable engagement
Tim Casserley explores the importance of personal purpose in engaging employees. The steady rise of ‘engagement’ as a way of capturing the hearts and minds not just of employees but of customers, local communities and other stakeholders has been mirrored by ever-decreasing levels of public trust in organisations. The past two years of […]
The leadership interview: Simon Cohen
In this month’s leadership interview, Mike Levy talks to Simon Cohen, CEO of global tolerance. The banking crisis and the subsequent global downturn have put the H word into the spotlight. According to Simon Cohen, that H stands for Honesty but it could also stand for a word you seldom hear in business life: Happiness. Cohen, a […]
How do you engage customer-facing employees to improve performance?
Educating and engaging staff within the workplace is key to improving performance. Ian Luxford offers tips on sharpening customer service skills at the front end. If outstanding customer service is a must for successful businesses today, it’s also one of the biggest challenges they face. Despite cuts in training, owing to the challenging economic climate, […]
Losing your grip on staff engagement?
Stephen Walker reviews 10 key ways to identify which of your staff feel less engaged and therefore less willing to work for your success. Every organisation has a mix of people ranging from a few star performers to fewer (hopefully!) marginally useful people with the majority of us in the middle. Equally the general environment […]
How to use embodied leadership to engage your employees
How do leaders maintain engagement of their key talent? How do you apply the ‘ecology of talent’ to business? Colin Reeve explores the idea of embodied leadership. In today’s fast-paced, impatient and often stressful world, leaders need to find a way of leading that liberates people to contribute their unique talents willingly – thereby giving […]
Nurturing your leaders
Marielena Sabatier discusses the merits of executive coaching to bring out the latent leadership skills and build team trust in your organisation. According to figures showing the economy grew by 0.1% in the last three months of 2009, the recession is officially over. However, for many businesses it doesn’t feel like it. With job losses, […]
Seasonal solutions: Training exercises with a festive focus
With Christmas almost upon us, we have trawled the Any Answers forum for the community pick of the best seasonal training exercises. The Christmas Panto ‘Annah’ suggested a fun panto exercise she has used on a project management course as a team building activity: “My aunt had the whole family around one Boxing Day and […]
I’m a trainer – get me out of here!
Being in a recession is a bit like being in a jungle – the more you look at it; the harder it is to see a way through! TV presenter Ken Hames tells Ruth Moody how expeditions have given him inspiration as a leader and a trainer. Ken Hames has spent years in the jungle […]
Mentoring a team
Before you bring in a mentor for your team, you should consider these questions, says John Pope. Why bother? Of course, if managers were not so occupied with doing things and devoted some more time to the way team members worked together, how the team developed, the strengths and weaknesses of each individual member and […]
Working the team
One of the key ingredients in a happy team is leadership. The inmitable Miriam Cox gives us her tips on how to lead a team more effectively. When I think of the word ‘team’ I immediately think of horses pulling a plough or men rolling around in mud on a rugby pitch…..um, sorry, lost track […]
Jamie’s Kitchen: Part 4
In the last part of our teambuilding series, Jamie’s 15 apprentices embark on the final stage of their training. bits://v/dua6yWBR-58072-36800 See the other videos in the series: Jamie’s Kitchen Part 1: Forming, Jamie’s Kitchen Part 2: Storming, Jamie’s Kitchen Part 3: Norming Video Arts content supplied for preview only by TrainingZone.co.uk members. It is illegal […]
Put your money where your mouth is
Despite a glimmer of hope on the ecomonic horizon, training still seems to be too far down organisations’ list of priorities. The CMI’s Ruth Spellman argues that it’s time for L&D to make a stand. With reports suggesting that house prices are showing signs of recovery and some retailers hinting at a gradual upturn in fortunes, […]
Why team building events don’t work
Teambuilding events can make or break a team, says Judith Germain. Here she tells us why they can cause more issues than they solve. Most companies understand that enabling individuals to work in teams can be a sure-fire way to improve the company’s performance. When an air of competition is allowed to permeate the culture […]
A managers’ guide to teambuilding
The path to teambuilding nirvana can be littered with obstacles. John Pope outlines his no-nonsense guide for managers. We have teams so that people get better results by working together rather than separately. Members stay together for quite a time, even when it is a temporary team to work on a project – though that can […]
Teambuilding with Jamie Oliver: Part 3
In the next video in our teambuilding series, Jamie looks at the ‘norming’ stage of the apprentices’ training. See the other videos in the series: Jamie’s Kitchen Part 1: Forming, Jamie’s Kitchen Part 2: Storming Video Arts content supplied for preview only by TrainingZone.co.uk members. It is illegal to use this content for training purposes. […]
Teambuilding with Jamie Oliver: Part 2
In the next video in our teambuilding series Jamie Oliver’s protégées begin the next stage of their apprenticeship. bits://v/C1KmUoWv-58072-36800 See the first video in the series: Jamie’s Kitchen Part 1: Forming Video Arts content supplied for preview only by TrainingZone.co.uk members. It is illegal to use this content for training purposes. To purchase Video Arts […]
When teambuilding goes wrong
Most team away days are well thought out and planned…or are they? Heather Townsend outlines some common teambuilding pitfalls for trainers. Do your homework in advance If you don’t do your research about the team and what is stopping them performing well together, then you could come a cropper. Take for example, a trainer that […]
Teambuilding with Jamie Oliver: Part 1
In the first of our series on teambuilding in association with Video Arts, Jamie Oliver looks at forming his team of wannabe chefs for his restaurant ‘Fifteen’. bits://v/2yeo5hfD-58072-36800 Video Arts content supplied for preview only by TrainingZone.co.uk members. It is illegal to use this content for training purposes. To purchase Video Arts resources call +44 […]
