The 3 Deadly Negotiation Blunders
Negotiators have an important place in any organization. Not only are they responsible for making sure that the firm saves money on potential costs and overheads, they’re also the key to ensure a firm doesn’t appear to have a weak position during negotiations. It is for this reason that negotiators are always expected to be […]
Combatting disability discrimination at work
Combatting disability discrimination within your organisation What is disability discrimination? Disability discrimination refers to a situation where someone is treated less favourably because they have a disability or are perceived as having a disability. Even though the UK has had laws in place for over 40 years protecting the rights of disabled people, discrimination remains […]
Using Technology and Strategy For Peak Performance
The way that you use data and execute with it will be the difference between running an average company and a good company. When you can develop mastery over this approach, while also creating self-motivated employees, you turn the corner into becoming a great company. So how do you go about setting this foundation and […]
The Benefits of volunteers for UK businesses
Have you ever considered arranging a day of volunteering for your employees? Whether it lasts for one afternoon every week or two full days per year, volunteering programs can significantly assist in developing your employees’ confidence, people skills and productivity. Several examples of volunteer work you can choose from: Serving meals in a homeless shelter […]
Five easy ways to increase learner engagement
Storytelling is the key to actively engaging employees in learning – get this right and your team will thrive. It pains me to think that people are working hard and at speed every day, but if they slowed down just a little, they might learn something that would help them improve their performance and make […]
How to Encourage Your Team to Achieve Goals
The success of a team mostly relies on the attitude of the leader. The team members tend to copy the attitude of a leader. It is therefore important that leaders should show a good example that will encourage the team to pursue the set goals of the organization. One of the challenges the leaders encounter […]
How to improve employee satisfaction amongst staff
According to a survey by Personal Group, 55.6% of all UK workers are dissatisfied in their current role. This is an overwhelming percentage especially considering the fact that dissatisfaction accumulates over time and is arguably easy to avoid. Understanding what causes employee dissatisfaction The first step in tackling employee dissatisfaction is being aware of how […]
How Storytelling Can Build Employee Knowledge
Employee training initiatives have grown more important than ever before, and millions of business owners, savvy entrepreneurs, and cunning managers have begun investing more into employee-boosting initiatives aimed at bolstering the knowledge held by their labor force. Countless business owners and HR departments large and small are still making simple, easy-to-avoid mistakes, however, starting with […]
What are the pillars of a modern learning culture?
We are in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution, which is creating new jobs, transforming the way people work, and putting increased pressure on organisations to upskill and reskill workers to ensure they thrive as the marketplace shifts. From the employee perspective, nearly 80% of UK employees believe learning and development is important, and […]
How can you create a culture of hungry learners? Adopt a marketing mindset
Learning culture is a trending topic for many learning and development professionals – and there’s a good reason why, says Stephanie Morgan, Director of Learning Solutions at Bray Leino Learning. Creating a learning culture within your organisation has a host of companywide benefits. But for now I am going to highlight three pertinent reasons why learning […]
Elearning: Is that how YOU learn?
It seems to be the perennial challenge for L&D leaders: how do you get your employees to want to engage with elearning? It’s comparatively easy to get employees to complete online compliance training – you just threaten them. But for building the capability of knowledge workers, I still think elearning is yet to deliver on […]
How to make my training program mandatory?
In my previous article, I discussed how making training programs mandatory boosts participation, causing participants to learn more and put this into practice. Despite the fact that some clients find this scary, practice shows me that participants don’t nearly mind as much as their managers expect. The question is: how to make sure your training program […]
Promoting employee wellbeing
Are your people advocates for success? In particular, what steps are you taking as an organisation to encourage, empower and engage your people? The good news is that UK business must be doing something right. Engagement is very closely linked with productivity, a measure which has caused considerable disquiet since the financial crash but which […]
How to turn digital learning content into revenue
With so much information freely available online, are there ways of harnessing your digital learning content to generate financial returns for your organisation? After working on just these challenges for many years, I’ve noted what I think are the top five opportunities that may give you a few useful ideas: 1. Sell your updates, training […]
Change is Emotional
People sometimes question why we use so much story in our training materials, and why we put so much emphasis on emotionally engaging learners, rather than simply delivering facts and figures, in what some consider a more ‘academic’ way, with supporting PowerPoint. Well there’s a simple answer to this. We’re not interested in delivering information; […]
Risk is a state of mind
Leading an organisation can sometimes feel a bit like a game of snakes and ladders. You aim to be successful, to lead your organisation up those ladders towards growth and profitability and success whilst avoiding all those potential pitfalls which can see your hard work come to naught. And let’s face it, those potential pitfalls […]
Use learning as a perk and see your people and your business grow
Integrate learning into your rewards and recognition offering and you will see a learning culture grow within your business, argues Rajeeb Dey, CEO of Learnerbly. If I mention employee rewards, or perks, what springs to mind? Many employers will think first of financial incentives and bonus schemes, or maybe they’ll point to the most traditional trade-off for […]
Is L&D forgetting about the learner?
Learning strategies, business alignment, new technologies, analytics, budgets, stakeholder engagement… the list of things we need to be considering in L&D goes on. We now need to juggle more than we ever have before, and while this is exciting and brings great opportunities, it doesn’t come without risk. In our efforts to provide great ROI, […]
How To Turn Your Employees Into Brand Ambassadors
Every company wants their employees to be good representations of their brand when they’re on the job. However, it’s even better when your employees are bonafide brand ambassadors who praise your company and act as walking advertisements even when they’re off the clock. Turning your employees into brand ambassadors isn’t about forcing them to meet […]
Taking the pledge on gender diversity
In February 2018 the Chair of the Treasury select committee, Nicky Morgan, wrote to 33 financial services firms calling on them to sign the Women in Finance Charter*. Originally drawn up in 2016 the charter represents a joint commitment by HM Treasury and the financial sector to work together in order to deliver gender balance […]
