Skill based competency framework
Hi, I need help on the following Skill based competency framework How does mapping people benefit the HR, Orgn What is the best approach to go about it for a 3000 employee company Any help is appreciated as I have never done this before. I need to be able to fininsh this in two months time Thanks […]
How can the HR department protect against cyberattacks?
How secure is your business against hackers, and how can the HR department help? Denise Hudson Lawson investigates. It seems that every week there’s a news story about a hacking attack on a household name. The hacking of Ashley Madison highlights just how serious a data breach can be, with the company’s CEO stepping down […]
L&D news round-up: 8 Oct
It’s news time: tuck into these stories from the last seven days. HR plays increasingly ‘integral’ role in designing and supporting change – CIPD Don’t tax business to pay for training – The Telegraph 10 life skills every young professional should have – Business Insider Wolverhampton school-leavers ‘lack skills to find work’ – Express & Star Learning and growing on […]
Bridging the gender pay gap: How small businesses can make a big difference
David Ingram says there’s a lot more to do to close the gap in pay between men and women. The gap between men’s and women’s earnings is at the narrowest it has been since records began, official figures report, but are we celebrating too soon? Despite the 1970 Equal Pay Act, the Office for National Statistics’ […]
L&D news round-up: 1 Oct
Round-up time! Here’s a selection of the best L&D stories from the last seven days. UK’s skills gap clouds hopes for stronger economy – Reuters Africa Union launches its Learning and Development Strategy as a critical step towards the achievement of the Agenda 2063 Vision – Africa Brains How 6 Powerful Women in Media and Marketing Redefined […]
UK businesses lose out because of lack of cultural awareness
Gary Muddyman, CEO of global translation company, Conversis, and Bill Rivers, Executive Director at the Joint National Committee for Languages talk about how British businesses could be losing business to overseas competitors because of a lack of foreign language skills and cultural awareness amongst their staff. According to new research by Conversis, a quarter say […]
How to retain great middle managers through better succession planning
What’s the succession plan for your business? Dominique Jones gives us some insight into the process. In a recent survey of 450 European organisations [1], almost half (48%) stated that ‘building a strong leadership team’ and ‘line management training’ (45%) were major challenges. This is against a backdrop of only one in five organisations being […]
The truth doesn’t have to hurt
Gary Cattermole believes the workplace is somewhere where honesty really is the very best policy. Here he explains why it’s key to achieving effective employee engagement. When it comes to our professional development, there is no tangible value to be had from surrounding yourself with people who tell you what you want to hear about […]
Motivating the workforce does not mean big brother surveillance
Every business needs to ensure its staff are as productive as possible, but is it really necessary to monitor their every keystroke to ensure company time is not wasted? A lot of workforce management (WFM) technologies would have businesses think so. Their solutions are constructed around the belief that staff must be spending minute after […]
L&D news round-up: 11 Sept
here it is again – all the latest news and views from the world of L&D, in one convenient place. The Ten Worst HR Ideas Of All Time – Forbes Skills gap is bigger threat than Brexit: Talent shortages to hit UK economic growth, warn finance chiefs – City AM The Seven Laws Of Open Source Leadership– […]
How to help your employees work from home
Letting your team work from home brings many benefits – whether it’s improved productivity, a wider pool of workers to choose from or easy cost savings on office space. Here OKA’s Jack Stevens details some top tips for how workers can get the most out of their remote working space. If you let your employees work […]
What are the factors of successful talent management?
Hesketh Emden talk to GivebackUK about the hot button topic of talent. GivebackUK is a not for profit organisation creating a FREE online video learning library for the UK’s third sector – a potential audience of more than 13 million staff and volunteers. Find out more about GivebackUK here Hesketh Emden talk to GivebackUK about the […]
The TrainingZone podcast: August 2015
This month, we interview Ed Monk about the upcoming L&D event Learning Live and Kate Graham returns to discuss the L&D news and views of the last few weeks. Links to the stories: Wearables in the workplace?, Digital transformation needs new skills, the #blimage hashtag, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s HitRECORD Subscribe free Please ensure that you have iTunes installed […]
L&D news round-up: 20 August
Thursday already? Here’s a bumper week’s worth of news stories. Comment: Helping young people get the skills employers expect – The Scotsman Deloitte: 8 key trends in learning and development – Consultancy.uk Can you change a tyre, read a map or knit? 20 vital skills that are dying out – The Grimsby Telegraph 5 Facts All Leaders […]
How to recruit top talent
Janice Haddon gives us some great tips about how to hire the best – and what to do to keep them. Just how do you attract the best of the best into your business? Many organisations are now making recruitment their top focus for their HR teams. In recent research, 39% of businesses put recruiting […]
A return to outsourcing?
Neil Georgeson discusses why the time is right to rethink your training resource management strategy. Short-termism is often a necessary evil in times of recession. But unfortunately it seldom pays off. Organisations that brought the production, fulfilment and distribution of training materials in house during the economic downturn are now being left behind. Yet, gradually […]
How L&D leaders can ensure they recruit the right person
How do you navigate the minefield of new hires? Read this piece from Marie Faulkner to start with. “L&D leaders are under pressure to respond with a modernised learning and development strategy” – Towards Maturity. For any organisation to achieve its business objectives, it is, of course, essential to have in place a strategy that […]
L&D news round-up: 23 July
You know what time it is – it’s news time. A bumper edition this week, and not a quirky animal story in sight. Skills Versatility is Essential in Today’s Job Market – TechCo Narendra Modi unveils bid to make India the ‘HR capital of the world’ – The Guardian Early child development: Body of knowledge – Nature Five […]
How to get employees to hit the ground running
Getting up to speed is one of the most important parts of the onboarding process. Boaz Amidor tell us how to make it as easy as possible for new hires. The spinning wheels of turnover never stop – there are almost always employees coming in and going out at any given moment. Once an […]
An HR insight into the future of digital learning
Ashridge asked the HR community what they thought the digital learning environment would look like over the next three years. Maddie Brooks tells us more. Increase in learning technology expectations With 78% of organisations expecting to increase the amount they spend on learning technologies in the next three years and 20% expecting to spend the […]
