The Definitive History of HR
Human resources is an integral part of any business, which ensures that employee issues can be resolved quickly and easily. This department is a relatively new department which has evolved within the last century to reach its present state. By understanding how HR has changed over the years, it is easy to see where the […]
Motivation vs Engagement
Hi All I've recently been writing a report on learning in my organisation and found myself discussing motivation and engagement as if they were one in the same. On reflection I wonder if this is the case or if there are distinct differences between the two? Also, who's responsibility is it to either motivate or […]
How to build a robust pipeline of talent
A study by RHR International, a global firm of management psychologists and consultants, revealed that more than 50% of surveyed companies anticipated a loss of over half of their current senior leaders within just five years. This study took place in 2005 in an environment of rapid global economic expansion and a thriving jobs market. […]
Implementing leadership strategies
The world is on the cusp of a fourth Industrial Revolution. So says the World Economic Forum in a report entitled The Future of Jobs. According to the report the combination of hardware development, robotics and massive computing power will expand information technology way beyond its current software remit. In the process there will be […]
Financial Security Training for CFOs (and their staffs)
CFO’s of any organization are protectors of the corporate assets. It is their job to assess business risk in two categories – cybersecurity and, if a banking or other financial institution, money-laundering. These two areas require constant vigilance and up-to-date training on the part of the CFO and, ideally, all staff. Cybersecurity Cyber-attacks are so […]
Learning Futures: with Lynda Gratton
In this next chapter of our Learning Futures series Lynda Gratton, one of HR's premier thought leaders looks at the next five years of workplace trends. Read more about Lynda here In this next chapter of our Learning Futures series Lynda Gratton, one of HR's premier thought leaders looks at the next five years of workplace trends.Read more about Lynda here
15 Best Questions for effective employee evaluation during Performance Reviews
How’d you like to have a look at the most effective questions to evaluate employees during performance reviews? (I have compiled a long list over 12 years of interactions with HR leaders across industries) Well consider yourself very lucky… …because today I’m going to open the treasure trove and share with you 15 of the […]
Engaging in wellbeing
No one is indispensable! Actually that’s not quite true. No one should be indispensable but in far too many organisations the leadership, planning, training and resource allocation just doesn’t allow for cross-training needs. It’s easy to see how this can happen. When budgets are tight we look to train people for the tasks which we are […]
How to avoid promoting the wrong person
When one of your team is consistently getting excellent results and standing head and shoulders above their colleagues, the natural reaction is to promote them. Moving a shining star to a higher position is a justified reward for their hard work. Furthermore it should be beneficial to the business, as talent accepts more responsibility and […]
Are your people getting ready to make their next move?
Studies* show that 67% of staff consider leaving their jobs because there is no opportunity for career progression. With a massive 34% of those interviewed stating that they don’t have any progression opportunities in their current role, is it time for organisations to consider revisiting their learning and development policy? Recruitment processes are expensive, time […]
L&D news round-up: 7 Jan
News round-up time – sink your teeth into these stories from the last couple of weeks. Top 5 Leadership Predictions That Will Impact Business Evolution In 2016 And Beyond – Forbes Number of young people not in education, employment or training drops – Leicester Mercury A new style of learning is essential to plugging the STEM skills […]
Have we failed L&D?
I just wrote an article on Linkedin; we’ve been talking about the need for change in L&D for sometime now, but there seems to be little improvement. So what is going on? Are we not getting our message out clearly enough? Are we not doing enough to support? You can read the article here. I […]
How To Present Your Learning Strategy – Part 3
In my last post I promised I would provide another example of how to present a learning strategy using the Learning Strategy Canvas. The example below is for an organisation that has event management as part of its service offering. Although the company has been managing and organising events for some time, they want to improve the […]
A Successful Performance Culture depends on Continuous Feedback
Reviews become meaningful only if managers and employees are willing to discuss openly their strengths and weaknesses on a regular basis. It is observed that most employees open up only when they feel that some ears are ready to hear them. It’s common to observe that the management team is busy firefighting immediate problems and the middle […]
Why being inactive affects your worklife
We’ve all read about the health problems that can arise with being inactive. But how does that translate into our day-to-day lives? As an active person I find a huge difference if I take a couple of weeks ‘off’. It affects me in more ways than I would have thought and, because of this, it’s […]
Succession Planning
I am delivering a workshop for Head Teachers and will be covering a number of things around recruiting the right people and considering succession planning, does anyone have any good activities they can recommend that are not to long which will get them to thing about structures and succession planning? Thanks Nina I am […]
Is it time to “rebrand” Learning and Development?
Rebrand learning and development? I know what you’re thinking – it sounds a little dramatic. But, I can’t help but think that learning and development, in general, is currently suffering from a mild form of identity crisis. Learning is moving at a fast pace and organisations of all shapes and sizes are seeing a shift […]
Career Development
I am working on a career development strategy and keen to hear from others how they are implementing a career development strategy and their successes and watch outs? I’m also keen to hear how this dove tails into other HR processes such as performance review and succession planning. I am working on a career development […]
The TrainingZone podcast: November 2015
On the podcast this month, we interview Martin Hill of Commvault about training and productivity and Kate Graham returns to the fold with some L&D news and views of her own. Story links to follow Subscribe free Please ensure that you have iTunes installed before subscribing. On the podcast this month, we interview […]
L&D news round-up: 19 Nov
Data analytics – is your HR team missing out? – HC Online Siemens UK CEO Juergen Maier urges education and skills gap to be filled by EU workers – International Business Times 4 strategies executives can use to get the most out of the HR department – Business Insider San Francisco Fosters, Nurtures and Honors A Different Breed […]
