How can first-time managers become good leaders?
Whilst there are many factors which can influence the success of your team, a great manager is a key factor when it comes to keeping people motivated and on the road to success, either as individuals, a team, or an organization. An effective manager can make all the difference between a successful team and one […]
Remarkable employee onboarding practices
Everybody knows that there are no second chances to rectify the first impression. It concerns not only separate individuals, but also companies that strive to entice best experts and devote a great deal of effort to engage them in an efficient way. HR managers are those people who are in charge of the onboarding process. […]
Bring Trusted Advisor – Activities
Hi all, I’m looking for some suggestions or ideas for activities or exercises around being a ‘trusted advisor’ in a client/relationship servicing context. Thank you for your suggestions. Hi all,I’m looking for some suggestions or ideas for activities or exercises around being a ‘trusted advisor’ in a client/relationship servicing context.Thank you for your suggestions.
Resource Management Techniques for Small Business
Utilization of resources is one of the most important tasks in a business. Why? Because the size of the profit of a business vastly depends on how the resources are utilized in the business organization. In this writing, a few techniques will be discussed on managing resources in small business organization. Concepts may differ from that […]
Workshop Exercises
Hi All Happy Friday! I’m due to run some data protection workshops over the next year or so and have been asked to make these department specific as each dept will have different issues around the DPA. The content isn’t a problem but I’d also like to get teams thinking about what specific challenges they […]
Individual learning plans: Why create one?
Self-directed learning is a phrase that is being used more and more within the field of L&D. You may have heard your L&D department talking about it. So what is self-directed learning and what does this mean for you? It’s everywhere. It’s when you read a book, watch a video, ask someone how to do […]
Itec appoints new director to help boost skills
I’m pleased to welcome a new addition to our board at Itec. Gareth Matthews, from Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valley, brings over 40 years’ experience in skills and employability in a variety of senior operational and business development roles. Most recently, Gareth worked as Serco’s director for welfare services, delivering employability and skills contracts for […]
Organising An Event Can Be Good For Your Career
Most companies organise regular events. Larger events are often organised by professional internal teams or committees, but there are various smaller events in the calendar that need an organiser. You may be extremely busy already, so why would you want to step forward and add one of these events to your workload? The answer is […]
Do you see onboarding as a two-way street?
It takes two to build a relationship, two to have a conversation, two to complete a sale, so doesn’t it make sense to see onboarding as a two-way activity? Quite frankly, to do otherwise is to instantly confer an authoritarian master/servant outlook on the relationship between the organisation and its people; not what you […]
Employee Onboarding – What’s Your Plan?
HR – that department within a company that is responsible for so many things – recruitment, employment, policy manuals, training and development, performance evaluation structures, terminations/outboarding, and more. And for small businesses, all of these functions fall upon the single owner. Consider the time it takes to do the following: Screen resumes and identify the […]
5 Ways to Cut Down On Training Costs
Every business should understand that training is an investment which will hopefully produce more efficient and skilled workers. A business which trains its employees shows that they care about improving them, increasing their motivation and commitment. In an economy which is nearing full employment, it is more important than ever to ensure the employees you […]
Step-By-Step Onboarding For New Employees
Look, we all know how this goes, right? You’re falling behind on projects and need some additional help so you put on some new hires and you need these new workers to finish them now. That’s not good onboarding, I’m afraid. You’ve got to be realistic about new hires and their ability to learn a […]
Trends in the training industry
I am always interested to learn about current and upcoming trends in the training industry and to get the most accurate results I would appreciate if any training providers could complete this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/training-industry-survey-2017 The survey provides the chance to win a Discovery Workshop session (or remain anonymous) which looks in detail at your current […]
MBTI Team Building Activities
I am working with a team of senior managers who have done an MBTI workshop and have decided their Best Fit types. They therefore already have an understanding of each of the separate dichotomies. I have one hour to deliver an activity focusing on understanding their team as a whole, their strengths and blind spots and […]
“Theft is theft. So sack ’em, right?”
Theft is a severe offence and is normally viewed as gross misconduct at work. The outcome seems pretty clear (after the obligatory disciplinary procedure). Take the the theft of a laptop from the office. It’s high value; the evidence is caught on CCTV; there’s reliable evidence to suggest that the employee sold the laptop at […]
8 L&D trends you can’t ignore
Like any other field, Learning & Development has been influenced a lot by the omnipresence of smartphones nowadays. But there are more factors that are growing in importance, according to research by Deloitte. What are the most important L&D trends at this moment? Deloitte interviewed hundreds of managers, who identified several trends coming from the […]
Please participate in training cancellation survey
Roger Mason recently posted a question about training cancellations. The question generated much interest and led me to develop a survey on the subject. I’ll highlight the survey results in an article I am writing on the subject to be published in TrainingZone in late January. So, I request that you take five minutes to […]
Five coaching suggestions for engaging millennials
Millennials are a breed apart. They’ve grown up with a different set of values, different technologies and different expectations from all of those who came before. The result? They expect different things. This means that in order to motivate them during coaching, you’ve got to do things a little differently. Not drastically differently, mind you. […]
Views on Elliot Jaques’ Requisite Organization?
Is anyone using Elliot Jaques' Requisite Organization work in Organisational Development or Talent Management? I have a client who is very much into it, but I can't find out much about it on the Internet. The Wikipedia page says, "The approach is somewhat controversial since some of Jaques' conclusions about organizations run counter to the […]
Looking for – Leadership Development South Africa
Am looking for a Leadership Trainer based in Jo-Burg South Africa. To deliver a 1 day team build – aim is to get the small management team to work together (different personalities) Am fully aware that it'll take more than a 'workshop' to get them working well together, but looking for an external resourse to […]
