Workplace Mental Health Training for Managers
Mental illness is one of the biggest causes of absence at work, yet few feel comfortable talking about their problems in the workplace, and most managers aren’t trained to support struggling staff members. Isn’t it time we changed that? According to The HSE, one in four people in the UK experience problems with mental health, […]
Making classroom training fun
I need some advice please! I need a few new ideas to make classroom (IT) teaching a bit more fun. I teach 17 + 18 year olds and want them to be a bit more interested in the topics. Any ideas? Thanks I need some advice please! I need a few new ideas to make […]
Why company culture is so important with startups
When it comes to startups, it sometimes looks like there is an obsession with culture. One might ask, aren’t there more important considerations? Do you have a minimum viable product? Does a market exist for this product? Are you positioned to scale up? These are all important issues that do take precedence at certain junctures. […]
Tips and training on business marketing reviews
Most business people fall into two key classes, drop shipping versus associate showcasing. Drop shipping is the point at which the maker conveys the stock and ships it to the client for your sake. In drop shipping, you set your own particular item costs and are in charge of advertising and bring positive psychology at […]
European training model for classroom tolerance
Canadian psychiatrist Eric Berne once said that The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. This metaphor perfectly encompasses how destructive it can be to pass on discriminatory beliefs to children and raise them in […]
What Is The Biggest Distraction In The Workplace?
I know that almost everybody is going to say “my phone” or “the internet”, but I’m hoping for more specific things, or things that perhaps we haven’t all heard before. Are there any particular apps that people find eating up their time in work?Is there anything you could change to stop yourself getting distracted?Have you […]
Corporate relocation: Increase staff productivity
Though it may be hard to take an actual measurement, the fact is that the loss of employees productivity during a corporate relocation can be quite significantly real at the same time hard on the company when it has to do with the growth in global mobility. The focus and maintain engagement of the employees […]
Latest techniques to help improve staff training
Technology is making seismic changes not only to the way we work but also the way we learn in the workplace. Staff training used to be a world dominated by in-class sessions and stale PowerPoint presentations, but now all that is changing. As employees’ working practices become more flexible, so do the methods available to […]
Small Team of 5 Need Trust/Team Building Exercise
I am facilitating a workshop and one of the key objectives of which is to bring a newly formed managment team togehter to build trust among them and help them understand eachothers perspectives. They dont know eachother well and operate (and will continue to operate) out of different geographical locationsWhile English is the working language, […]
How to Start Sales Employment
A business without sales is not a business for any longer. If you don’t have individuals who can go out and offer your item then honestly you don’t have an organization no matter how awesome your item is. Having an incredible sales representative who can get a huge amount of money for the organization alone […]
The Name of the Game
As you might have guessed, this insight has been inspired by ABBA. I have unashamedly loved ABBA since I was 5. Even when I was enough of a Rock Chick for Bruce Dickinson to ask me to be in one of his videos (long, but true, story), I still loved ABBA. I have enjoyed watching […]
How to Digitize Your Employee Training Programme
The training closet…in many organisations, this is just as common as the supply closet. It’s full of training manuals, fill in the circle tests, and other documents used to train and onboard employees. All of this stuff may be adequate, but does it really deliver the kind of engaging training your employees need? Of course […]
7 Traits You Need in Your Next Marketing Superstar
Whether you run a business that needs marketing help, or you own a marketing firm and just need some fresh talent, finding good marketers is hard. Sure, everyone says they are good at marketing. They are marketers, after all. But that doesn’t mean everyone has what it takes to elevate businesses through savvy campaigns and […]
How to design and deliver an inclusive workplace learning strategy
In order to create an inclusive learning environment, organisations must first look at their existing business culture to see where changes can be made. On average, one in ten employees don’t receive personal development at work, and this rises to 25% of employees in small businesses. This presents a serious challenge, which needs to be […]
Seeing the Problem
Imagine the scene, the trainer is opening a training session for L&D professionals and explaining what to do if the fire alarm goes off. Trainer: “The fire exit is there” (points to the door). Trainer: “If the fire alarm goes off, head through the door and go that way“ (points left).Trainer: “You’ll see an archway, so head […]
Trainers’ Tips: active listening exercises
There have been lots of requests for active listening exercises, so we trawled the TZ archives. Here is what the community said… Telephone exercise Clair says: “Have your delegates in a line and whisper two different messages one starting at one end of the line and one starting at the other. Play music, encourage giggling […]
4 Ways to Build Web-Savvy Employees
Your company relies on its ability to stay relevant in a Web 2.0 world. Because of this, it’s up to you to lead the charge in maintaining strong web presence and operating with the most effective practices. In the process, it’s vital that you train your employees to do the same. When you want your […]
Why skills-based training works
Skills based training has been utilized by a wide array of companies in order to provide skills for any number of different professions. While it does seem to be a traditional method of imparting skills, the major reason why it’s still present in modern training programs is because it works. The OECD noted the necessity […]
Nine ways to grab and keep your learners’ attention
Holding learners’ attention is a bit like performing a magic trick. You need to get them to buy into the illusion before doing your big reveal. Here are some techniques to help capture – and keep – your learners’ attention. You may have read the scary headlines about the fact that the average human attention […]
4 tips to prevent camera shyness in video training
Camera shyness is a widely known problem, which can be very unpleasant. People who see themselves on video may react with “do I really sound like this?” or even something more negative. In online training this can happen directly after a training exercise. A reaction like this is common because your brain, while watching yourself […]
