Five Training Needs Analysis (TNA) quick tips You need to carry out a training needs analysis (TNA) where do you start?A training needs analysis TNA is a systematic way to investigate your business training needs and will focus your selection of the most relevant training provider(s).List exactly what training is needed and outline the deliverables required from the training Consider if the organisation is financially and time committed and conduct a cost/benefit analysis for each … [Read more...] about Five TNA quick tips
Intelligent dressing
Came across this site - Intelligent Dressing where the author highlights ways of influencing clients before we even talk to them.Some interesting ideas.It works on the principle that people buy people and we tend to associate with people that like and behave in the way that we do.Have a read and let me know your thoughts. … [Read more...] about Intelligent dressing
Behaviours of the best coaches
They can:Listen fully and with real interest and concern for the learner Communicate a genuine empathy and understanding Adjust to another environment, terminology and work habits Set challenging yet realistically high expectations Diagnose accurately ?what is going on' and see ways forward Develop a shared interest in the learner and their issues Experiment and explore, suspending judgements Find patterns in information and processesFrom: Paul Pohlman … [Read more...] about Behaviours of the best coaches
Reg Revan’s action learning formula
Reg Revan's action learning formula L = P + QWhere:L is learning P is programmed knowledge Q is questioning insightSource: Reg Revans … [Read more...] about Reg Revan’s action learning formula
Excellence in Organizational Development and Diagnostics
Delivering an excellent solution be it for business improvement or organizational development is not just about having an excellent intervention. It is about having an intervention or change plan which is:Linked to the business goal and plan Linked to the current and desired culture of the organizationOften interventions and improvement projects fail due to:Activities not linked to organizational objectives No overall strategy for corporate development Time pressures on … [Read more...] about Excellence in Organizational Development and Diagnostics
Training commodity or professional service
We are all used to the web based comparison sites for consumer goods, and for the pitch/ tender sites for software and other professional services, but when a site starts a comparison site for training (potentially a strategic advantage for a company) is this right?Today personnel today launched a comparison site for training, post your needs and it will be posted to suppliers to quote. Nothing wrong with this per say – BUT it sort of misses the point that training is not a commodity, it can … [Read more...] about Training commodity or professional service
Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Surveys
As retention is of increasing importance to our organisations, so is measuring and monitoring the satisfaction and engagement of our people. There are many ways to do this:Go to the big consultancies Design the survey yourself Get a consultancy to design one for youEach of these have challenges, cost, time, ownership, consistency etc. Now there is a third cost effective solution. The EESS (Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Survey) from RapidBI is a standards based hybrid … [Read more...] about Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Surveys
Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Survey
Many organizations large and small are interested in measuring and monitoring how their people feel about the organization.Many consulting businesses offer satisfaction or engagement surveys, however these are often very expensive and are not ‘owned’ by the business. Other organizations develop their own. This is great in that they measure exactly what they want but they then cannot benchmark with other organizations easily to compare engagement or satisfaction results.To meet this need … [Read more...] about Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Survey
What is Talent?
What is Talent? Where is Talent? What is talent? How does it enable growth How can it be used in succession planning Definition - TalentA marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality. A person or group of people having such ability: The company makes good use of its talentTalent Management has become one of the most important pieces of jargon or buzzwords in the business and HR world today. But are we just using … [Read more...] about What is Talent?
intelligent-dressing-interviews
Using Intelligent Dressing in Interviews In job interviews many of us plan for the types of questions we might get asked, many plan the types of questions we want to ask. However, do we do all the things necessary to give us an advantage? This includes subliminal messages given by our choice of clothes and our mental state when we arrive. Consultant Mike Morrison outlines some key steps to give you a competitive advantage at this important time. It's that time of year... It's that time of … [Read more...] about intelligent-dressing-interviews
PESTLE Analysis HR department
Conduct PESTLE analysis on your HR departmentPESTLE Analysis micro site - History - Introduction - Templates - HR example - Schools & Education - PEST-G PESTLE Analysis on an HR department or other internal function While the PEST or PESTLE analysis is primarily aimed at looking at the external environment of an organization, many HR courses ask students to use the PEST or PESTLE analysis model to look at their own function. In this context we need to imagine that the department (HR) … [Read more...] about PESTLE Analysis HR department
Business Values & Corporate Values
Creating and using organizational values effectively For an organization to be effective it needs to demonstrate consistency in the way it deals with and values its people, customers and suppliers.Having a written and clearly understood set of values can make all the difference. These are often called corporate values.What is a Value? A value is a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is really meaningful to the company.An example of a business value is: "Customer … [Read more...] about Business Values & Corporate Values
