I need not to rehash for you the sufficiently chronicled history of employee development and management over the years and in pens far more articulately eloquent than mine. We believe that organizations are witnessing now more than ever a fast-paced, ever-changing reality increasingly nostalgic for precise and focused learning and development solutions. We have experienced […]
HR is still trying to position its function in the strategic platform and the goal is to become more than just `a supporting function`. HR function’s main goal should be to move business from where it’s today to where it should be, while using its biggest assets PEOPLE! Either you work as a specialist such […]
One night, as I was on my way coming back home, I received a call from a training company approaching me to deliver a training course to one of its reputable clients. Since the offer was below my expectations, I politely turned down that assignment. However, the caller was so persistent in trying to get […]
Delivering training can be challenging to those that understand us, but if you are like me and have a thick kiwi (New Zealand) accent, it can be even more challenging. On top of this in a multi-cultural melting pot such as Dubai, where employees are often from international locations, and may have been here either […]
1. “My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long university education that I never had — every day I’m learning something new.” – Richard Branson 2. “Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.” – Oprah Winfrey 3. “If you’re […]
There is no doubt that in today’s fast changing work environments and markets, workforce development is crucial for both organizations and employees success and survival. This is reflected in the increased budgets and spending on employee’s development and training across government, federal and private organizations in the Middle East region. However, even with higher spending, […]
Do you use technology as part of your course delivery technique? Here are some fun ways to incorporate technology into your next training session: Google Docs – Collect pre-course information and end course evaluation. TrainedOn – Ditch the outdated Excel spreadsheet and prepare your training plan on www.trainedon.com The site offers a flexible and dynamic […]
In today’s workplace, most of the information that we need to perform our roles on a day-to-day basis is unstructured and continuously changing. The information transferred through traditional training interventions, prevalent in most of our organizations, will often be out-of-date by the time we need to use it. In fact, research indicates that we learn […]
Social entrepreneurs tend to do their work in the most diverse environments, from the slums of Mumbai to suburban London. One thing they all have in common, apart from their strong desire to change the world, is usually access to the internet. Internet has been changing the way we learn and get information on an […]
All managers, team leaders and supervisors know that the most difficult time consuming task they have is to motivate their staff. We all apply different motivation techniques and theories. Allow me to list the most common ones for those who don’t know them: 1-Job Design: A-Job Simplification. B-Job Enlargement. C-Job Rotation. D-Job Enrichment. 2-Rewards. 3-Employee […]
