Despite Employee Engagement having been a key concern of HR Directors for several years the recent CIPD headline “Deterioration in Employee Voice and Employee Engagement at record low” suggests it has yet to be addressed properly. So what’s the problem? A clue may be the fact that I have yet to see a single article or presentation from any CEO […]
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Humour in training – a help or a distraction?
Humour in training – a help or a distraction?
I ran a very successful and enjoyable workshop last week but, as is often the case, one or two people commented – not in a negative way – about some of the lighter moments I’d introduced. Fortunately the general tenor was how a touch of humour had made the learning experience more effective. Nevertheless I still feel slightly anxious about […]
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Measuring the impact of L&D
Measuring the impact of L&D
If the flickers of optimism in UK boardrooms are to be believed then now is the time for businesses to be investing in their assets and that includes their people. However when one considers that recent CIPD research showed that over 40% of businesses don’t believe that their people development projects even work so it will doubtlessly remain an uphill […]
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5 tips to beat your competition
5 tips to beat your competition
There must be few places as inspiring to write about enhancing customer value than upstairs in business on an Emirates A380 in Dubai. Much has been written about luxurious features of this plane. The flatbed, superb in-flight cuisine and 200+ films available, not to mention the bar (I’m not joking) score high marks with most business travellers. If this isn’t […]
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The training and development crisis
The training and development crisis
Training and development in the UK is a profession in crisis. Training expenditure and investment is down in many organisations as the new economic reality continues to hit us. Only last week I heard of a major UK local authority which has stopped all expenditure on training and they are by no means an isolated case. This is the usual reaction […]
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The talent management tightrope
The talent management tightrope
In recent years Talent Management has become a “must have” function in most big organisations – and why not. It seems logical and commendable that special attention is given to the “rising stars” – after all we’re always told, they are the future. And then I heard, over breakfast this morning, that a major organisation had put its talent management […]
