One of the best things you can offer your people for unlimited opportunities for growth and development is world-class training. Here’s how training is usually conducted… 1. Identify competencies that need to be developed. 2. Select training providers. 3. Evaluate training programs. 4. Set a schedule. 5. Share the schedule with the managers. 6. Managers […]
Do you know that you can communicate your feelings and attitudes to others without even speaking? How you sit, stand, and conduct yourself physically is your body language. You send messages you may not be aware of. Your body language impacts the perceptions everyone you meet has of you and can make or break a business […]
Hundreds and hundreds of articles are written about communication. In almost every soft skills training, no matter what topic we’re discussing, communication is addressed. Is communication overly communicated as a topic? The answer is a definite NO. Why? I believe lack of effective communication is still the number one reason for most of the problems […]
Change, the magic word that once heard all leaders hearts tremble in terror. We as humans are always afraid of change. Why change something that we know and have mastered? So imagine when you have to implement change into a whole cooperate in order to survive the rapid market growth! I will not be telling […]
One of the key attributes that distinguish great performance from the merely good is the ability to clearly differentiate between outcomes and outputs. Performance generally comes up short when the focus is solely on delivering output at all costs, as opposed to a genuine commitment to achieving the real outcomes sought. The key difference lies […]
Almost all companies need to have their employees trained, starting from orientation training to advanced training, recurrent training, on the job training and classroom training. But should your company build its own training department or rely on external training providers? Most CEO’s or business owners look at this matter from a financial view only. This […]
Communication has been the essence of life since early age. Our predecessors painted walls to depict life cycles throughout many civilizations. They used sand and leaves of the Papyrus plant to invent writing systems and even engraved stones to impart their knowledge and experience. Why was this? Why didn’t they simply use verbal modes to […]
A recently released report on key trends for the HR profession shows Talent Development as the top priority. Should this surprise us? Probably not considering that on average organizations spend over one third of their revenues on employee wages and benefits! Increasingly, organizations are looking to attract, retain and develop the best talent, and as […]
Culture is usually defined as being ‘characterized by refined taste, manners, and good education’. An indispensable addition to this definition in today’s ever growing world of international melting pots, would be the ability to use the stated ‘refined taste, manners, and good education’ in appreciating and coping with other culturally diverse tastes, manners and schools […]
What is Emotional Intelligence? The ability to understand, express, predict and influence the emotional behavior of yourself and others is Emotional Intelligence. “Emotions” & “Intelligence”, these two words pose the same question in my mind as what came first, the egg or the chicken. Humans being more intelligent have emotions more complex than animals. There […]
