What is social loafing? Social loafing is the tendency to put less effort into a task when working as part of a group compared to working alone. When you’re in charge of a group project you can help it to function effectively if you know how to prevent, recognize, and correct social loafing. Methods for […]
Understand the fact that your boss, like yourself, is a human being. Like everyone else, bosses come in all shapes and sizes. Like you, he/she has ambitions, aspirations and dreams. Some bosses are good managers, others bad, but most fall somewhere in the middle range. Unless you’re working for a very small company, your boss […]
This article is not going to share any secrets of success or business models etc. While writing this I recapped my discussions, discussions held in the recent past with a number of my colleagues, juniors, peers and seniors. There were some common points which were discussed by many, one of them was boss management and […]
When To Fire Yourself… My job involves conducting a lot of interviews as part of the gap analysis. Of course, before I start my questions, I give the interviewees a brief about what I do, why I’m here and also, why they’re here. In order for them to feel comfortable, I assure them that our […]
“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.” – Ronald Reagan Employees want to be recognized for their hard work and rewarded for it. In some ways it seems elementary to need a medal, but the truth is, we never outgrow wanting and needing […]
The concept of gamification is sweeping through the business world, with hundreds of companies jumping on the bandwagon over the past few years. Gamification is the practice of applying game design and game playing techniques into normal business operations. Modern workforce engagement programs such as gamification can increase employee engagement by 50% or more. The […]
Have you ever given your training style thought? Are you sure that all attendees were interested in your last workshop? Was everyone engaged or were most of them just daydreaming throughout? Life is changing very fast; what was interesting a year ago has become old fashioned now. Thus, keeping up with the current trend is […]
I am taking the direct approach this month, after days of considering how to deliver the most poignant message; I would like to shine the light directly on the end results of the region’s challenges in workforce development. We as professionals sit so far at the start of the process we can easily forget to […]
A mere 31% of business leaders discuss career development with their employees.This is the statistic for Australia. The scenario is even worse in UAE and the Gulf, though no official statistics are available. However, it is common knowledge that with the exception of a few multinational and very large local companies, training and career development […]
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 […]
