Category: engaging with employees
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March Newsletter
Winter suddenly feels behind us as March brings unexpected warmth! It feels a time of rejuvenation, of growth amid and in spite of the economic challenges continuing. My year has suddenly ramped up this month and in doing so my social media has fallen by the wayside. So moving into April I will be looking…
· Adult Education, Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, DISC, employee engagement, engaging with employees, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, self employment, work life balance -
Book Review – Quiet
By Susan Cain I only learned I might be an Introvert last year… at 54 I think that it would have been handy to have learnt a lot earlier! However, with it only recently become vogue to identify at extrovert or introvert, I guess it is better late than never. Reading Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet’ has…
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Identifying latent skills
I tend to mention in my posts, fairly frequently, the importance of undertaking a skills audit of your staff and I would like to explain why. But first, what is a skills audit? A skills audit is an audit of the existing skills that your staff possess. This can be designed around for their current…
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Review – ‘Make it Human’ by Sarah McLellan
Sarah McLellan’s book ‘Make it Human’ is a go to guide for all things work and people! It’s subtitle is ‘A vision for happier, healthier, more human workplaces’; and for someone whose vision it is to bring the importance of employee engagement, positive work cultures, employee empowerment and growth to the fore, this is like…
· Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, employee engagement, engaging with employees, Leadership, learning and development, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Onboarding, Organisational Development, Professional Development, Sustainability, work life balance -
Review – ‘Surrounded by Idiots’ by Thomas Erikson
I’m on a bit of a development roll at the moment as I prepare for personal and professional challenges ahead. I’ve just finished reading Thomas Erikson’s ‘Surrounded by Idiots’ which explains the four types of human behaviour the DISC profile tool explores. The four types, you may know, are Red-Dominant, Blue-Analytical, Yellow-Inspiring, and Green- Stable.…
· Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, DISC, employee engagement, engaging with employees, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Onboarding, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, self awareness -
The continual rise and fall in importance of learning and development
Why is it, whenever there needs to be a tightening of the budget, learning and development is one of the first departments to be impacted… and how can companies maintain a learning and development programme in such circumstances? A learning and developing culture can be cultivated with very little expense. And when employees are encouraged…
· change, Community of practice, critical reflection, employee engagement, engaging with employees, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, Sustainability
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