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Trends In People Development

10 Tuesday Feb 2015

Posted by Prem Rao in Employee Engagement, Executive Effectiveness

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interactive learning, personal development, personal goals

The goal of every person is to grow and to succeed in his/her endeavour. What makes some people more successful than others? What differentiates “winners” from “losers”?

Here are a few tips that can help you succeed:

1. Here are Three Personal Development Goals that successful people practice habitually. This article from Entrepreneur .com is re-published in The Globe & Mail. The key points of Getting to Know Yourself; Improving Yourself, and Sharing Yourself are universally applicable whether you work for yourself or in a large organisation. It underscores that you need to act yourself if you want to be successful.

2. The IT Industry News Daily has this article to explain what the new trends are to foster development in your workforce. If you want to capture the imagination of the Millennials who are so caught up in social media, you will need to adapt to match their needs for interactive learning.

3. As if to underscore that people development issues are as applicable in the UK as they are in India, here’s an article in CIPD  which claims 25 % of the workforce in the UK believe they receive insufficient support from their employers in their development.

 

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Re-Engaging Employees

16 Monday Jun 2014

Posted by Prem Rao in Employee Engagement, People

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employee engagement, Hirshfeld, Oz

This article from Forbes highlights the fact that more employees are prone to “disengagement” than perhaps ever before. I quote from the article, ” Research claims “disengagement” (burnout, boredom, lateness, lackluster performance and workplace conflict) affects as many as 9 in 10 employees. Turning the equation around saves millions of dollars, to the tune of perhaps as much as $50 million for a company of 500 employees.” Continue reading →

“Go Put Your Strengths To Work”

19 Monday Mar 2012

Posted by Prem Rao in Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Uncategorized

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career development, Performance improvement

They say a good title for a book tells you up front what it is about. “Go Put Your Strengths To Work” by Marcus Buckingham is one such title. It’s all about an area which traditionally has been relatively less addressed as executives the world over have scrambled over each other, causing themselves and others great stress in the bargain, to overcome their “weaknesses.”

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Why Employees Hate Their Bosses

25 Saturday Feb 2012

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DDI, Employee Satisfaction

The title of this article in the Economic Times is sure to attract its share of eyeballs. The reason is simple. Every one and his aunt have either a) hated his/her boss at one time or the other or b) have been the subject of such hate from their subordinates! The article is based on a research finding from the well-known talent management firm, DDI. Continue reading →

New Age Titles?

23 Sunday Jan 2011

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A recent article in the Economic Times speaks of new ways for companies to retain talent- by giving them fancy designations/titles.  First Impression Executive?Cost Kill Analyst?  Please ! Who are we kidding? Does this really enhance the image of the person doing the job and make him/her more likely to stay on and contribute to the organisation?

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Ineffective Team? Things Haven’t Changed!

12 Wednesday Jan 2011

Posted by Prem Rao in Employee Engagement, Employee Productivity

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entrepreneurship

It was way back in Feb 2008 that I wrote what turned out to become one of my most read posts. It was about ineffective team members. Isn’t it scary that oodles of cash, the best of technology or the hottest product idea get you nowhere if you are not backed by an effective team? A recent conversation with an old friend who is running his own business now highlighted that some things, like ineffective team members, simply don’t change!

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Employee Engagement Survey

24 Friday Sep 2010

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David Zinger, Kenexa

An issue that engages,pun intended, the attention of top managements everywhere is that of employee engagement! Simply put, employee engagement is about the degree of commitment employees show in their work. This is demonstrated by their willingness and ability to stretch beyond the usual standards required. A recent survey by Kenexa

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