January 2011

So, please take a few minutes and join us for this month's virtual coffee at The Learning Cafe to:

  • Dine on some fine food - to fill you with new thoughts and ways to get better value
  • People-watch - see what others are doing
  • Pass comment or gossip - on current topics of interest
  • Browse the magazines - and learn some new tricks of the trade
  • Be inspired - by the thoughts and actions of others


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Creating a High Performance Culture

Every high-performance, values-aligned company needs employees who are high performers (who contribute extensively to the accomplishment of organisational goals) and, as well, good corporate citizens (who behave in alignment with the stated values espoused by the organisation).

The Performance-Values Matrix describes the four possible combinations for all staff.

 

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The Resilience Factor

When struggling with adversity, what enables some companies to snap back while others falter? Resilience has been identified as one of the key qualities that differentiate successful individuals and companies in the current turbulent business environment. If an organization is staffed with resilient individuals, then the company is more likely to succeed because of their ability to direct resources where they will be most effective. Read more…



How to promote staff engagement and avoid the risk of burnout

Organisations are working harder than ever to engage employees, but how can line managers promote healthy engagement while avoiding the risk of burnout? Read more…

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What's next for HR?

Dave Ulrich describes what's next for HR. HR should no longer be limited to creating value by just serving employees; HR creates value by making sure the services offered inside the company are aligned to expectations of stakeholders outside the company - an outside-in view. This creates a new vision for the work of HR. Read more…

The goal is to develop your people to be in the green box [high performance and high values-match]. Staff who live here need to be well rewarded and recognised.

A person in the red box [low performance and low values-match] does not belong in your organisation.



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Opportunities lie in moving employees towards the desired green box. A person in the blue box [low performance and high values-match] should be placed on a customised learning and development plan, designed to increase their performance.

A person in the yellow box is a conundrum; do you keep the high performer, even if they don't live your company's values? The "yellow boxer" is your biggest challenge; leaving the high performer/poor citizen in the organisation can poison the rest of your workforce!

Through direction, support, and monitoring, a "yellow boxer" can see the importance of aligning their values with the organisation's values. If they don't, you must offer them the same outplacement assistance as you would the "red boxers".

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Make your PowerPoint Presentation work


How many long, boring PowerPoint presentations have you had to sit through? Or even worse how many have you delivered?

These presentations normally contain:

  • detailed diagrams you can't see
  • long paragraphs of text in very small font
  • a presenter facing the screen and reading every single word off the screen
  • audiences sleeping/dreaming with their eyes wide open!

Your audience and your message deserve better.

 

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What are your priorities for Learning Spend in 2011?

Click here to participate in a very quick survey


Lift your game and make sure your PowerPoint presentations engages your audience in a way that ensures they 'get' your message.

Read five things to transform your PowerPoint Presentation.

   

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Corporate Social Responsibility

The Learning Wave was contacted by a client wearing his charitable trust hat, who asked if we would like to be involved in working with Genesis Youth Trust.

After a bit of research and meeting the team, we became very excited about the opportunity.

The Trust was established in 2002 with the goal of working with youth offenders and youth at risk... read more





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