Talent Management

How to take the sting out of holding your employees accountable?

August 21, 2019 / By / Leadership, People Management, Talent Management / Leave a Comment

Ensuring that your employees fulfil their responsibilities and meet expectations may feel like a daunting prospect. However, a lack of policy around employee accountability can cause a wide variety of issues for your business.

Each member of your team has responsibilities that you, as their manager, will have assigned to them. The smooth running of the business relies on these tasks being performed satisfactorily.

Any gap caused by an employee not completing their tasks as expected has a knock-on effect on their team members who are left to pick up the pieces. This can lead to colleagues becoming disaffected and disengaged, which will negatively impact the overall performance of your business.

A company with a solid accountability policy will make it easier for their leadership team to encourage their employees to take responsibility and feel accountable for their duties.

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PI Behavioral Assessment™; certified in the European Federation of Psychologists

August 9, 2019 / By / HR Management, Personality Assessments, Personality Psychology, Predictive Index, Talent Management / Leave a Comment
The Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment™ helps clients to decode the core drives of their employees and offers insights into their needs, likely behaviours, motivations and areas of development. This unbiased knowledge helps clients to hire, retain and develop the best people for their business, and drastically improves understanding, communication, and collaboration within teams. The Predictive Index, Behavioral AssessmentThe PI Behavioural Assessment is firmly rooted in – and supported by – science. As a PI Certified Partner Company, Predictive Advantage are therefore proud to share the exciting news that the Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment™ has recently been certified by third-party reviewers from DNV-GL, providers of assessment and risk management services according to third party standards across a variety of industries. …

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Employee Experience – why you should embrace it

August 9, 2019 / By / HR Management, Human Capital, Leadership, People Management, Talent Management / Leave a Comment

Have you ever considered the employee experience at your company? Most companies are well versed in the world of customer experience, because everyone knows that an enjoyable experience for customers means that customers come back for more!

Bearing this in mind, perhaps it’s easy to see why similar principles are being applied to all functions within organisations around the world. The tide has also started to turn in terms of companies putting the customer first and the employee last.

It is now broadly accepted that if you look after your employees, they will look after your customers for you. A positive employee experience is also likely to make your people feel more valued, motivated, and engaged, and they are therefore less likely to leave – another plus point for the overall productivity of your company! …

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Manager as Coach Launch

August 9, 2019 / By / HR Management, Human Capital, People Management, Talent Management / Leave a Comment

Why do we need ‘Manager as Coach?

An opinion poll conducted by Gallup has found that 87% of employees worldwide are unmotivated, disengaged and under-performing.

In contrast, a highly engaged workforce is said to outperform their peers by 147% in earnings per share. The economic repercussions of having employees who do not feel committed to supporting a company’s goals are staggering.

Employee engagement – or rather the lack of – remains a key issue for employers. Nurturing your employees is a professional obligation, and not just for financial reasons. …

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Why being able to coach employees makes you a better manager

August 9, 2019 / By / Leadership, People Management, Talent Management / Leave a Comment

The findings of the CIPD Learning and Development Survey from 2015 show that three quarters of organisations currently offer a degree of coaching or mentoring to their employees. 13% were planning to introduce this in 2016, with most expecting that their use of coaching will increase by 2017.

But why?

Changing any aspect of your life, be it professionally or privately, does not only require a huge amount of energy and resolution but often a good advisor too – someone who is able to help you to judge things objectively, who has experience with comparable situations and problems, and is nevertheless able to suggest individual solutions.

In our private lives, we would naturally turn to a trusted friend or a close member of our family to help us work through these issues and arrive at a solution.

It is therefore not surprising to learn that more and more people who find themselves professionally stuck in a rut or at a crossroads turn to a coach. As a manager, you should expect to be – or become – the first port of contact for any developmental issues or when guidance is needed. …

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Making teams work like legendary Basketball Coach Pat Summitt

August 12, 2019 / By / Leadership, People Management, Personality Psychology, Predictive Index, Talent Management / 2 Comments

Sadly, Pat Summitt passed away in June 2016 after a courageous battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s. After 38 years as a successful basketball coach, she leaves behind a legacy of creating winning teams.

Under her leadership, the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team never had a losing season. Pat Summitt accrued over 1098 career wins, the most in the history of National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball. Sporting News placed her at number 11 on a list of the 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in all sports. Pat was the only woman on the list.

Pat Summitt elicited a consistently high performance from her team under pressure, the kind that all leaders – in sports or business – crave. She created success in a sport where teamwork is paramount, and her team had the greatest respect for her.

So, what lessons in leadership and team building can managers take from this winning coach? …

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3 Ways to Keep your Workforce Motivated in Times of Change and Uncertainty

August 12, 2019 / By / Human Capital, Leadership, People Management, Personality Psychology, Talent Management / Leave a Comment

3 ways to keep your workforce motivated in times of change and uncertainty

All business have to be flexible to survive the constant flux going on in and around them. We all know that change and uncertainty are inevitable on some level, but do we all know how to handle it?

Some people enjoy a constantly evolving work environment, however not all employees or even leaders share the same levels of enthusiasm.

Uncertainty for some can be a nightmare: Routine goes out of the window, jobs can look insecure, familiar faces might be replaced, and as a result of countless similar factors, some employees are left feeling lost at sea with no captain.

So, as a business owner, leader or manager, what do you need to do to help your crew get through turbulent times? …

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