By Dr Lydia Cillié-Schmidt The results of research published in 2017 by the Association for Talent Development (ATD) captured in a report called “Mentoring Matters: Developing Talent With Formal Mentoring Programs” show that organisations that train mentors and mentees before or during the programme are significantly more likely to indicate that mentoring programmes are highly[…]
By Natanya Rutstein Experts predict that by 2020, millennials will make up 35% of the global workforce. Organisations are increasingly feeling the pressure to understand what motivates this generation of employees and the strategies they can employ to attract, engage and retain millennial talent. According to a 2017 Deloitte Survey, millennials regard flexibility as having[…]
By Dr Lydia Cillié-Schmidt If one accepts the definition of employee experience by Tracy Maylett and Matthew Wride (The Employee Experience: How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results. 2017) then expectation management plays a focus role in managing the employee experience. They define the employee experience (EX) as the sum of the[…]
By Natanya Rutstein When thinking of chatbots, the most obvious examples that pop into my head are Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. But I am only now beginning to appreciate the full extent of their presence in our everyday lives, as well as their infinite capability to facilitate both social and organisational learning. A chatbot[…]
By Natanya Rutstein Very few of us have escaped that dreaded moment where we have failed at our job in one way or another. Because of the negative connotations attached to failure, two of the most common responses are to either deny responsibility or to own up and bury the deep sense of shame and[…]
By Natanya Rutstein Flexibility in the workplace is an essential ingredient for an environment where employee work-life balance can flourish. It is also utilised as a key differentiator by organisations in their quest to entice and retain top talent. A 2018 Deloitte survey found that millennials are more likely to remain in their jobs for[…]
By Natanya Rutstein If your organisation has been slow to incorporate gamification into its learning and development strategy, then you’re not alone. Far too many Learning & Development professionals dismiss the idea of gamifying e-learning as the frivolous creation of “video games”, which they view as better suited for personal use on your Xbox or[…]
By Dr Lydia Cillié-Schmidt One of our clients recently had a graduation ceremony for the participants in their leadership talent pool programme. The success of the programme was measured by the improvement of the developmental readiness of the participants. The duration of the talent pool programme was three years and by the end of the[…]
By Natanya Rutstein Workplace flexibility has long been a hot topic as a means of attracting and retaining top talent, particularly amongst millennial and generation Z employees. It is also routinely utilised to infuse organisational commitment into employee work-life balance. Companies across the globe have begun offering a wide variety of flexible workplace options based[…]
By Dr Lydia Cillié-Schmidt Many organisations are faced with the management of knowledge transfer in a multi-generational workforce, from the millennials to the retiring Baby Boomers. The so-called “silver tsunami” refers to the Baby Boomers who are either retiring in great numbers or prolonging their careers. The greatest risk that the departure of these experienced[…]