By Natanya Rutstein Having a successful mentorship programme is one of the most powerful ways to attract and retain much needed talent within your organisation. By including mentoring in your people development strategy, the message you are communicating to your employees is – “We value both your personal and professional development and are committed to[…]
By Natanya Rutstein Today’s blog is the first in a series on mentorship in which I hope to delve into some of the fundamental components impacting on the mentoring relationship. Without realising it my 12-year old son recently signed-up for an onboarding mentorship programme at school. He is what is known as a “Care Bear”[…]
By Natanya Rutstein We live in a world where reality is increasingly being created and to a certain degree warped, through the scripting and filtering of our lives. In some way or another so many of us paint a picture of our lives through social media that reflect the best possible “version of ourselves”. From[…]
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[…]