Talent & Skills
How to develop happy employees
Retaining a motivated, skilled workforce demands work says Antoinette Oglethorpe and that includes focussing on all, including your best people Engaging in regular conversations with employees about their career development is important because it helps them grow professionally. Sometimes, managers worry that their employees are content where they are and don’t want anything different. One comment that is often heard is: ‘My people are happy where they are. They don’t care, they don’t want to do anything different. How do…
Generative AI and the future of L&D
Generative AI is now a business imperative, so how should leaders be using it to improve their talent strategies? Rachel Roumeliotis suggests three approaches Generative AI is growing rapidly, and with it, companies in a wide range of industries are increasingly seeing the business value AI brings and are adopting it into their flow of work. According to a survey by Modern Hire, three out of four organisations updated their AI-based talent acquisition software in 2022 and 70% plan to…
Making the most of your over 50s talent
Steve Butler offers advice on how to get the best out of your 50-something people The COVID-19 pandemic initially led to many people over 50 leaving the workforce, prompting the government to encourage their return. However, data from the Labour Force survey indicates a reversal of this trend, with an increase in those aged 50 to 64 re-joining the workforce. Financial pressures resulting from the cost-of-living crisis are thought likely to be motivating their return. This means these older workers…
3 pitfalls to avoid during recession
It’s easy to make rash decisions as the economy starts to slump, Giora Morein urges organisations make measured choices when faced with difficult economic conditions As a recession looms large on the global radar, markets are jittery, employees are anxious, and forecasts for 2023 are on the gloomy side as tech layoffs have begun. Market leading companies like Meta and Salesforce have already announced workforce reductions and are likely early indicators of more to come. On the chopping board are…
Improving DE&I in the automotive sector
Charlotte de Metz looks at what we can do to improve diversity within the automotive industry In the UK, the automotive sector employs 780,000 people. It is a dynamic industry full of challenges and multiple interesting job roles that are vital to the UK economy and integral to supporting the delivery of both the levelling up and net zero agendas. However, it is severely lagging behind in gender diversity. Despite recent efforts, the industry remains, on the whole, hugely male-dominated.…
Exploring people potential
This month our coaching expert, Sue Stockdale looks at the value of introducing new perspectives People can get stale when they have been doing the same activities at work for a long period of time. Sometimes the familiarity means that we pay less attention to what we are doing, and go onto ‘autopilot’, which can lead to performance diminishing over time. Getting a different perspective and generating fresh ideas can help someone to maintain and improve performance. For example, coaches…
What’s an ambivert, and does it matter?
Extravert or introvert – what about a hybrid variation? Thom Dennis looks at the characteristics of the ambivert Some of us have been through psychometric testing and the know of the extraversion to introversion scale, originally conceived by Carl Jung, is one of the most common. But almost none of these profiling tools give a term to those whose preferences bridge the two extremes, that of ambivert. As an ambivert you likely possess a mix of both extraversion and introversion…
TJ Newsflash: 19 May
Welcome to another roundup of news, research and insights from the world of talent, skills, learning and development The rise of the CLO and why it matters The World Economic Forum’s series Growth 2023 this week published its latest offering entitled: Q&A with two experts: The rise of the ‘Chief Learning Officer and why it matters. The expert CLOs, Max Wessel from SAP and Unilever’s Patrick Hull discuss the evolution of their roles. Read the Q&A here BT announces up…
Every day is a learning day
As Learning at Work Week draws to a close we speak to five business leaders about the importance of learning in the workplace This week is Learning at Work Week – an annual event that encourages learning cultures in the workplace and shines a spotlight on the benefits of continual development. And it couldn’t come at a more important time. According to LinkedIn’s 2023 Workplace Learning Report, skills sets have changed by around 25% since 2015 and, by 2027, this…
Pathways to re-joining the workforce
Kevin Vashi looks at some of the barriers preventing the unemployed from returning to work The UK is currently in the grip of an unsustainable job market. The rate of unemployment in the UK reached a historic low of 3.7% in 2022, and yet businesses are still struggling to fill vacancies. Organisations are finding it hard to rehire after pandemic redundancies, and the skills gap is widening with sectors such as digital and cybersecurity reaching critically low levels. But where…
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