Salespeople thrive on challenges. Unlike many professions, sales performance metrics tend to be very black and white. You either meet your sales target or you don’t. The sales profession can be pretty brutal. Not meeting monthly targets can be depressing for sales staff as not only does it affect their self-esteem, but it can…
7 Ways to Upskill Employees When You Are On a Shoestring Budget
Employers all around the world want a loyal and highly competent workforce. But an enviable team doesn’t appear from nowhere. It takes time, resources and funds to create the ‘dream team’. Most often hiring and training costs are involved. Even though more employers now acknowledge the value of investing in employee training and development,…
7 Ways to Up skill Employees When You Are On a Shoestring Budget
Employers all around the world want a loyal and highly competent workforce. But an enviable team doesn’t appear from nowhere. It takes time, resources and funds to create the ‘dream team’. Most often hiring and training costs are involved. Even though more employers now acknowledge the value of investing in employee training and development,…
Business Intelligence Can Make Your Training Programs More Effective. Here’s how.
Businesses are ultimately result-driven. No organization can survive if they don’t have quantifiable, positive results. Each promising strategy to boost sales or enhance employee efficiency is ultimately an expense no matter what it guarantees. Unless the management can ensure that a new marketing campaign or employee onboarding program is delivering tangible results everything is…
Work will never be the same again. As the new generation of graduates prepares to enter the minefield known as the professional world, the management can also expect a shift in work culture, attitudes toward work-life balance, and on-the-job learning. The incoming Gen Z (born between 1996 and 2010) workforce is expected to bless…
How To Leverage Gamification To Get The Most of L&D Programs?
All work and no play used to make Jack a dull boy. Not anymore. Today many employers are offering a heady combination of play and work. Or rather play and learn. Employees are being encouraged to brush up on their core skills through gamified e-learning solutions. Gamification has emerged as a mainstay in…
Debunking 6 Corporate Training Myths
Myths are preconceived notions we have about something. These assertions are mostly false arising out of outdated knowledge, lack of information, or misinformation. Continued belief in these myths however may rob us of great opportunities! Corporate training has gradually become a more mainstream business practice in recent years as many companies have faced…
Understanding the 5 Challenges of Retail Training
The customer is king. The management undoubtedly knows this saying by heart. As an employer, you have probably plastered this golden rule on the walls of your office. However, all efforts will just go in vain if the customers are not convinced that you indeed prioritize them. This is precisely where a brisk, empathetic and…
Can Training Opportunities Build Your Employer Brand?
Did you know that salary and perks are not the only factors that draw in potential employees today? About 84% of job-seekers regard the reputation of the employer as an important criterion when deciding where to apply for a job (Talent Now). 50% of job-seekers revealed that they would not work with a company…
4 Ways to Have a Successful Compliance Training
4 Ways to Have a Successful Compliance Training Compliance training used to be an afterthought once upon a time. Once a year the HR department was given the task of informing the workforce about the latest government policies. However, the sheer volume of government regulation and enforcement has made compliance training to…