Employers remain dangerously reliant on sourcing the talent they need externally, rather than building skills in their organisation, according to a new report discussed on hrdaily this week. A Manpower Group report, based on a survey of 2251 Australian employees with HR responsibilities, found 57 per cent are confident about prioritising hiring talent over developing it. This belief will become more dangerous to hold as talent becomes scarcer and employers increasingly seek more specific ...
Melissa Richardson in an hrdaily blog has provided a handful of the most frequently asked questions about mentoring.
1. What’s the difference between coaching and mentoring?
Both coaching and mentoring relationships aim to strengthen individuals (and sometimes teams) using effective learning conversations.
Mentoring is a learning relationship outside of the company reporting lines. The mentoring relationship is usually career focused, and centres on building knowledge, work and ...
From Joe Pulizzi Content Marketing Newsletter
Jason Ryan Dorsey, famed “Gen Y Guy” and author of the book, My Reality Check Bounced, has recently spoken on how bridge the generation gap. Each generation communicates differently. Right now is the first time in history that four generations are working side by side in the workforce. This s presents a challenge for both managers and employees and for those that marketer to and communicate with them. This means we need to communicate content ...
Communication specialist, Jonathan Champ Employees says staff are far more likely to embrace change at work if their managers receive support from HR on how to communicate. The top issues faced by organisations include information overload and leaders and managers having trouble communicating effectively. Other Insights
Leaders and managers are essential to communicating change and driving strategy through change as communication is one of the things that will drive people from one side ...
Employees will resort to either "silence or violence" when faced with unpleasant conversations. It is important to recognise the behaviours according to Institute of Management managing director, Brian Taylor.
The first silent behaviour employees resort to in avoiding conversations is "masking" or watering down what they want to say, maybe they sugar-coat it and the message doesn't come out clearly enough because of that. The next is "avoiding", which means people will not deal with the ...