Christina Lattimer has posted a great Blog on hrdaily community about exploiting your organisation’s non-financial employee benefits as a method of becoming an Employer of Choice. Other insights:
If your organisation’s financial rewards are in the top quartile of your industry then you need to shout them from the roof tops.
To be an employer of choice, you must market your non-financial rewards and make sure your employees appreciate them for what they are.
Perks over and above the ...
Barrett Consulting Coach Robyn Creed has offered some insights to hrdaily today about consulting the individual employee regarding their professional development plan and gaining buy-in at the outset:
Devise a professional development plan based on KPIs set with managers
Also ask "what they would like to do - completely agenda-free?”
Ask them what they would like to develop, based on where they want to be within the company in the future?
Ascertain their strengths and offer to ...
Deloitte's human capital report,outlines the trends with the greatest potential to affect businesses and HR practice in the coming months. Hrdaily has shared some key insights from this report:
Talent is a key enabler of growth, especially the case in the area of building a leadership pipeline
Accelerating the development of next-generation leaders requires an integrated approach
Coordinated programs that send a consistent message are essential, e.g. (a compensation program that ...
Emily Jaksch and Sarah Gibbins, in their book, “What is HR?” offer some insights into the importance of your organisation’s culture which were reported in Hrdaily. In a nutshell:
The accepted practices at your place of business, the way people speak to each other, the way they act, the way they do their jobs, the way they interact with your customers is all part of your culture
A sustainable, successful business does not have a negative or confused culture
Creating a more positive ...
Hrdaily shared a great article on how currently participant satisfaction with coaching, training and development programs give employers no indication whether they deliver return on investment. Neuroscientist Dr Stan Rodski has done research using brain injured children, MRIs and a range of other tools and found that learning effectiveness was a function of two things:
environmental factors - for example seating, lighting, temperature and noise levels; and
facilitator factors - the ...