Coaching vs mentoring: what’s the difference?
Investing in and supporting the personal and professional development of your people is shown to be beneficial for an organisation as a whole. Coaching and mentoring, for example, offer ways to develop, support and retain your staff, both in the short and long-term, ensuring the necessary skills for the organisation’s objectives to be achieved. While […]
Objective Setting (Is SMART Best?)
Many employers rely on objective setting frameworks such as the SMART system as part of their performance management process. While such frameworks can be useful tools, real impact only comes when they are implemented effectively. Focus on the purpose of performance management The purpose of performance management is to help individual employees perform to […]
Equal Opportunities Policy Guide
With a formal equal opportunities policy, you can help to ensure that all members of your workforce are treated fairly and in accordance with the law. In this guide, we look at the importance of implementing an equal opportunities policy, and what this should contain, as well as what the law says about employers’ obligations […]
What is reverse mentoring & how does it work?
What is reverse mentoring & how does it work? Mentoring is a proven method of developing employee skills and knowledge. In a traditional sense, mentoring has been used to improve younger employees’ skills and knowledge. Many believe that there is nothing left to learn when employees reach a certain level of seniority. However, many open-minded […]
The key to inclusive leadership
Inclusive leadership has emerged as a unique and essential tool to help businesses adapt to diverse markets, customers, talent, and ideas. It balances all these elements by using their talents to swiftly react and adapt to alternate perspectives and diverse scenarios with a non-judgmental and open approach in order to bring about the best possible […]
What training should new managers get?
What training should new managers get? Anyone promoted to a managerial role for the first time should be supported in their new responsibilities through appropriate training. Managers play a critical role in enabling organisations to meet their commercial objectives, so investing the time to develop your management teams benefits both individuals and the organisation as […]
Can an employee refuse training?
Encouraging employees to progress with their personal development and within your business can help to unlock productivity and boost performance, especially if an individual is willing to undertake additional training relevant to their job role. Training can also form a crucial part of a particular role, although not all employees will be willing to undertake […]
