February 2023

Embracing the Entitled

By |2022-11-22T15:06:55-04:00February 13, 2023|Candidates, TalentSphere, Companies, Training, Embracing the Entitled|

Be honest; when you read the title of our TalentSphere Update, did it immediately conjure up an image of a selfie-taking, social media addicted, text-obsessed millennial? Before we go any further, let us first take a moment and apologize to the recent generation entering the workforce. Turns out, there may not be any increase at all in narcissism over the past few decades. In a scientific analysis of approximately one-half million high-school seniors over three decades,  Brent Donnellan and Kali […]

February 2022

Retaining the Best Staff

By |2021-11-18T17:49:23-04:00February 7, 2022|Retaining the Best Staff, Companies, Ways to Improve Candidate Communication, Staffing a Shared Service Centre, Share and share alike: share option schemes, Training|

Retention of key staff should be a key issue for any employer at the moment. We are in a candidate short market the likes of which we haven’t seen before, even in the late 80s, so retaining the good people you have is almost more important than getting them into the organisation. For most employers, the true cost of a new employee is not the agency fee or the advertising, but the training and “ramp up” to full productivity that […]

January 2022

Coaching on the Job Training

By |2021-11-18T17:09:22-04:00January 17, 2022|Companies, Training|

These days, training is an expensive commitment and yet remains a key activity to ensure sales success, staff retention, and growth of the organisation and many other critical aspects of the development of any business. As an alternative, you might consider formalising a coaching program in your business.

To put it simply, coaching is on-the-job training. Anyone can be a coach – from a PA providing some quick computer training at the desk, to a manager receiving help on something from […]

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