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Jonena Relth Executive Think Tank or Confidante – Everyone Needs a Sounding Board

As a consultant, I often have the privilege of acting as my client’s right hand or lending a listening ear for what’s going on in their business. I am not a certified coach, but years of being a performance improvement specialist has taught me much about adults and their needs. As the saying goes, “It’s lonely at the top,” and sometimes it’s just healthy to have someone who will put their active listing skills to use on your behalf. Last week I blogged on stress and that we all experience it. Wh… Continue

Added by Jonena Relth on December 11, 2009 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Bob Brogan Franchise Training Fails Customers and Franchisees

With my nearly 20 years of professional experience within the franchising business arena, it is safe to say that the traditional and existing franchisor training has failed its two most important constituents: 1) Customers and 2) Franchisees. The central tenet for franchisors to provide immersive training around key events is flawed and the manual-based operations courses are outdated methods to deliver daily success. The inability to provide…(more)… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on September 16, 2009 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Bob Brogan Stop Inefficient Corporate Training Efforts!

The ultimate objective for corporate training professionals is to provide learners with a continuous learning experience to increase proficiency and expertise to achieve desired business results. No small task for small and medium sized businesses as well larger corporations. Most companies have been constrained by their existing systems (e.g. antiquated LMS, stand-alone intranet applications, etc) or lack the tools to effectively deliver against this corporate training objective. The ability to… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on September 1, 2009 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Janine Moon Chasing your tail?

So how’s that job search going?

I facilitate a monthly networking group–Execunet–for those who are in job search mode and/or who recognize that connecting, developing and maintaining a lifelong network is critical in today’s work world. Some people don’t get it: when the… Continue

Added by Janine Moon on July 3, 2009 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

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In my experience, achieving engagement creates huge increases in productivity per person, morale, retention, profits, sales, and every other "devoutly to be wished" result. So it is always worth the effort. But the company person, CEO or executive…
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Do two things: trust your employees unconditionally and give them more responsibility than they would ever expect; they will rise to the occasion and surpass all expectations.
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In the wake of "The Great Recession" and in appreciation of the changes in the economy and in the nature of employee-employer relationships, the idea of “employee engagement” (“Engagement”) presents an intriguing dilemma. While some say a focus on…
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Interesting question. I'm drawn to less is more, and even that may be too much :) My experience has shown me that the more fearful the organisation is, the more often it seeks to measure as a means to try and stave off the fear. It then often ends u…
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I would contend never is too soon. If you understand what engagement is and how to achieve it, then you know what an engaged employee sounds like and acts like as compared to one who is somewhat engaged or disengaged. Surveys turn people off while…
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Look beyond generic engagement tools: focus on personal drivers from employees, group them accordingly and align engagement tools.
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The real challenge to engage employees is to gain trust by giving them autonomy to shape their own jobs to their own wishes, interests and strengths but always aligned with an open and transparant organisational vision and strategy.
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Before you start engaging an employee, know him and respect him as an individual first and engagement will follow.
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