Training Assessment Education

Month: July 2016

  • Sunday Zephyr – Enjoyable videos

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    How’s your weekend going? Mine will be great despite any adverse weather we are having as I am up on my property enjoying no internet, phones or external distractions. Just wood fires and books. I do like a good video though and so in case the weather is bad where you are here are some…

  • Greyhound Racing or Education?

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    My Two Rescue Dogs Ethical dilemmas are by definition challenging. I am not condoning cruelty to animals but aren’t there more critical issues in the state of NSW than greyhound racing? Why not horse racing as well? In a recent ABC news article it is estimated that compensation to the industry and those connected to…

  • Good Human Resources at Last

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    This is a good HR story. I’ve been involved in restructures and closures with many people losing their jobs. Over the last 10 years I have observed many poor (in particular government) restructures, mergers and voluntary redundancy debacles. The article below outlines how Amazon is training its staff to have new jobs, that in many…

  • Managers and engaged staff

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    I have spent the last couple of weeks talking to different groups about management, leadership, engagement and performance. There are a lot of misconceptions in how all of this comes together and the article below is a good primer to the discussion. Some excellent figures which you can use when you discuss these topics with…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Practice

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    Happy Sunday to you. I hope wherever you are you are having a good time and relaxing. Sunday’s are a great day to do that hobby that you enjoy. Sundays are not a great day to be working. I saw this video the other day which reminded me of my childhood experiences with yo yo’s.…

  • Toxic employees

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    I have been delivering a lot of training over the last few years on performance management and invariably there is a great deal of interest and discussion around poor performance and toxic employees. Below is a link to an informative and sadly funny infographic on the 5 types of toxic employees. See the graphic here

  • More teamwork

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    Following on from Monday’s post on Googles teams here is a great article from HBR on teamwork. Read the article here.

  • Google and effective teams

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    If you do any training around teams and teamwork or if you are a team leader/manager then this video is a must see. Great tips on how to create a high performance team. Can’t see the video – click here  

  • Sunday Zephyr – Calmness

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    How was your week? Mine was exceptionally busy to the point that I didn’t even get the chance to make my regular posts. Sorry. It was a good week though. I trained a wide range of interesting and enthusiastic people. But of course there were a few who tested my patience. I didn’t lose it…

  • Spaces for Students

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    Google recently released (very well hidden though) a new sharing site (Spaces) that enables you to share resources and comments with other people. It is really, really simple and I think it will be great for sharing files etc with students when you just want to do it quickly. Try it out here.