How to encourage employees to return to the office?
How to Encourage Employees to return to the office
According to Forbes, 90% of companies will have returned to the office-working in some form over the course of 2024. But not al employees are keen. Read more on how to encourage your employees to return back to the office without negative impact…
How do you measure the impact of Soft Skills Training?
It’s easy to measure hard skills, because often, the result is tangible product or increase in sales. With soft skills, it’s different because it all depends on the person, where they are emotionally, how well they adapt to situations and so many more variables no one can predict.
Workplace conflict: Is Prevention Better Than Cure?
It’s widely recognised that conflict in the workplace has a negative effect on morale and productivity. It also affects the health and wellbeing of the workforce. Inevitably, these factors undermine an organisation’s ability to deliver its goals and objectives.
What is Quiet Quitting and how can you avoid it?
And let’s not kid ourselves, it’s been around for a while. After the last recession in 2008 a lot of jobs were cut but, the fact is, the work was still there, and someone had to do it. Even I can remember the demands changing. Doing more in less time or for the same money.
Why The Way We Manage Our Employees Must Change
Is it the responsibility of managers to adapt their communication style to suit individual employees?
Of course, it is!
Is it the responsibility of employees to adapt to their managers’ communication styles?
Effective Communication: Listening to People When They Talk
There are all sorts of barriers to effective communication, which I covered in an earlier blog post you can read here. A crucial element in this is finding out what might be stopping you from listening to others.
How Soft Skills Can Future-proof Your Business
Soft Skills can be defined as the behavioural, social and communication skills which are essential to modern-day life. Listening to others, getting along with our workmates and being adaptable in the face of change.
What’s your Why?
Behind everything we do, there is a ‘why’ that drives the actions forward. Here is mine…Why I want to help created positive and understanding workplaces
What are People Skills Part II - Non-verbal communication
Naturally, we read the clues without even knowing. When the words and body language, tone and everything else is aligned we don’t even think about it. It’s when something doesn’t ‘feel’ quite right we get confused
What are People Skills Part I - Listening Skills
People skills is not something we learn at school. Yet these are important skills to help you communicate effectively and get on with people around you. Especially those you don’t seem to get on so well. Read the first part of People Skills article to get you started
Barriers to effective communication
Communication is not about talking. It is more about listening. And this is often the problem. There isn’t just one barrier that can stop you from listening and therefore communicating effectively.