A People-Centric Organization
Have you ever felt that you were just a number and that all that mattered were the results of your work? Like a cog in the machine. Luckily for you and those who feel this way, a culture shift is happening at the moment. There has been more emphasis on putting the person behind a […]
The Power of Storytelling
Storytelling is a crucial aspect of every culture. From families huddled around the fire listening to the stories told by their elders, to medieval bards reciting epic poems while plucking the lute, to Hollywood films, storytelling has been a way of communicating ideas, preserving traditions, or teaching moral values. Simply put, storytelling is the art […]
Benefits of Upskilling
According to a LinkedIn report, job skill sets have changed by 25% since 2015. This creates a skills gap that employers are finding hard to fill. In addition, most candidates will not have the right mix of hard and soft skills for a given role. Furthermore, organizations are facing economic headwinds and need to build […]
Is Your Workplace a Toxic Environment?
Does lunchtime at the office feel like middle school, with the “cool kids” sitting together and gossiping about the rest, including you? Chances are, you do not wish to relive those feelings of exclusion and being an outsider. And, let me guess, communication in the office is subpar, there is no work-life balance, and your […]
The Skills-Based Hiring Approach
Have you ever been in a situation where you applied for a job because you knew you were the right fit, only to be rejected because you did not have a college degree? Most probably, the person in charge of hiring used traditional role-based hiring practices. In this approach, the focus is on experience, credentials, […]
Is Task-Based Learning Effective?
You probably remember those tedious language drills at school, where the whole class repeated the same sentence ad nauseam. Or when you parroted an assigned passage that you had learned by heart. The biggest problem with these teaching methods is that they are ineffective. Students get bored in class, lose interest, and do not learn […]
Microlearning Basics
Your company provides training courses that are very useful for your job, and you know that learning new skills will benefit your career. However, do you find yourself forgetting most of what you’ve learned not long after the lesson is finished? The good news is that it is completely normal. As shown by the forgetting […]
The 4Cs of Leadership 3.0
It is an understatement to say the world of work has changed dramatically in the last few years. And the catalyst for this change was the COVID-19 pandemic. Overnight, companies were forced to change how they did business and their employees started to work from home. Everyone had to adapt to fully remote work first […]
Has Change Fatigue Set In?
Change has always been a constant in our lives. For example, technology has changed dramatically in the last few decades, and we have had to adapt. Some people find embracing change easier than others, who need more time to get their heads around it. When there are too many changes and too much uncertainty at […]
How to Rekindle Employee Engagement
After the 2020 pandemic, a few trends began to appear that resulted in labor shortages. Quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, or Bare Minimum Mondays stemmed mainly from a toxic corporate culture, job insecurity, and lack of recognition. Besides, many people experienced burnout working from home and needed a change, and there were those who refused […]
