Category: Learning resources
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Searching Skills
I tried out the Google education program of Power Searching and then moved onto the Advanced Power Searching program the other day. There good. If you need to brush up on your search skills or just want to take on some of the tricky search challenges in the Advanced program try it out. Great program…
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Good Human Resources at Last
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…
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Managers and engaged staff
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…
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Toxic employees
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
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More teamwork
Following on from Monday’s post on Googles teams here is a great article from HBR on teamwork. Read the article here.
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Spaces for Students
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.
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Creativity Games
I was looking for some good creativity games the other day. If you are doing the same some time try out this website. Some good ideas here. Games here.
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The mysteries of self esteem
As trainers we often talk about self esteem but do we understand the term and how it is developed. It is not the same as self confidence. Watch the enlightening video below. Can’t see the video – click here
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Generations
I don’t get very concerned about the whole different generations thing. I do see some examples of the differences when I am delivering training and providing advice but on other occasions I don’t. You can get a little too hung up on the so called generational issues. The post below is a good summary of…
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Body language assessment
Try out this body language assessment. Great for classes on communication. Find the assessment here