Growth

Most of us are familiar with the concept of mentoring, when an experienced employee or senior leader offers advice, guidance and assistance to a less […]

Watching your employees grow and develop is a great feeling, perhaps even better than the thrill of learning a new skill yourself. Once they gain experience and start progressing within your organisation, they’ll only be looking up.

If you can’t afford to spend so long dreaming up plans for world domination, business podcasts are a great help. They can be enjoyed while you’re on a break or on the move, which is particularly handy for the 3.7 million UK workers who spend at least two hours a day commuting. To ensure you get the most out of your idea exploration, we’ve listed our five favourite business podcasts and why they’re worth your time.

Millennials, often referred to as the “job-hopping generation”, are more likely to change roles than any other age group. Is this true? And why might this be the case? We examined this in greater detail, and looked at areas where the problems can be easily solved.

The way in which companies work in Denmark has long been different to many other businesses around the world, and it consistently ranks highly as a country with some of the happiest employees. Yet what exactly is the Danish lifestyle? And how can you use it to transform your business into a happy and productive workplace? We explored some of the key elements to find out more.

Businesses, and the world around them, are constantly changing, and it’s important that employees adapt alongside this. It’s never been more crucial to have a development plan in place – not only for the continued learning and improvement of your staff’s skills, but for the continued success of the business.

Usually, we encourage employees to strive for success, and forget to prepare them for failure. But the smartest leaders are the leaders who see failure as an opportunity…

Self-actualisation – the tip at the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – might be easily recognisable to anyone who remembers their first class of business studies, but helping employees reach this pinnacle is a trickier task.

There’s no silver bullet to becoming successful, but there are some simple ways you can transform the way you work and become more effective. Stephen Covey has seven habits you can incorporate into your daily life.

Understand the real driver of your business – the people. Peakon.

The idea of stretch goals can be incredibly alluring for business leaders and people managers. Their “oh-so-simple” premise suggests that pushing people to dream bigger and shoot for the stars will inevitably lead them to innovate and outperform what they’d previously imagined possible.

The need for growth features prominently in almost every theory on motivation and engagement. Yet, research from Monika Hamori, Jie Cao and Burak Koyuncu into the career priorities of young high-achievers, illustrates a serious gap between their career development expectations, and those of their employers.