Featured and Other and Performance Management and Training and Development and Work MotivationJul 21, 2023 Goal setting can influence job performance. But under which conditions? Key Points: Set challenging and specific goals for higher performance. Use data, feedback, and progress monitoring to achieve goals effectively. Consider individual differences and intrinsic motivation for successful goal setting. Most personal and professional progress is directed by our goals. Research shows that when we set and reach goals, we get into a virtuous cycleContinue Reading
Featured and Leadership and Training and DevelopmentApr 28, 2023 A Quick-Start Guide to Leadership Training Done Right Key Points: When delivered effectively, leadership training programs can improve leadership, change behavior, and help an organization’s bottom line. But you can’t just assume that the training you’re considering (or already receiving) is actually being delivered effectively. You should conduct a needs analysis before beginning training to ensure that the program that you’re considering isContinue Reading
Assessment and Featured and Health and Safety and Leadership and Training and DevelopmentApr 25, 2023 How Mindfulness Can Benefit Leaders, Their Followers, and Make for More Profitable Business Key Points: Mindfulness is positively correlated with many highly sought health and wellness indicators. Mindfulness is similarly correlated with highly sought and highly effective leadership styles like transformational leadership, authentic leadership, and with specific leader behaviours like less leader abuse. Organizations would do well to implement demonstrably effective evidence-based mindfulness training as it’s both costContinue Reading
Training and DevelopmentSep 3, 2019 Training: Make Change Stick with Behaviour Modelling Key Points: Behaviour modelling training (BMT) is a popular training intervention which focuses on changing behaviours on the job. BMT improves trainees’ knowledge, skills, and desired actions on the job You can design BMT to work even better, for example by describing both the “what” and the “why” of the new behaviors trainees learn SarahContinue Reading