The Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) – was developed by Elias H. Porter, a clinical psychologist who worked at the University of Chicago before moving to UCLA where he spent the rest of his academic career. SDI is a powerful tool [...]
Presenting information clearly and effectively is a key skill to get your message or opinion across. It’s not unusual to feel anxious about standing up to give a presentation in front of a group of colleagues or clients. However, even [...]
What is a marketing plan and why do you need to have one? A marketing plan is a document that outlines your company’s overall marketing strategy and how you will implement it using a combination of resources to achieve your [...]
Conflict can and should be handled constructively; when it is, relationships benefit. Conflict avoidance is not the hallmark of a good relationship. On the contrary, it is a symptom of serious problems and of poor communication. Conflict at work comes [...]
In these uncertain times, with Brexit looming fast, it is the perfect time to implement your employee retention strategies. It’s time to value your staff and to look at how you can retain them by investing in their welfare and [...]
What’s hot and what’s not: We look at some of the Social Media trends that you can expect to see during this year. According to Hootsuite, the social media management platform, social media usage will continue to grow, especially in [...]
What is a mentor? Broadly speaking it is someone who takes an active interest in helping another person become the best person that they can be and someone who is willing to use their expertise to guide the development of [...]
Workplace diversity and inclusion has become one of the main challenges and top priorities for companies but it has to start from the top. If it doesn’t, company employees won’t succeed in maintaining it. The modern workplace is a truly [...]
As an employer you will no doubt be hiring new staff for your business, either occasionally or an on-going basis. Your company may not have a dedicated personnel officer, but you will want to hire the best person for the [...]
According to the The Content Marketing Institute, an online resource for information on all things content marketing related, it is: “Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire [...]
