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Identifying, developing and retaining talent for long term organizational success...

Talent Management should not be delegated to the HR department « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka Effectively identifying, developing and retaining leadership talent is very important when it comes to any organization’s long-term success. That’s why the majority of them, especially the largest ones, rely on full-time talent management professionals who can work in coordination with other par...

Senior leaders are not always your company’s most important assets

Three key jobs that many retention programs ignore « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka For over ten years now, the top human resource strategists have followed a recurring theme which is where they want their star players working on the roles that are most important for the business. Building on this, there are six leverage roles which all companies should appoint their highest-calibr...

The next time you feel stressed out, force yourself to attempt these steps...

How to reverse the damage of stress « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka Did you know that stress can literally shrink your brain? We all do know that living under stressful conditions has serious emotional and physical consequences. And yet, knowing this, we have so much trouble taking any action to reduce the stress levels we undergo and thereby improve our lives. The�...

Your role as a leader or a manager is to adapt and adopt...

The Role of Management in Organization Change « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka We all know that there’s only one thing that is constant in this life of ours and that is change itself. Change can be scary and cause anxiety but it can also be rewarding at the same time. Even though things in our life are constantly changing, it doesn’t not mean that our response to it gets any e...

Why you should incorporate HR in your plan for growth...

The Importance of Human Resources for Growth « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka If your company has only about 50 employees, then Human Resources is often overlooked since all the options are readily available for software where your computer can simply manage all the necessary tasks. But no matter how advanced technology gets, it can never replace the expertise and knowledge t...

Never ever take your star performers for granted...!

HOW YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE YOUR BEST EMPLOYEES « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka By default, managing your best employees should be fairly easy because since they are your best workers, they require the least amount of work from you. This, however, is not always the case. While high performing employees are great for your company, they can also be incredibly attractive for other...

Everything starts with having the ‘RESULTS MINDSET’

THE MINDSET YOU NEED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BOSS « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka Being a great manager is tough work where you will need to know how to handle conflicts, how to coach your team, how to delegate tasks and so on. All of this starts with having the ‘results mindset’ and if managers fail to adopt this, then it becomes virtually impossible for them to manage results.

Make your employees truly care about the learning opportunities you’re offering...

Tactics to make your employees actually care more about learning « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka The main focus of learning and development teams is their usage of learning programs and their goals of increasing it. However, this is seen as a huge challenge because a lot of employees often have a very indifferent attitude about learning. So, how can this attitude be changed and how can you, as…

Advance your culture of learning

Obstacles learning leaders face and how to overcome them « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka For the majority of learning professionals, the obstacles advancing a learning culture normally include one of more of the below outlined obstacles:

Communication is an art not many people have mastered...

THE ART OF HANDLING DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AT WORK « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka Having to face difficult conversations is an inevitable aspect of management and finding the right words to use and managing the conversation effectively is an art not many people have mastered.

What Makes a Good Leader?

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES ACCORDING TO EXPERTS « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka ‘What makes a good leader?’ This is a question that has a plethora of answers that propose key characteristics of effective leadership. However, according to experts, a good leader should possess the following competencies:

Satisfaction that comes with developing others is truly amazing

Why developing people is the key to bringing out excellence « Marketing Consultants and Corporate Training Company in Sri Lanka As a leader, the satisfaction that comes with developing others is truly amazing. Helping those around us to develop and mature well is a good indication of excellence as a leader and it can go in benefiting your organization in a number of ways. Moreover, developing others isn’t simply an option; i...