People who have the opportunity to do what they do best every day are happier and more successful. A strengths-based approach to managing talent recognizes the value of emphasizing strengths and adopts practices that help employees identify, use and develop their strengths at work.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/03/Strengths-Based-Talent-Management
Ghaziabad, India — In a simple classroom above a storefront on a bustling street, four young men crowded around the colorful innards of an open computer hard drive while their teacher explained in Hindi how it all worked.
The computer repair course was among 25 offerings at Gras Academy, a private institution with 58 skills training centers across India, including this one in Ghaziabad, a city on the outskirts of New Delhi.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/06/Filling-Indias-Huge-Need-for-Vocational-Training
(From San Francisco Chronicle) -- A significant challenge supervisors and leaders are currently contending with is properly aligning their business' objectives with employees' engagement efforts. Despite cutbacks across the board, research by TNS Employee Insights shows that focus needs to be placed on engagement programs, with attentive employees being more committed and making a greater contribution to the goals and bottom line initiatives of an organization.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2012/03/Employee-Engagement-Levels-Connected-to-Performance
You’re at a professional development conference, and you turn to the stranger standing next to you. He also turns to face you, and in that instant your brain makes a thousand computations. Is he someone to approach or avoid? Should you flee or be friendly? Will he harm you or help you?
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/The-Seven-Second-Advantage
Have you ever noticed that when people are passionate about what they’re saying, their gestures automatically become more animated? Their hands and arms move about, emphasizing points and conveying enthusiasm.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/When-Leaders-Talk-with-Their-Hands
This brings us to the topic of the final post in this series: the importance of establishing a shared sense of interdependence among those in the virtual workforce.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/Describe-How-People-Are-Interdependent-to-Improve-Workplace-Well-Being
Motivation and engagement lead to enhanced employee performance. We now know that money plays a limited role in fostering motivation and companies need to create constant engagement starting with the job, work environment, empowerment, equitable conditions and other things beyond work to create strong bonds with the organisation.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/08/Eight-Ways-to-Boost-Employee-Morale
The moments that make the biggest difference in a manager’s effectiveness are situations in which they have to address an issue with another person or group of people. These are crucial conversations.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/Crucial-Moments-in-Management-What-Separates-the-Good-from-the-Great
The cornerstone to an organization’s growth from within strategy is identification of high-potential talent
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/Identifying-High-Potential-Talent-in-the-Workplace
According to a recent study by the Hay group, employee engagement is on the rise on a global basis. More and more employees are stating that they intend to stay with their current employers and that they find their work meaningful and challenging. This is good news for the global economy, since numerous studies point to the economic advantages of an engaged, committed workforce. The likelihood of an individual’s “intent to stay” increases with age, indicating that some sort of process is taking place to increase the level of engagement.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/The-Neuroscience-of-Engagement