After all, they learn! Promote as the fountain of youth for the learning and development culture

After all, they learn! Promote as the fountain of youth for the learning and development culture

Maybe you ask yourself if a simple blog entry about a learning transfer platform is able to keep the promise given in the headline. And if you think of me as a sales consultant for this very learning transfer platform you might expect mere sales and marketing packed in some nice words explaining the benefits you as a company might gain from Promote. Well, you will read a little bit of that. But first and foremost I’d like to explain why I love my new role as a sales consultant for the platform and which renovations I see by using the learning transfer platform.
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8 must-haves for an effective webinar – A guide to success for HR

8 must-haves for an effective webinar – A guide to success for HR

Quickly booked, quickly realized and also quickly forgotten! That is the fate of a large number of webinars which are available nowadays. Even if costs and amount of time spent on webinars are lower than on face-to-face trainings, ineffective webinars are really annoying – especially for HR.
We asked specialists in learning techniques and experienced webinar trainers about their tips and hints for effective webinars. In the following you find their answers summed up in 8 must-haves for successful webinars as part of employee training.
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#MondayLead: Let them believe in you – 4 main pillars of credible leadership

4 main pillars of credible leaders

“I believe in you!” This is for sure on of the most beautiful, meaningful and satisfying sentences on can hear from others. It’s often linked to “I trust you.” and “I stand by you.” Both are crucial commitments when it comes to successful cooperation and employees’ willingness to follow a manager or leader. And for the leaders themselves a certain responsibility comes along with it. As an impulse for the upcoming week we gathered the four main pillars of credible leaderhip.

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#MondayLead: With Why to effective communication and cooperation

 

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We’ll do that and then that! And we’ll do it just like this! Go!
Although you feel reluctant facing this kind of rude phraseology and you lack in understanding the motives you force yourself to an “Okay” and leave the conversation with a lot of tasks for which you are absolutely not motivated. The question is: Why? Why don’t you ask for the why more often?

 

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#MondayLead: Effective communication – Say what you WANT and not what you DON’T WANT

#MondayLead: Effective communication – Say what you WANT and not what you DON’T WANT

Don’t fall down the stairs. Don’t get hurt. Don’t hit your head. Don’t drop that!
Are you already feeling queasy? No wonder. Our brain isn’t able to handle No’s and Dont’s and is just visualizing all these unpleasant situations. We also happen to use dont’s pretty often in our working life – though there is a far more effective way. In the following week, avoid negations and say exactly what you want instead of what you do not want.

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#MondayLead: Lead the way with structural feedback

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At the beginning of a new project, there normally is commitment about the direction to go. Equipped with a backpack full of their own experiences, expectations and skills all team members hit the same road. However, in the end everybody arrives somewhere else or gets lost alongside the road. How you as a leader can prevent your team from this phenomenon? Continuously lead the way by giving helpful feedback.

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