Category Archives: Talent Management & Training

Individual Managers Can Make A Shiny Happy Workplace

Recent research has shown that employees in Singapore are not happy in their workplace – indeed, out of 14 countries polled,Singapore is ranked last in workplace happiness! Unsurprisingly therefore, they also ranked as the least loyal to their employers. The research, also revealed that only 12% of the Singaporean employees surveyed reported having a positive…

Singapore Employees Least Happy & Loyal in The World

Recently Lumesse, a talent management company, conducted a survey of 4,000 employees in 14 countries worldwide. The intent was to gauge employee attitudes to their jobs, workplaces and employers. People working in Singapore scored amongst the lowest in several areas:

Training Needs Analysis – a 5 Step Process

Training Needs Analysis (frequently abbreviated to TNA) is an essential though often a daunting part of trainers and training managers’ jobs. As a full training plan for an organisation or a department happens, at best, once a year, a Training Needs Analysis is an activity that is only infrequently required. This infrequency, combined with the…

Why Organisations Fail To Inspire & Engage Employees

  Once there was a great organisation. It hired good people, who had the same vision/beliefs, wanted to do good work (and make money as well), enjoyed spending time with each other and were proud to be part of the same organisation. Work was fun and engaging. People were loyal. Everyone understood what the organisation’s…

Increasing productivity and the benefits thereof

This article is a continuation of earlier post titled - Understanding Productivity Improvement & Measurement How do you increase Productivity? Increases in productivity can be achieved by producing more outputs (i.e. more goods/services) with the same inputs; or by producing the same level of outputs with fewer inputs; or by producing more outputs with fewer…

Understanding Productivity Improvement & Measurement

How Productivity affects you Singapore’s economy has been steadily growing over the past number of years. We have all witnessed the ever changing skyline as more apartment blocks (both condos and flats) and office blocks go up; more and newer shopping malls and eateries open; the arrival of the integrated resorts and the new amenities…

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