Outside Adventure have recently been working with the Talent Foundation to create an exciting new programme which will help unlock the talent and potential within your workforce – more to follow.
In the interim, if you haven’t come across the Talent Foundation then they are more than worth 5 minutes of your time, right now. Go and make a cup of coffee and have a good read of their site (www.talentfoundation.com ). The Talent Foundation are a small organisation with a lot of ideas and contacts all looking at unlocking human potential at work and have a lot of good ideas and insights.
If you haven’t got 5 minutes then take time (30 secs – go on !) to register for their newsletter, the lastest one is included below:
Latest Insights from The Talent Foundation
The newsletter this week has more about the impact of the recession and rising unemployment. With 3 million unemployed as a figure looming over the economy it is hard to see some of the positive benefits of the recession with a greater focus on employee involvement, levels of training being maintained and a realisation that employee involvement and development is vital for survival. However the most worrying article is about the rising numbers of young people who face a more and more difficult entry into the world of work. This affects those that did not get their academic qualifications as well as the graduates who face a difficult next few years. This is something that everyone, governments and business have to find to search for new and innovative solutions.
Lord Mandelson has his work cut out to improve employee engagement
Employee engagement has been a frequent source of debate rhetoric confusion success and many mistakes. The principle is sound and practical. Application implementation and consistency have been stumbling blocks.
There is a real possibility that even if they want to retire, many employees will need to carry on working to get their pensions to the required levels when they eventually become infirm and physically cannot work any longer
Scrape away all of the wizardry, and the sixth Harry Potter film is about a company that unites behind a leader to defeat its foes. Which got us thinking about the real world wizards of finance and technology…
Fast Company
Private sector workers are taking fewer “sickies” in the recession amid rising fears that taking too much time off work might cost them their job, according to new research.
Almost a million people are being forced to work parttime because they cannot get a fulltime job according to official figures that shed light on the hidden cost of the recession.
Number of jobless climbs at highest rate since 1971 with the UK’s under-25s bearing the brunt
From small beginnings, an oath encouraging MBA graduates to behave ethically has now been taken up by students at some 25 business schools. But in later life, will their good intentions quickly be forgotten?
Report on young people’s media habits written for investment bank by teenage intern causes huge interest in the City