This is a guestpost by David Zahn is the President of ZAHN Consulting, LLC, the third and final article in a 3-part series which looks at the connection between training and employee engagement.  For the previous articles, please read The Importance of “Pre-Training Event” Activities in Gaining Employee Engagement and How to Engage Employees Within the Training Event. Post-Training…

This is a guestpost by David Zahn is the President of ZAHN Consulting, LLC, the first in a 3-part series.   The Importance of “Pre-Training Event” Activities in Gaining Employee Engagement If Senior Executives and Human Resources Professionals were able to eavesdrop on their employees when they were talking about their frustrations with the company, one of…

Motivating staff is a very timely topic for managers and directors of organizations. While recognizing the importance of this topic, there exist some misconceptions or myths regarding personnel’s motivation. Here are the 5 most common myths regarding employee motivation: Myth no. 1 – “I can motivate people” Actually, this is not completely true. Employees must…

More on the employee engagement front, which is being talked about everywhere these days. According to a just released study announced by Youforce, conducted in March of this year, only about 41% of employers have an employee engagement strategy.  Of these, 30% said it improves employee performance and 13% felt it improves employee retention. For…

This blog has included Jason’s and Bo Amidor’s thoughts, as well as those of several learning professionals, on the role of training in increasing employee engagement, but well now it’s my turn to chime in on the subject.. While previous articles here focused specifically on how employee learning creates a more engaged workforce, I’d like…