A recent study by Aon Hewitt found that senior leadership over any other factor has the biggest impact on creating a high performance work culture, but 40% of survey respondents believe their leaders lack the skill to build and sustain a healthy corporate culture. It’s possible that many of the current issues with leadership in Australia stem from poor leadership training. So why don’t more organisations have effective management training and leadership development programs? MORE

By prioritizing people-centric initiatives, their companies achieve on average at least four times the profit growth (Aon Hewitt People Practices Inventory 2011) and three times the share market returns (Russell Investment Group 2011) compared to average companies. Yet imagine a coach who only met with his professional athletes once or twice a year and reeled off a long list of everything the athlete was doing wrong. MORE

to attend Aon Hewitt’s Top Companies For Leaders Think Tank. My main objective there was to meet one-on-one with representatives from some of the 25 companies that were on hand to be recognized as one of Aon Hewitt’s “Top Companies for Leaders.”. In these conversations, I was struck by how often HR executives returned to the idea of helping managers adopt a “coaching mind-set” as a key component of their companies’ leadership development strategies. MORE

This was led by Eddie Short from AON together with Tony Strudwick from Manchester United, supported by Tess Smillie from Samsung, David Connell from Peugeot Citroen, Darren Philpott from Barclays and Ann Pickering from O2. Consulting Research Speaking Training Writing Strategy - Talent - Engagement - Change and OD Contact me to create more value for your business jon [dot] ingham [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. I'm at HR Grapevine's annual HR and talent management conference. MORE

Customer Training Manager, Achievers. As customer training manager at Achievers, I often work with organizations who are excited and committed to improving employee engagement, but they don’t really know where to start. To begin with, they can use the following strategies to coach, develop, and support them on their journey. Train leaders. Leverage the expertise of your L&D team and align any training with their initiatives and programs. By: Mike Vickers. MORE

Ideally, this will be a mix of developmental assignments, lateral and promotional moves, training and mentoring. A 2013 white paper by Aon consultants recommends assessing a candidate’s potential along the specific dimensions such as cognitive, personality, learning, motivation, leadership, performance and cultural fit. Joanne has over 20 years of experience in managing, coaching and mentoring skilled professionals. MORE

Within 24 hours, we had all of our training up and running virtually,” Jody Stolt, director of the Learning and Development Center at Paychex, said on a webinar moderated by HRE this week. “We Transitioning from in-person to online training isn’t a simple endeavor, as many employers have learned in the last few months. See also: How to take training virtual. Sessions were facilitated by a coach and, Stolt said, allowed for peer-to-peer learning. MORE

According to an AON Hewitt study, 52% of workers said they’re open to new job opportunities. Coach, don’t manage. As HR pros, we’ve all been trained to promote our companies as great places to work in order to attract the top talent everyone is vying for. Gallup study 2014 – Companies miss on 82% of managerial hires; 1-in-10 of managers is a natural; Companies who invest in training and coaching can get two of the remaining nine where they need to be as managers. MORE

So, Health Fitness developed and launched CubeFit, which allows remote workers to live-stream health and well-being classes and interact with health coaches live right from their desk, home office, or anywhere with an Internet connection. Employees have anytime, anywhere access to meditation, yoga and strength training classes. After several years with Aon, Julie joined HP in 2015 to lead their global well-being programs. By: Torrey Landers and Julie Andrews. MORE