Every Friday, we prepare for you a short digest with news covering subjects related to employee engagement, collaboration, organizational culture, knowledge sharing, leadership and the future of work.
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Here’s this week’s brief:
Preparing for the future of work…
…is not an easy job since only 39 percent of workers worldwide are satisfied with their job. Challenges are diversified and employers will have to aim not only their business goals, but also finding better way of engaging their employees. From investing in skills training and ongoing learning to managing employees across different generations, Heather R. Huhman guides us to five best practices in her “How to Prepare for the Future of Work” article in Entrepreneur.
“Self-generated content leads to…
…better memory” says Dr. Carmen Simon, co-founder of Rexi Media. One of the challenges of leadership is helping your audience to process the information you’re offering, but there’s a list of tricks that you can use in order to achieve that. And they all revolve around three main methods: invoking people senses, asking questions and provoking conversations. Hooked already? Read Bruce Kasanoff’s ”How to be a Memorable Leader” in Forbes to find out more.
Soft skills represent a necessity…
…for employees, all the more in today’s digital workplace. Unlike technical qualifications, these skills (like adaptability, collaboration, conflict resolution, problem solving…) are difficult to measure, but easy to notice when they lack. But the good news is that they can be learned. Read Daniel White’s “6 Steps to Improving your Current Employees’ soft skills” article in Fast Company to find out how such a learning process would look like.
When talking about employee engagement…
…what exactly do we mean? And what is the most important step a business can take to achieve it? CMSWire brought together three voices (David Zinger from Employee Engagement Network, Deb Lavoy from Jostle.me and the Enterprise Collaboration Expert Oscar Berg) to answer to these questions. Read Siobhan Fagan’s “Discussion Point: Is there a Secret Sauce for Employee Engagement?” article to find if you’re missing any magic pill for triggering employee engagement.
Brainswarming could be defined as…
…the process by which a group of people put their minds together in order to improve the effectiveness of group work. Once people understand that you’re as good as the team around you, knowledge sharing makes much more sense. And companies should do their best in creating a participatory culture that will naturally support employees with moving from a me space to a we space. Read our latest blog post “Does your Company Brainswarm?” to learn more about the benefits of this method.
Happy Knowledge Sharing!
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