We’ve all experienced the difference between a speaker who makes us drift off and a speaker who has the ability to grab and hold our attention. The difference is simply rapport and engagement. Some speakers have it others miss it completely. Here are 10 tips, from Dorothea Stuart of Toastmasters International, to help you gain rapport and engage your audience during your speech or presentation and beyond.
| Published: 21 August 2014
The growth in the use of social media in recent years has been phenomenal. Communications regulator, Ofcom, reported only this month, that UK adults now use technology for more hours each day than they spend sleeping. Article by Jane Cox employment partner at national law firm Weightmans
| Published: 21 August 2014
Over the years, our firm has had many discussions with employers on the eve of a new talent analytics project. Often, it is the firm’s first deep-dive look at employee data. Sometimes we act as a strategic sounding board, and sometimes we can help them move directly forward into predictive analytics. It is always interesting. By Pasha Roberts, Chief Scientist at Talent Analytics corp.
| Published: 19 August 2014
What is an employer’s most business-critical corporate process? At or near the top of this list has to be hiring employees that deliver more value to their role and company than they cost to their employer. By Greta Roberts, CEO, Talent Analytic, Corp. and Program Chair, Predictive Analytics World for Workforce.
| Published: 19 August 2014
As an independent Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant, offering return to work services and sickness absence management, I have a particular interest in return to work planning.
| Published: 19 August 2014
New global research from global talent management consultancy DDI and The Conference Board reveals the financial impact of strong leadership development and talent management practices; organisations with high leader quality were six times more likely to be among the top 20 financial performers of all organisations.
| Published: 19 August 2014
How do you climb to the top of the business world? Often what’s holding women back from career success is that they don’t brand themselves as well as men do and use the female mindset to their advantage - without playing copycat to their male counterparts.
| Published: 14 August 2014
According to CIPD, the professional body for HR, the annual cost of sickness absence has climbed to almost £29 billion for UK organisations (http://www.cipd.co.uk, July 2013).
| Published: 14 August 2014
Dr Lynda Shaw provides some tips on building your own confidence, as well as that of your employees.
| Published: 14 August 2014
To be the best in this industry, you need to learn from the best.
| Published: 13 August 2014
