Learning, used strategically, impacts the bottom line of your organization. Join me in this 1st of a 4-part video series as I share techniques to influence the employee lifecycle. This interconnected process has 5 steps where you can influence and engage your team as it forms and grows. When we consider the stages in this … Continue reading
https://www.williamjryan.com/ When you see a new role being posted there seems to be a set of competencies included and while they include admirable goals there may be a more advantageous use. A competency describes the desired knowledge, skills, and behaviors that enable people to successfully perform their roles. So rather than using these as terms … Continue reading
What if returning to the office isn’t an option for you right now? From family to personal needs what does it mean if you are the leader of a team returning to the office and you can’t join them? In this video we look at the personal process to consider and the role you can … Continue reading
We talk about creating a learning culture and having employees take control of their learning and professional development and then we get so frustrated when workers attending these high-quality training courses are texting or checking their emails under the table. Don’t they want to learn? Before we point fingers at bored employee let us step … Continue reading
Do your workers jump to another company when there is an opportunity for a higher salary and more responsibilities? Is this drain a challenge for you to fill? Or is this an opportunity to build a broader talent pipeline that can benefit you as well as others in your community. In this short video, Let’s … Continue reading
We are in a lifespace now where work and home are blurred. Gone are the models of having defined space for work and family, time for tasks, and an ability to focus solely on work. Now children are asking for help with schoolwork or may be just bored, our spouse has a web conference call … Continue reading
Want to impact the bottom line of your organization? Keep the people who have bought into your culture, who are engaged and aligned with your purpose. This process begins when you realize that retention begins with a solid recruitment process and these two teams need to be aligned strategically. Take a look at this short … Continue reading
Wishing you the happiest of holidays! May the new year be filled with good health, happiness, and chance to make a difference each and every day. Please keep me in mind as you consider new ways to supporting your workforce and developing people who will fill your internal talent pipeline. I look forward to talking … Continue reading
What skills are needed to fill the workforce gap? That gap between what employers need and what people can offer in terms of skills and competencies. Analysts are warning employers that college graduates that meet technical job-specific skills today will need to upskill and be trained for the same role in about 6 years. Perhaps … Continue reading
Connecting context to content matters and I have discovered along the way that aligning people’s passions with purpose, through the use of learning, brought better results. Learning is not the focus, improving performance and solving the issue in the workflow is. John Hagel’s Learning Pyramid brings a focus on thinking skills based on passion. Tapping … Continue reading
