Oh, to have had shares in Zoom before this all started. The COVID-19 isolation has turned our world upside down, and the education and training sectors have been forced to adapt faster than most. And adapt they have, using any number of conferencing apps to ensure the wheels of learning keep turning. Conferencing has worked for the most part; kids …
SBOs, SBLs and AHRI
Recently our Melbourne based talkforce team partnered with AHRI in the Gippsland region to deliver a Strengths-Based Organisations (SBO) and Strengths-Based Leadership (SBL) workshop. With over 50 business leaders and HR professionals from throughout the Gippsland region attending, the conversation was dynamic and insightful. Kim Singline, a talkforce associate and practising psychologist, set up the session by dissecting the generational …
Keeping an Audience engaged
Question: How do you keep your audience engaged when presenting? Christopher Whitnall: Keeping an audience engaged, I don’t think it is as difficult as everyone thinks it is. I think it’s often simple, rather than easy. And therefore, some of the ways that you can do it are, one is to present for the audience. Deliver information that is relevant, …
Finding Motivation
Where do you find motivation? Christopher Whitnall: There’s a number of components to motivation. Generally, I believe people need to have a challenge, motivation often comes from inside and it’s often easier for people to motivated if they are passionate about what it is they’re trying to drive towards. There is also both the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. So some things …
How Facilitation before EOFY could unlock your company’s edge in 18/19
With only eight weeks left until EOFY, many businesses use the month of May as the time to determine what worked and what didn’t in the 2017/18 financial year. Logically, they do so with a lens towards what opportunities, trends and constraints face their businesses for the 2018/19 year ahead. For talkforce, we often work with clients to facilitate leadership …
Why is coaching such a valuable tool in the workplace?
Written by talkforce Associate, Diana Cregan I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but there is an increasing presence of external coaches in the workplace. We certainly have. Our coaching business has quadrupled in size over the last 12 months. But why is this? First, let’s agree on what coaching is and what it isn’t. There is a clear distinction between …
Christmas – time to unplug and re-connect
The Managing Director of Google Australia, Jason Pellegrino is recommending his staff disconnect from their devices over the Christmas break and connect with family and friends. The Australasian boss said in a fast-paced world of tremendous change it was crucial to have down time. “Technology is a great enabler, it helps us do amazing things but at the end of …
Sales and Negotiation – The Power of Questions
If you are new to the sales game, you might be mistaken for thinking it’s the smooth talker who clinches the deals but according to the experts it’s the careful listener and astute interviewer who scores the most runs. When it comes to the art of selling and negotiating, talkforce Business Partner Julie Holman, believes some of the most important …
Diversity, unlocking Creativity and Profitability
Diversity and inclusion in the work place are proven catalysts for boosting profits and productivity. Research shows that diverse teams, who experience inclusion, are more creative, innovative, deliver better returns and have higher employee retention rates. According to the British advertising consultant, Cindy Gallop: “Homogeneity is the enemy of creativity. Diversity drives creativity, which drives profitability.” One of Australia’s leading …
How to run more effective conference calls
Is your organisation suffering from conference call fatigue and frustration? More and more organisations are trying to cut travel expenses and save time by conducting more meetings and business with conference calls – only to find that their conference calls are chaotic and counter- productive.