|
|
July marks the official launch of the TrainUtopia
Blog! Check it out often, subscribe if you like,
and get updated on what's happening in the
performance improvement and training universe!
This month's newsletter addresses the continued
industry focus on the latest generation to enter the
workforce (the millenials is the description du
jour) and the impending labor shortage. What
surprised me is that there are currently more
generations
simultaneously in the working world than ever
before. This spread can wreak havoc in some ways
if you haven't equipped your employees with the
tools to communicate across the spectrum. (This is
just one of the reasons for our "blog" - it turns out
that "millenials" prefer
proactive searching for information instead of being
spoon-fed in traditional classes.)
In the words of the great Bob Dylan, "The times,
they are a-changin'." (And yes, he's before MY time!)
 |
|
|
Generational Diversity
By Cari Dominguez, Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
When most organizational leaders think of diversity
initiatives, they tend to think of racial, gender, and
cultural diversity. Another aspect of workplace
diversity that almost every organization has, but
remains largely overlooked by most organizations
today, is generational diversity. If your organization
is like most others, you probably haven’t given much
thought to the generational dynamics in your
workforce.
A recent report from The Conference
Board found, for example, that 66% of
organizations surveyed did not even have an age
profile of their workforce. They also found that 81%
of those organizations did not include cross-
generational issues in their diversity training. If
generational diversity is not on your radar screen,
you may want to put it there.
Read Full Article...
|
|
|
|
|
Spotlight
on Solutions
Profile
XT
Brain
drain - that’s the effect of your company’s
intellectual assets seeping away each time you lose
a good employee. With that employee goes his or her
knowledge of the way things are done, where
information is stored and how customers are served
by your company. Each time one of your key
employees resigns, you risk the loss of customers or
even the loss of proprietary information to your
competition.
Keeping good employees is a challenge in all
industries. According to a Bureau of Labor study:
Two of three employees would rather work
somewhere else
Turnover costs thousands of dollars for each
departing employee
Eighty percent of employee turnover is
avoidable
How can you minimize employee turnover and plug
the corporate brain drain leak?
The Profile XT is a multi-purpose assessment that
employs the latest technology to put the right
person in the right job reducing employee turnover.
You can use this great tool for selection, coaching,
training, promotion, managing and succession
planning.
Find Out More...
|
|
As always, thank you for being a part of our
newsletter community. If you would like to improve
your intergenerational dynamics or a sample Profile
XT assessment, please let us know!
Sincerely,
|
|
