Here is a round-up of some good Gannthead articles
Contrary to popular belief, lousy pay is not often the primary reason for quitting a job. Not that money isn’t important, but it’s seldom the primary reason most people change jobs.
If you take job insecurity as a given, statistics predict that you won’t be working for the same company a decade from now. You’re very likely to have two more jobs. Even though frequent job changes often have a lot to do with variables beyond your control–mergers or acquisitions, or economic or market uncertainties–there are common reasons why people change jobs.
As your career progresses, good job performance may no longer be enough for advancement or personal satisfaction. The difference between doing the job and doing it well may require a change in behavior, the kind that is difficult to define and hard to implement. Companies and bosses don’t offer this kind of guidance, which is why the field of coaching now exists.
“Social values in the workplace are shifting to a more interactive style,” says Dr. Anthony M. Grant, a coaching psychologist and founder and director of the University of Sydney’s Coaching Psychology Unit. Both a psychologist and a coach, he knows the value of outside guidance but realizes it may not always be possible to get it.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, “train the trainer” refers to programs where workshops help create effective trainers on specific material who in turn can go out and then train others on how to use this material. While it is a technique commonly employed by companies with financial constraints, many industries have incorporated it as their standard means to more fully integrate training into the workforce.
One of the major reasons it is used is that this technique can be organized to quickly dispense information since it calls upon the talents of many people to educate a large organization. Managed and controlled properly, it can distribute a consistent message that keeps associates informed at the same relative time, thus improving the success of the training and its continuity.
