Garin Rouch

Apr 5, 2024 | hrzone.com | Garin Rouch

Organisations depend on internal relationships to operate effectively. Yet, our organisations are a glorious mix of people thrust together with different motivations, goals, professional backgrounds, levels of self-awareness, communication styles, frustration thresholds, ethical compasses, work appetites and belief systems. In this big melting pot, managers are expected to cheerfully collaborate together even though they may have competing objectives.

Feb 15, 2024 | trainingzone.co.uk | Thom Dennis |Karen Liebenguth |Garin Rouch

When there are significant transparency problems in the workplace, the truth is invariably known to someone. The recent Post Office scandal in the UK serves as a poignant illustration, as numerous high-ranking individuals were aware of the unfolding situation yet opted to collude, leading to the unjust prosecution of over 900 sub-postmasters on charges of theft, false accounting, and fraud.

Feb 15, 2024 | hrzone.com | Gethin Nadin |Rebecca McKenzie |Thom Dennis |Garin Rouch

As we settle into 2024, it feels like as a nation, we are recovering from some kind of collective trauma. The significant impact of the pandemic may be behind us and the tail end of the cost-of-living crisis is ever near, but the toll this has taken on the workplace should not be underestimated. Since 2020, the number of days lost to sickness absence has been steadily rising. The average employee now takes almost 8 days off on sick leave every year.

Feb 14, 2024 | trainingzone.co.uk | Jackie Clifford |Karen Liebenguth |Thom Dennis |Garin Rouch

In the previous article of this back-to-basics series, we considered how to create learning experiences that live on in the workplace. In the final part of the series (for now!) we’ll examine how we move from learning transfer to learning impact. First of all, let’s remind ourselves of the seminal model that is Kirkpatrick’s levels of evaluation.

Feb 14, 2024 | hrzone.com | Rebecca McKenzie |Thom Dennis |Garin Rouch

Two words, six syllables – of sheer bureaucracy. The stolid and unwieldy phrase ‘performance management’ reveals the opportunity that many companies and non-profits have to help their people do better work. Our complex world and evolving employee needs require HR teams and managers to move beyond tick boxes and abandon the obsession with task and process.