Tag: Commercial Skills Training
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The benefits of workplace training and development
Workplace training is a great way to improve your employee’s commercial skills, and it can be an essential part of an organisation’s success. When implemented correctly, training can improve productivity amongst an entire workforce while giving employees the chance to feel included as part of team-building activities which will ultimately boost morale. To show how…
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The importance of improving commercial skills in the banking sector
Commercial skills are an essential attribute for employees within almost every business, but particularly for those in the financial sector, or those wishing to progress through the ranks. One thing’s for sure, in today’s less certain environment, strong commercial awareness can be the difference between success and failure. Workplace training can be structured to ensure…
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5 workplace skills that your employees will need by 2024
It has been suggested that in fewer than four years, employers will seek employees with a very different skill set than that of today’s workforce. The future of the workplace and how it will look is under constant discussion, however, employers should be concerning themselves with the future of the workforce and how it will…
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Top tips on how to train your graduates effectively
Training employees is not just beneficial to individual growth but to the success of your business as a whole. Inadequate training of graduate employees could lead to job dissatisfaction and ultimately, a higher staff turnover. Each new hire within your business is never a guaranteed success. It is never a given that the candidate that…
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Training for financial and commercial skills
When it comes to training for financial and commercial skills, generic, off the shelf solutions such as ‘finance for non-financial managers’ doesn’t cut it. These programmes have a lack of industry or organisational focus and can often be somewhat outdated, which can leave participants with basic skills they find difficult to apply to the actual…
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The 5 key benefits of commercial skills training
You may think ‘commercial skills training’ is just the latest buzzword amongst HR and training professionals, but in essence, commercial skills training is a fundamental part of ensuring your employees have the commercial acumen needed to benefit the key functions of the business. Commercial skills training provides each employee with insights into how the business…
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Utilising gamification methods in workplace training
Predicted as a top trend in 2016 Gamification has been in the spotlight for a number of years and its popularity in 2017 is set to rise. While it is failing in mainstream popularity, its presence within commercial skills training is constantly increasing. What is Gamification? Gamification is the concept of applying game mechanics and…
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Shifting the culture at banks through experiential learning
It is no wonder that with the introduction of the millennial generation, workplace training has undergone a dramatic transformation in order to keep up to date with the first introduction of a digital generation to the workplace. Over the years, older training methods have slowly been replaced with modern methods including microlearning and simulation training,…
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What is a commercial decision?
Commercial decision making is one of the current business buzzwords surrounding HR, recruitment and training. But what is a commercial decision, and why should organisations, regardless of whether they are a commercial enterprise, government department or not-for-profit charity take an interest? What is a commercial decision? A commercial decision is any decision that creates value for…
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The 3 biggest training and development trends to hit in 2024
A new year provides business leaders with new opportunities to develop the skills of their workforce in order to improve productivity. With this in mind, we have compiled three of the most important trends that those in management should prioritise when training their employees to improve engagement and achieve success long term. Blended learning Blended…