Tag: Commercial Skills Training
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5 commercial skills that are crucial to employee development
Giving your employees the skills they need to positively impact the business, as well as understanding how their behaviour and performance can lead to financial and performance enhancements is becoming increasingly important. Employees who are commercially aware add value not only in their own role but company-wide. If there is a combined understanding amongst a…
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Recruiting, engaging and retaining talented millennial employees
Aged roughly between 18 and 33 today, the millennial generation is already playing a key role in organisations worldwide. Set to account for 75% of the workforce by 2025, their influence across global business is growing by the decade. So how can you recruit, engage and retain millennials – the first generation of digital natives, and…
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Why commercial skills training is essential to the success of your business
Large or small, business is about making money, no matter what is chosen to be done with it. Invested, distributed to shareholders, used for social projects or philanthropy – making money is at the root of all businesses. It is for this reason that strong commercial skills are embedded throughout; from the ground up, a…
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Developing commercial awareness and improving commercial skills
Commercial awareness is the buzzword of the modern day recruiter and HR professional. Many employers regularly cite it as essential to the employability of a candidate, but all too often candidates have no idea how to demonstrate their commercial awareness. So if employees can’t demonstrate it, how can you recognise it? And once you have…
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The benefits of hiring more graduates to your business
With the majority of UK graduates being forced into employment that does not require their talents, isn’t time to start thinking about why you’re not hiring them? Research has reported that 58.8% of UK graduates have ended up in non-graduate roles – a figure exceeded only by Greece and Estonia. There are many benefits of…
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Spotting workplace leadership qualities in current employees
Not all employees are born leaders, however, it is possible to learn how to be a more effective leader. It can be said that the best leaders display certain qualities that enable them to strive for success. Confidence The role of a leader requires confidence when deadlines are looming, or things aren’t going entirely to plan,…
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Measuring the success of commercial skills training
Training within a business is an action taken to improve performance and ultimately increase profitability. To ensure that the training undertaken is effective, it must be measured and evaluated. Measuring the success of training will enable organisations to understand which methods of training are most effective, as well as allow them to improve the design of training…
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Why your business needs commercial skills training
Commercial skills training can cover a wide range of qualities, from financial to interpersonal skills, and by-and-large will vary from role to role, and by each organisation. Do you want to drive change, and ultimately drive value in your business? Then there are two questions you must ask yourself as a leader; We all want…