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Best Practices For An Ideal Virtual Training Programme

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Organisations of all sizes have swiftly found themselves having to transfer and deliver what was once live, in-person, training seemingly overnight into online formats. However, just because virtual is possible doesn’t mean that all training has to be converted into virtual training. Having trained hundreds of individuals via live and online training from the start of the pandemic, we have had our share of learning. Here we have compiled some things that organisations should keep in mind to implement a good virtual training programme:

Gamification at Workplace: Everything HR Needs to Know

Gamification has proved to be a great catalyst to enhance employee engagement just as it has transformed customer engagement. Here are 6 areas in which your company can deploy gamification in the workplace.

7 Must-Have Aspects to Upgrade Your L&D Programme

Not just the top management or cost optimisation or technology alone, but employees are also looking at learning in innovative ways. If you haven’t started to change the way learning is implemented in your organisation or are in the transition phase, here are a few questions that will help you get started; here are a few major shifts to consider when you are upgrading your L&D programme…

Foolproof Checklist to Design an Effective Training Programme

Effective training can lead to not only a happier, more satisfied and engaged workforce but also to increase compliance with regulations. It also has a direct impact on the cost of hiring. The benefits are many. However, creating an effective training programme isn’t child’s play. Here are some questions to ask yourself to get started on conceptualising an effective training programme…

4 Ways You Can Adopt a Long-Term Upskilling Programme

India is among the fast-growing countries for startups, and we also have a young population, that is constantly looking for new experiences. Many businesses pivot and certain skill sets suddenly grow redundant. Or, several old world companies have senior staff whose roles are no longer relevant. In such a scenario upskilling become relevant….

How To Effectively Onboard Your New Employee

Do you remember your onboarding at your job? How was your first day, the first week, or the first month at the job? Now as the tables turn and you’re the boss, you have two options. Either repeat the history of what happened with you? Or instead, make the first day of your employees a memorable one. Having creative presentations, active demonstrations and better onboarding could set a positive and productive work environment for the new joinees. These are just some of the ways that would be very helpful in transforming your onboarding process into a dynamic, interesting, job-oriented and effective process.

How To Approach Capacity Building For Your Organisation

Today organisations need to focus on capability building rather than only training, if an organisations want to drive their growth agenda. Here are some guidelines that you could follow.

How To Solve The Talent Crunch

India’s economy is back on track, and renewed optimism means that CEOs in most industry sectors are investing in growth. However, the one dark cloud in this sunny picture is the huge shortage of talent that India Inc. is facing, especially in white collar jobs. In this guest article, Mr. Akhil Shahani – Managing Director of The Shahani Group shares his thoughts with us.

How To Ensure Your First-time Managers Succeed

Becoming a manager for the first time is challenging and a big step along the corporate ladder. The role is challenging, because their success is completely tied to the performance of other people. While this is a tricky path to walk, it is the beginning of upward movement in an organisation.

The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) first began working with Yellow Spark when we were looking to bring on a new external expert for our internal committee as stipulated under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act, 2013. As an organization that is still growing, both in terms of workforce and reach, we have always strived to ensure that our HR policies are up-to-date and truly reflect our inclusive and bias-free philosophy. The team at Yellow Spark invested time and energy to understand our ethos and working structure in-depth. They helped us audit and update our POSH policy. They also designed and executed training on the POSH policy for all our employees, ensuring that the intricacies of the Act were well understood by everybody, irrespective of the language barrier …

Anish Andheria, President - Wildlife Conservation Trust. Mumbai.