Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
How Happy are Your Employees?
Recent studies suggest that a significant portion of the workforce is disgruntled. While the unfortunate state of the economy in the last few years has made it less likely that employees will voluntarily leave their jobs, it hasn’t stopped them from longingly eyeing the exit sign.
What are your employees complaining about?
In an article and infographic from Inc., Matthew Wong quoted a recent report that suggests 86% of employees plan on looking for a new job in 2013, up from 60% in 2009. That means that the majority of your workforce may be thinking about leaving. Even if only a small portion successfully finds other employment, low employee morale negatively impacts productivity and commitment to everyday tasks.
To survive in a down economy, many companies have had to limit raises and reevaluate benefit packages. Additionally, employees have been asked to do more with less. While these measures often help employers avoid layoffs, workers are feeling the pinch. The top employee complaints are on-the-job stress, health benefits and salary.
Most employees surveyed were completely satisfied with some aspect of their jobs, with coworkers, vacation time and bosses being the big winners. When you consider that the top complaints are with areas controlled by the company and satisfaction lies with their comrades and escape, the news isn’t good.
Understand what your employees need.
Sometimes the novelty of perks can boost morale, e.g. coffee service in the break room, free massages once a quarter or a tablet for personal use. But for long-term impact on employee satisfaction, you need to understand what your employees need. And those needs can differ significantly based on a variety of contributing factors, including gender and age.
Studies indicate that while men are focused on money and promotions, women are a bit more likely to want a more flexibility. Employees ages 33 to 50 tend to want higher job titles and those 32 and younger feel they need more training. When you get to the root of what they want, you can see that employees need to feel as though they are valuable parts of the company. They need to know that they are working toward a goal and progressing in their careers.
Make them feel valued.
Chances are you’re not in a position to offer raises and promotions to everyone; the good news is that you may not have to. Harvard Business School professor Teresa M. Amabile said, “Of all the things that contribute to a happy workday, the one thing that stands out from my research is making progress on meaningful work. Feeling like you are able to move forward on a daily basis engenders real joy.”
There a number of ways you can make your employees feel valued and increase satisfaction. Make it clear to your employees that you understand their need to grow professionally and progress in their careers. There are variety ways to do this, such as creating career tracks, providing coaching opportunities, and giving employees access to job training and skill building assets. These measures can help redirect wandering eyes and give employees a goal to focus on—a bright future with your company.
Contact Information:
TRACK Learning Solution
Sharq, Ahmad Al Jabber Street Kuwait City, Kuwait
T: +965 223 22 591
F: +965 223 22 590
Website : www.trackls.com
Email: Consultant@trackls.com
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Environmental, Safety and Health Compliance—More than 40 Years of Progress
Environmental, Safety and Health Compliance—More than 40 Years of Progress
By Allison von Gruenigen, Compliance Solutions Consultant, Skillsoft
Did you know that in 1969 one of America’s rivers was so polluted with oil and trash that it caught fire? That forty years ago on average, 38 U.S. workers died on the job each day? In 1970, Congress passed laws to protect both human health and the environment. These laws have greatly improved our lives and compliance training has played a major role in achieving the goals set by the agencies tasked with defining and upholding the laws. Skillsoft offers over 125 Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) titles that support the laws and enhance a learner’s ability to help protect their self, their co-workers, the environment and their community.
Occupational safety and health
Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1970 to assure safe and healthful conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and compliance assistance. Under the OSHA law, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their workers.
In four decades, OSHA and their state partners, coupled with the efforts of employers, safety and health professionals, unions and advocates, have had a dramatic effect on workplace safety.
- Since 1970, workplace fatalities have been reduced by more than 65 percent and occupational injury and illness rates have declined by 67 percent. At the same time, U.S. employment has almost doubled.
- Worker deaths in America are down — from about 38 worker deaths a day in 1970 to 13 a day in 2011.
- Worker injuries and illnesses are down — from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to fewer than 4 per 100 in 2010.
Environmental protection
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans [one in every ten Americans at the time] stood up to demand a cleaner and healthier environment. This first Earth Day was one of the largest grassroots demonstrations in our nation’s history and it worked. By the end of the year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created and tasked with both cleaning up the damage already done to the environment and establishing guidelines to help Americans make a cleaner and safer environment a reality.
The vast environmental improvements made in the last 40 years have benefitted every single American.
Air quality
- In the 40 years since the Clean Air Act went into effect, America has reduced 60% of the dangerous air pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, lead poisoning and more.
- Today, new cars are 98 percent cleaner than in 1970 in terms of smog-forming pollutants. This change has made Americans healthier.
Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so filled with oily waste and industrial pollution that it actually caught fire. Today, the EPA is working to protect the water resources that keep our families healthy, our communities clean, and our country strong.
- Sixty-percent more Americans were served by publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities from 1968 to 2008.
- In a study of lakes from the 1970s to 2007, water quality improved. Half the lakes saw less nutrient concentrations (forming green sludge) and a quarter saw improved trophic status.
- Today, more than 2,000 water bodies identified as impaired in 2002 now meet water quality standards.
- The number of Americans receiving drinking water that met health standards went from 79 percent, in 1993, to 92 percent, in 2008.
- American families and businesses went from recycling about 10 percent of trash in 1980 to more than 33 percent in 2008. America recycles 83 million tons of trash annually. That’s like cutting green house gas emissions from more than 33 million automobiles.
Watch this video montage of archival and contemporary footage that captures some of the most pivotal and memorable events of past 40 years of the environmental protection movement.
Skillsoft’s ESH compliance solutions
Skillsoft offers over 125 ESH courses, with translated courses available in the following languages (not all courses are available in all languages):
- Latin American Spanish
- Chinese Mandarin
- Canadian English and French
- German
Contact Information:
TRACK Learning Solution
Sharq, Ahmad Al Jabber Street Kuwait City, Kuwait
T: +965 223 22 591
F: +965 223 22 590
Website : www.trackls.com
Email: Consultant@trackls.com
Monday, June 17, 2013
Seminar4Success "The Role of Technology in Learning and Development"
Track Learning Solutions Successfully Launched Seminar4Success at Marina Hotel Kuwait
Track Learning Solutions Successfully launched Seminar4Success at Marina Hotel Kuwait and Announced Innovative Learning Award 2013, As part of its continues efforts in helping organizations achieve their training and business objectives, Track Learning Solutions held a full day Seminar in Marina hotel
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About Track learning solutions
With more than 10 years’ experience in the e-learning industry, Tack Learning Solution provide the latest Technology Based Learning Solutions in the MENA region, with presence in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria and other countries. Track Learning Solution partners with SkillSoft, Dexway, Jzero and IBTA delivers innovative learning solutions using
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
10x10x10x: A Model for Creating a Nimble, Adaptable Workforce
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Only when the most advanced technology and the most powerful language learning method are united is it possible for a student to learn a language naturally. Immersion in a sea of new words, absorption of structures and remembering content effortlessly.
The dexway courses have been developed for people that want to learn easily and while having fun, almost without realising thanks to the dexway experience. Only the dexway platform and the experience services allow a natural style of learning and give the maximum possible guarantee of success and commitment.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Expert teachers guarantee success
According to the main language institutions in Europe, the most important element in language training is “the quality of the training and the educational tools”. Much more than perfect pronunciation that can be solved with multimedia resources.
For that reason, a native tutor doesn’t guarantee success. An expert teacher in language training will be needed to do so.
According to Instituto Cervantes, the main institution that promotes the Spanish language, they don’t ask their teachers to be native. The important thing for them is that their teachers have to be expert. They have to have a degree, all the communicative skills; they have to know about the training process, word’s origin, the grammar and vocabulary. The British Council, the great English institution, agrees with this.
dexway works along this lines. We make every effort to select the best teachers, native and experts in language training and furthermore experts in technology based training. Our teachers are trained to offer the best attention and the best online language training.
Because as Richard Bueno, academic assistant principal of the Instituto Cervantes, says “the most important thing is to emphasis the teacher’s training and to support this with new technologies”, a thing that we do everyday in dexway.
Sam P. is one of our teachers. He has a Postgraduate certificate in Education and Bachelor of Science with honours. He has a lot of experience teaching English since 2006 and he does his best everyday in order that students learn English without any problems everyday.In dexway we know the power of having expert teacher joining the student and we invest in this everyday to do so.
For More information: Emailus @: consultant@trackls.com Call us: +965 223 225 91
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