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Motivated employees are the key to the success of all businesses!

As a business manager, what are your key challenges at the moment?

Chances are, if you are like most managers, it's keeping your people motivated in these difficult times. There are some good articles, tips, free resources, professional contacts, web resources and heaps more on our website that I am sure will be of great help to you. And of course, there's plenty of information about our training and development services should you want some professional assistance.

Whether you are interested inpurchasing our products, partnering with us, or just in need of some free advice, please feel free to contact me or post your question on the Q&A page. There's also my rant on Bob's Blog from time to time where I talk about current areas of interest for practising managers.

All the best with your career as a manager.

Bob Selden

Oh, and I almost forgot . . . there's the review of many of the latest and greatest (?) management, leadership and business books in the Book Review Section.

Why the National Learning Institute™?

Our business is to help managers become better managers.  We'd like to think that our site becomes a real resource centre for managers.  So, whether you are a new manager moving into your first role or an experienced manager looking for that something extra, we trust that you will find it here.  Read on to see some of the great resources we are providing for new and experienced managers.

About The National Learning Institute™

For over 15 years we have been assisting organisations such as Department of Works, 3M, Volvo and many others with their management and leadership development processes (see our testimonials) including all aspects of Learning & Development, 360 feedback, employee feedback surveys and negotiation training. In fact it's through the feedback from firms such as these and the people that work there, that we ourselves have been able to grow and develop. Today, we focus on providing:

• Design of leadership and management development programs & processes for small and large businesses
• 360 degree feedback profiles (e.g. Leadership, Management, Negotiation)
• Employee morale and satisfaction feedback surveys
• Online and blended learning packages and processes

All of which help people grow and develop to their full potential to become “motivated employees”.

After you have had the opportunity to view our services and products we’d appreciate your feedback. Please contact us.

The Resource Centre for Managers

We have received a lot of very positive feedback about the articles provided by the National Learning Institute™ and particularly the tips and techniques for managers. We have also responded to many emails of request for some of the management and training tools that we are providing free on request.

Take the opportunity to have a look at what’s available on employee feedback and motivated employees throughout this site.

Managers, if you'd like some feedback on how you are perceived by your key stakeholders, take the link here to find out how much Leading, Managing and Operating you do with your people. . .

Recently posted . . .

• Does your organization pass the longevity test?

  Over recent times, we've seen organizations such as Arthur Anderson, World Com, Enron, Lehman Brothers and many more disappear.  In fact, of the top 25 industrial corporations in the United States in 1900, only two remained on that list at the start of the 1960s, and of the top 25 companies on the Fortune 500 in 1961, only six remain there today.

  Can we place the blame on the GFC (e.g. Lehman Brothers) or lack of corporate governance (e.g. Enron) or perhaps, poor leadership?   These may well be the excuses, but they are not the causes.  So, what leads to organisational longevity?

• Google and the new management challenge.

  Lars Rasmussen, the Sydney based co-founder of Google maps has just left Google to join Facebook.  Nothing new in that you might say.  People leave organisations all the time.  However, the reasons given by Rasmussen may suggest some important messages for managers in other ground-breaking companies.  They also tend to mirror recent moves by similar creative people leaving other more traditional organisations.

• Respect, trust, confidence and Facebook

  If you don't want to see your firm being slammed by an unhappy employee on Facebook, ask yourself whether you have a culture of recognition within your company. Because such comments invariably stem from someone's lack of trust in their employer - that comes down to poor management and leadership.

• To outsource or not to outsource?

  Since 2009, two of Australia's biggest trade unions have been outsourcing one of their core business activities - member recruitment - to the private sector. The firm, Work Partners employing 90 recruiters, was paid $500 per new union member recruited. As a headline in The Australian newspaper put it, "Unions employ ultimate in outsourcing".

New book reviews . . .

Just published . . ."Hardwired Humans" a great new book by the National Learning Institute's featured author, Andrew O'Keeffe.  For any manager looking to find out why some things work, some don't and some just come naturally, this book is a must.

"The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management" by Jane Jordan-Meier, is a new look at an ever present threat - how to manage the media in a crisis.  Essential reading for any communications manager or CEO.

Managers, looking for someideas or advice?

"Yes, I'd like to improve my management skills" If so, please contact Bob Selden for a no-fuss, obligation free discussion.

"I found Bob a very practical, warm and sympathetic coach. He was very flexible in moving between theory and experience. The work I did with Bob really helped set the direction for the next stage of my career." Jean, Ireland

"Bob is a very experienced coach, who can really mobilize the you in you." Pascal, The Netherlands

"Bob provided me with various practical tools. I can see in Bob the balance between the managerial and the analytical passions. In summary he was an outstanding coach for me." Marwan, Dubai, UAE

"Bob helped me through his coaching in defining what I could work with. He also gave me some great techniques to use. Bob is very helpful and you really feel that he is there for you." Jack, Denmark

You can email, phone or Skype me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Bob Selden.

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