Essays on Coaching AND Mentoring

Introduction

Leadership skills are critical in situations where a firm intends to conduct a succession of its leadership on a periodic basis. Leadership competencies are necessary skills in ensuring a smooth flow in leadership succession and in the development of the potential of the employees who will help an organization attain its vision (Delbridge, et al. 2007, p. 42). The current trend is characterized by seasoned managers and leaders who are retiring from their business ventures thereby creating a gap that needs to be filled through practical leadership training and mentorship. The aim of this paper is to examine the ...

Introduction

The human resource department is considered responsible for setting the cultural tone of a company. They issue policies and raise awareness of the current workplace legislation and educate employees on the right way to discharge their duties. HR is also responsible for attracting and retaining high-quality professionals. Obviously, the workplace will lose its savor without the important role of the HR department. In today’s workplace, soft capitalism has been effectively wielded by the organization as an invaluable human resource management tool. Soft capitalism as opposed to hard capitalism is employee centric and has a strong relationship with emotional ...

Literature Review

Abstract Nowadays attracting and retaining professional and skilled staff has become a challenge for many companies. Many organizations experience significant turnover that adds complications to their business activity. Providing employees with the rewards of different kinds helps companies to deal with this problem, assists with retaining talent, and reduces expenses for hiring. The rewards offered by the organizations can be of different kinds and serve various goals. Rewards can be financial and non-financial, extrinsic and intrinsic. Management of these rewards differs from company to company and is usually designed to serve the certain goals of the organizations. One more ...

Abstract

Employee training is critical for any organization to succeed. A company such as Starbucks takes pride in the quality and consistency of its products. The company has a need for a new training program. The training needs assessment, setting up of objectives, choosing training design, the mode of training delivery, and training evaluation have already been completed and delivered to Starbucks. This paper will outline the Starbucks training program. It will enunciate the advantages of the training for the individual as well as the organization. Keywords: Training Design, Starbucks

Introduction

Starbucks has a philosophy of treating employees as partners so ...