2010 January Training News and Notes
By Liz Wheeler
BOGO
Again in 2010
The Bob Pike Group will continue with
its Buy One-Get One discount into 2010. The discount allows registrants to pay
full-price for one registration for any workshop and then either attend a
second workshop at half the regular price or send a colleague for half-price. "While
we may be coming out of a recession, it's going to be slow-going," said Becky
Pluth, vice president of training and development. "We want to do what we can
to partner with those trainers to make continuing excellence affordable." To
use the BOGO discount, you must register by telephone at 800-383-9210. For a
list of our workshops, go here.
Silver
Lining in Lousy Economy: Pay Raises for Talent
High performing companies are looking for
ways to retain top talent-which includes pay raises, according to a recent
study by Institute for Corporate Productivity. The study, summarized in ASTD's
Learning Circuits newsletter in October, showed that 18 percent of high-performing organizations have
already taken the step of increasing compensation levels to reduce turnover,
compared to 7 percent of lower performers. Over the next six to 12 months, the
same ratio of high performers (18 percent) plan to implement pay raises, while
almost a quarter (24 percent) of lower performers have plans to do so.
Other means of reducing turnover include better internal communications,
increased focus on talent management and increased focus on succession
planning. According to the article, "Among higher market performers, a full 91
percent point to communication as their top method of staunching turnover,
compared to 71 percent of lower performers."
