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“Playing is a key tool we use to engage L’Oréal employees”, Eric de la Tour, Business Excellence director
Eric De La Tour, director of Business Excellence at L’Oréal, responds to some questions regarding his vision on corporate training based on his experience with this French cosmetics company’s sales team What is your role in L’Oréal? I am responsible…
How to improve your team’s skills and performance
Your main goal as a leader is to guarantee that your team members have the necessary tools to do their job properly. A good leader works at the team’s service, not the other way around. Try to always look for…
How to motivate your team in meetings – Checklist
Tell your team you’re going to ask for them help to improve the team management: Meet separately with the team members in a one-to-one 30-minute interview, and ask them to answer the questions on the checklist below. Be responsible for…
Ideas for rewarding your team
Rewarding your team is part of your role as a leader. You need to provide them with feedback. When goals are achieved you must do something to keep the motivation high, and we would like to share some ideas about…
How to claim the value of your company in negotiation: the example of Google and Groupon
At the end of 2010, Google made an offer of $ 6 billion for Groupon, the technology Chicago-based company that sends emails with daily coupon offers for local products and services to consumers around the world. Starting off the negotiation…
Apollo-Optik uses a serious game to put on the “leader glasses”
Apollo-Optik is a German optician company and is part of Grandvision Group. Apollo was founded in 1972 and is based in the Bavarian city of Schwabach. With more than 850 stores, Apollo is the largest optical retailer in Germany. The…
Keys to avoid procrastinating and increase your productivity
It might seem that procrastination is a word more fit for the worlds of medicine or meteorology because of its Latin origin, but no; In fact, we often use it in our daily lives because it refers to the habit…
Why use video games for your team’s onboarding
The onboarding process is vital for your organization to function effectively. On the one hand, you do not want to invest time in unproductive and repetitive aspects of your day to day tasks, but on the other, you want to…
NHS Wales uses a video game for developing soft skills
NHS Wales (Welsh National Health Service) joins the long list of public agencies around the world that have validated and demonstrated the effectiveness of the video game in the field of corporate training. The difference with NHS Wales is that…
How to draw up an internal communication plan step by step
When it comes to running an effective business and having informed employees, you need to have an internal communication plan in place. This will ensure that everyone knows what is expected of them. Without proper corporate communication, this can lead…
7 Examples Of Successful Digital Transformation In Business
Digital transformation is driving business innovation for companies in many industries. It involves a lot more than simply updating the technology and processes they use. Innovation in business requires levels of investment that, done strategically, can result in increased revenue…
Banesco consolidates its digital transformation thanks to game-based learning
Banesco is the largest private bank in Venezuela with over six million customers and nearly 1,600 ATMs in the country. The bank has offices in the United States, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Spain, where it provides…
What Is The Cybersecurity Framework For Businesses?
Cybersecurity is essential for all companies that manage a website or sell their products online. Most companies use cloud storage in the modern-day, and they have social media feeds that are also online. The NIST cybersecurity framework helps businesses protect…
CaixaBank Consumer Finance’s game-based learning contributes to increase business acquisition
With more than 32,000 employees and almost 14 million clients, CaixaBank is Spain’s third largest financial institution in terms of assets. Its subsidiary, CaixaBank Consumer Finance, specializes in consumer and business financing and the provision of consumer credit. CaixaBank Consumer…
Step-by-step guide to implementing a new e-learning platform for corporate training
E-learning training enables managers to free up extra time and resources on traditional in-person employee training and continuing education to help ensure employees remain compliant by enabling them to provide educational courses via e-learning software, which can be accessed using…
Vestas adapts to the changing wind power industry with a video game
The Danish company Vestas is the world’s top wind power company. With over 24,000 employees in 76 countries, Vestas specializes in the design, manufacture, sales, installation and maintenance of wind turbines. Leading into 2016, the company had already installed 59,909…
What is corporate communication?
Corporate communication, both internal and external, is about the two-fold mission of managing all communication and messaging within corporations. Most large businesses hire and dedicate entire departments to oversee this critically important role. Internally, communication managers are charged with developing…
Packt Publishing reasserts its technological leadership thanks to the videogame Pacific
Packt Publishing is a global on-demand technology book publishing company based in Birmingham (United Kingdom). Founded in 2004, the company is a sector bellwether, providing IT professionals worldwide with tutorials, guides, specialized books, e-books, videos and courses. The British company…
Gamelearn opens its subscription platform and increases its video games offer by 2020
During the Gamelearn Annual Event held in Madrid, the company’s CEO, Ibrahim Jabary, communicated the new business model to which the Spanish-based technology company adheres. The previous credit purchase system has now transformed into a subscription model similar to that…
Gamelearn shares the advantages of game-based learning at Zukunft Personal 2019
Gamelearn was one of the few companies to develop game-based e-learning for corporate training and communication within the Zukunft Personal Europe 2019. HR managers from multiple organizations gather at this fair where they discover an impressive range of solutions related…