Training Day Blog

Savvy employers are starting to recognize the benefits to innovation of getting input from people whose brains work differently from most others’.

The security to make mistakes and be different and creative in the workplace is essential to innovation and invention.

Asking employees for long-winded, in-depth feedback about their bosses as part of a 360-degree performance review can be daunting, but requesting them to submit a list of the top few things they would like to change about their bosses quickly gets to the point of how each manager most needs to improve.

In leadership development programs, should there be a segment on how to gain the attention of people in the organization who can support and bolster an employee’s career? If so, what can you teach people about how to do that?

With open-plan office layouts taking away the joy of a personalized workspace, clothing remains a bastion of self-expression.

The first step to making salaries public is to set up a salary formula that would be used for all employees.

87 percent of business leaders Mars Petcare surveyed across the country cited welcoming pets in the workplace as a great tool to attract and retain talent.

With wellness initiatives in the office, a part of employees’ lives—their diet and fitness—that used to be considered strictly private—now is open for discussion and criticism.

Many men have taken the MeToo lesson to mean walking on eggshells around women employees, rather than improving their view of women’s capabilities and ability to move up the ranks of their organization.

I’ve heard that happy employees tend to be more productive and provide better customer service, but I also can’t escape from the fact that “happiness” sometimes is a benefit touted to offset poor pay.