Training Day Blog

Can You Train for (Admirable) Values?

The values you encourage and train on shape your employees’ performance, and the products and services they deliver to customers.

Should You Judge Job Applicants by Their Facebook Page?

According to a recent CareerBuilder study, hiring managers in information technology and sales are the most likely to use social networks to screen candidates, while professional and business services were least likely.

Is Even Workplace Paradise Torture?

While Google often is lauded for its progressive, employee-friendly workplace, even its employees are not always as happy as they thought they would be.

Does Your Company Have Room to Change?

With many Baby Boomers putting off retirement and continuing in their senior-level jobs, mid-level employees may find it difficult to blaze a path to advancement.

Who Drives Your Corporate Culture?

A recent survey showed evidence that it is employees—not senior executives—who drive corporate culture.

Is Creative, Unique Leadership Valued?

If we want innovative companies, with "out-of-the-box" thinking, it would seem that they should be looking for people who seem a little out of the ordinary, but that often isn’t the case.

How Many of Your Company’s Rules Need to Be Overruled?

Many corporate rules are based on not believing in employees’ sense of responsibility and judgment.

How Honest Is Your Office?

Competition is one of the primary reasons bosses lie to their employees, and why employees lie to their peers.

Should Employees Be Able to Rate Their Boss and Company?

I’ve grappled for a long time with the question of how to best inform company leaders of managers who need to go, and internal ratings seem like as good an idea as any.

Human Capital Trends to Prepare for

From “teaming” to searching for new leaders and cultivating mid-level employees, here are some trends that may have an impact on your organization.

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