Training Day Blog

A recent study reveals that differences in comfort with technology is actually the least important difference between the generations.

Creating a focused, yet comfortable and creative, environment in which new ideas and vibrant discussion is encouraged.

A look at six workplace issues that make women—and perhaps men, too—unhappy in their careers.

Trainers cultivating new managers can help reduce workplace neurosis by offering each employee a performance review at least once a year that’s checked by Human Resources and the head of each manager’s department.

What do you teach managers about communicating with employees, so they get the desired message without feeling alienated or resentful? Does a generational shift in the workplace also necessitate a shift in communication style?

How do you keep your work processes and products interesting and stimulating for your employees and customers?

What does your company teach executives and managers about facilitating employee wellness? What aspects of your corporate culture make wellness more, rather than less, likely?

What productive conversations, related to the workplace and business, can arise from the political debates happening right now? As Learning professionals, how can you create a safe and constructive forum for those discussions to take place?

Do you make it easy for employees to openly and constructively discuss uncomfortable issues with each other?

Employees get energized when they see they have a future at the company, and their hard work is going to result in a pay raise, a higher-level title, and/or more exciting or challenging responsibilities.