Training Day Blog

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

The trick to making movies count as a training tool is setting the stage for employees with a conversation beforehand with questions to consider as they watch, and then to follow up with a conversation after in which employees are asked to share their answers to those questions.