The Changing Face of Employee Engagement
Advice for transition to a Millennial-dominated workforce
Living Your Corporate Philosophy by Personal Experience
The ancient Japanese martial art of archery—Kyudo—can provide wisdom and insight into the dynamics of workplace management.
Developing a New Talent Pipeline
How to incorporate an untapped pool of talent that can generate double bottom-line results.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Termination
When a manager is weighing the option of terminating an employee due to disciplinary issues or work performance, he or she must lay the groundwork well in advance to ensure the termination is done properly and is well documented.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: General Manager Onboarding at La Quinta Inns & Suites
During their first two weeks on the job, new general managers are partnered with a field training manager, who conducts in-person facilitated training at a certified training hotel.
7 Reasons to Choose a SharePoint LMS for Compliance Training
A SharePoint learning management system offers diverse training content types (video, audio, graphics) and rich collaboration and gamification features that can make compliance training more entertaining for employees and automate creating and managing learning materials.
Why Story? Why Now?
Storytelling puts all of us in the position to know our work more deeply and intimately through a story. Meanwhile, stories themselves work all kinds of magic on communication, from delivering emotional relevance to bringing data to life to transferring knowledge in an engaging and memorable way.
The 5% Solution: Not Noticing You’re Missing
The 5% Solution shows managers how investing just 5% of each regularly scheduled performance management conference fulfills their responsibilities of stewardship of their vital human resources.
The Psychology Behind Creating a Sales Readiness Culture
Overcoming the “forgetting curve” to enable sales rep retention and application of knowledge and skills.
Diamonds in the Rough: Work Lessons from Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein
Nowadays, I am fascinated by organizational lessons and how they might apply to my worklife. Theo Epstein’s expert helming of the Chicago Cubs offers myriad lessons for study and inspiration.