Tackling Unconscious Bias: A Comic Strip Says 1,000 Words
With so much dry and unengaging content to slog through on a daily basis, comic strips are a light-hearted break to more serious work reading, and a way to get the deeper message across with almost limitless creative ways to use imagery, visual tone, and color to communicate the concept.
Are You a Boss or Are You Bossy?
An analysis of 20 years of 360-degree feedback data suggests that bossiness is a significant factor in career derailment. Here are some tips to change your workplace reputation and avoid being perceived as bossy.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: Consultative Edge: An Underwriting Advantage at Nationwide
Consultative Edge is a two-day training program designed for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s Commercial Lines Business Development and Middle Market Underwriters. It focuses on real-world application and prepares underwriters to serve as sales executives and trusted advisors.
Top 7 Tips to Engage Millennial Workers
According to the Deloitte Millennial Survey 2016, “Businesses must adjust how they nurture loyalty among Millennials or risk losing a large percentage of their workforces. Here are some ways to do that.
Teaching Proactive Learning
What is the best way to “build strong thinking muscles”? Exercise them regularly. That means studying information, practicing technique, and contemplating multiple competing perspectives.
Scaling to the Holidays—Best Practices for Training Seasonal Employees
Successful businesses need to package the right people, content, and format to deliver effective training to seamlessly tackle the holiday rush.
Training magazine Announces 2017 Training Top 125 Winners
Training magazine announces the 2017 Training Top 125 list of leading organizations that excel at employee development. Rankings will be revealed at the Training 2017 Conference & Expo, January 30-February 1 in San Diego, CA.
How Trainers Can Help Spot Sidelined Employees and Return Them to the Starting Lineup
Businesses must do more to prevent dedicated employees from feeling alienated to the point that all they do is the minimum at work while waiting for their shift to end.
Here are 5 specific ways trainers can help motivate and engage sidelined employees.
The Surprising (and Foolproof) Formula for Success
In today’s global economy, it’s not always the smartest, hardest working, or most technically savvy who succeed. Instead, it’s the people with dynamic and honed communication skills
How to Find Employees in the Era of the “New Passive”
In today’s “new passive” market, where nearly everyone can be considered a candidate, creative searching and outside-the-box thinking leads to more effective recruiters, and, in turn, employers that can fill their open jobs and keep more of their employees for the long run.