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En Garde! An HR Experience

Tales from an HR manager, including dealing with a knife-wielding employee who’s just been fired (for cause).

Trait 12: Taking the Necessary Risks

The objective isn’t just to take risks; it’s to get results. But that often can’t happen unless you are willing to place your bets on different strategies and tactics, understanding that the chance of failure is always present.

Art as Data: Training the Brain to “See”

What captures our attention often is the new, the different, but is that the information that matters? We often miss the simple, straightforward, and familiar.

Effective Ways to Manage Your Compliance Training

Non-typical ways your organization can deliver compliance training and what features your learning management system (LMS) must have.

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Genentech, Inc.’s Procurement Academy

The Procurement Academy is a role- and competency-based library of offerings that allow a user to personalize his or her learning.

Bridging the Gap: Improving Intergenerational Communication

With so many people of different ages being asked to work together, there are bound to be a few bumps in the road. A lack of respect between generations often can flare up if individuals focus on each other’s differences rather than the strengths and skills each generation brings.

A Story of Discrimination…Yes, I Am Judging You

In corporate America, people rarely give us feedback on the “little” things that matter—like how we look or how we make them feel. But they discriminate based on these things—silently.

Building Language and Communication Skills for Success on the World Stage

Learning and Development professionals who manage to align language and communication skills development with broader corporate objectives will maximize the training budget and position themselves as strategic stakeholders.

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Retail Onboarding at New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

The organization’s Employee Development & Training team updated the way participants are evaluated and graded throughout the New Hire Training program. Performance ratings now include feedback and scores on professional behavior, participation, and written and practical knowledge.

Hiring Outsiders: The Caffeinated Choice?

Organizations can get a welcome jolt of enthusiasm, innovation, and creativity when they venture beyond their comfort zones to find new talent.

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