Gender Parity in Business Leadership: Is Change Happening Fast Enough?
When respondents to Brandon Hall Group’s 2016 Women in Leadership Study were asked to rate their organizations on gender parity, 12 percent said they had an equal number of men and women in C-level positions.
5 Tech Leaders Step Up Learning and Development to Engage Employees
While large tech companies may have the money to invest in best-in-class, proprietary L&D programs, many of their best practices don’t require significant resources and budget. Here are five tips companies of any size can implement quickly to bring L&D to their organizations without breaking the bank.
Engaging Content Is Critical for Effective Training Videos
A recent study from TechSmith Corp. found that while video viewing frequency has increased in both instructional and informational videos, more than half (59 percent) of respondents stop watching a video without finishing it.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: Flipping PPL’s Distribution System Operator Program
Classroom-delivered sessions were changed from lectures by the instructors to group discussions and self-education of topics.
Your Training Program Doesn’t Have to Be Locked in a Paper Prison
3 reasons your training materials should be digital.
Training Lessons Learned from Disney
Disney University—which is a process, not an institution—was conceived by Walt Disney himself prior to the opening of Disneyland in the 1950s. Today, every new Cast Member, from senior executives to part-time desk clerks and tour guides, is required to undergo training prior to embarking on her or his day-to-day responsibilities.
10 Reasons DMS Can Save the World’s Workforce
Document Management Software (DMS) can help reinstate efficient processes and educated workers as the backbone of global economic health.
Orgwide Partners with Extended Stay America to Build a Learning Culture
As Extended Stay America was enjoying record growth, it also was grappling with a general manager turnover problem. With goals of extending employee tenure by investing in training, ESA sought to increase top-down support within the company and lay the foundation of a learning culture.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: CDIA+ Training for Sales Managers at Ricoh Americas Corporation
Because Ricoh Americas’ advanced services and imaging systems interface with client networks, CDIA+ training and certification was chosen as a way to enhance the IT knowledge of the company’s sales leaders, while helping them best understand how Ricoh’s portfolio supports client workflow.
Leadership Fit: Right Place, Right Time, Right Glasses
When leadership fits, when the right leader has come to the right place at the right time and is looking at the world through the right glasses—one lens marked Personality and the other Philosophy—something special is going to happen.