Pardon the Intermission: The Power of Learners Pausing Video
Watching video is a passive activity; however, when using the pause button, we can interject an active learning moment such as having viewers create something or practice a skill or task.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: Employee Benefits Education Program at Vi
Besides teasers, education campaign buttons, posters, and communications in local and company newsletters, Vi’s Management Development Program participants engaged in educating their colleagues about Vi’s new interactive employee benefits tool.
How to Get Your Coaching Program to Carnegie Hall
Delivering or understanding a coaching process can be achieved by e-learning, a traditional workshop, or even reading a book. However, actually becoming a coach is much more difficult, and practice is the tool of choice.
Are You on Autopilot?
Always prepare for your future, no matter where you are along your career path. Try not to become complacent and believe this is all there is and this is the best you can do.
Meaningful Learning Measurement Continues to be an Elusive Goal
Only 6 percent of organizations are truly measuring all different types of learning with an eye on business results, according to Brandon Hall Group’s 2016 Learning Measurement Study.
Under the Hood of the MBTI Online Assessment
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment instrument can be beneficial when used for its designed purpose. It’s not designed to predict performance—in fact, the theory behind the instrument pre-supposes that someone of any personality type is capable of performing well in any profession.
How Your LMS Can Drive Culture: The Case of Einstein Noah and Caribou Coffee
An important question for businesses and organizations facing growth and change is to ask how a learning management system (LMS) can help adapt to and navigate those changes while maintaining the core culture that was foundational for success.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s PowerPathway
PowerPathway is a collaboration between local colleges, the public workforce development system, and unions to enlarge the talent pool of qualified candidates for entry-level opportunities.
How to Improve Retention Rates by Creating a Culture of Care
During the last three years, FirstLight Home Care has seen less than 20 percent turnover of home health-care workers well below the industry standards. Its solution? Take the time to hire right, offer better working conditions, make employees feel valued, pay them a fair wage, and create a “Culture of Care.”
THINK: A Scientific Breakthrough in Job Descriptions and Performance Improvement
A seven-step job description system that is identical for every level job, from top to bottom.

