Training Top 125 Best Practice: Leadership Direct at Edward Jones
After introducing the virtual instuctor-led training, Leadeship Direct, to developing department leaders scattered in various locations, Edward Jones observed readiness improvements, promotions, and statistical evidence that internal promotions and successor depth are moving in the right direction.
Human Resources: A Valued Department or a Burden?
In some regions, HR is perceived as a burden because it does not bring in direct business. But what many business leaders don’t realize is that HR actually does contribute to profit by eliminating potential losses.
Teaching Positive Attitude
When you can make “attitude”—good and bad—less vague and more about specific observable behaviors, it helps people become more aware and more purposeful about mitigating their negative behaviors and accentuating their positive behaviors.
4 Ways to Build Gold Medal Teams that Power Company Culture
There is no “I” in team. We all need the support of others. The greatest wins come when people join together to overcome tremendous odds or collaborate to bring something amazing to the world. It’s no different in business.
Admitting You’re Wrong Means You’re Strong
Taking responsibility when it matters the most.
Promoting Sales Leadership
Sales managers aren’t just good salespeople. So what does it take?
Leader Problem? Or Leadership Problem?
Leadership involves far more than the person who holds the leader title. It is a social process that enables individuals to work together as a cohesive group to produce collective results. To diagnose the source of problems in this process, one needs to take a whole system rather than an individual leader perspective.
Training Top 125 Best Practice: Meaningful Use at Miami Children’s Health System
“Meaningful Use” entails using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to improve quality, safety, and efficiency, and reduce health disparities. To implement Meaningful Use across all clinical disciplines at Miami Children’s Health System, 1,800 new workflows were developed and just-in-time training was created to achieve compliance.
4 Ways to Calculate Employment Engagement ROI
By calculating potential productivity gains, absenteeism reduction savings, a shortened training cycle, and reduced attrition, you can build a solid business case for a gamification strategy to increase employee engagement.
August 2016’s Top Reads
More than 11,000 business books are published every year—an overwhelming choice for busy professionals. Therefore, in partnership with getAbstract, Training brings you August’s top three business books recommended to our readers.

