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10 Ways to Improve Your Management Skills

Communicating well and often; saying, “Thank you”; and making work fun are just a few things managers can do to ease into the leadership role.

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical’s Sales EDGE

The EDGE Advanced Sales Training program aims to improve patient and practice-centered selling as a competency for Otsuka America Pharmaceutical’s account managers.

Video: From Nicety to Business Necessity

While instant feedback via video enables management to align core workplace competencies, it also represents a platform employees can comfortably engage with.

From Trainee to Employee: A Unique Partnership Tackles the Talent Gap

State Street’s partnership with Year Up, a nonprofit that provides job training to unemployed young adults, offers six-month internships with the aim of turning those interns into full-time employees.

With Great Power Comes…?

Many people pursuing higher-level positions only fall in love with the illusion of power, control, and higher pay that they believe being in management will give to them. But this line of thinking is in serious need of a reality check.

3 Ways to Reinforce Learning in E-Learning

Players on the field are rewarded by the cheer of the crowd and the sight of a ball sailing toward the outfield. How do we capture that feeling for learners and also reinforce learning in e-learning?

Time-Tested Principles for Business and Life

Attending a management seminar based on Earl Nightingale’s audio series, “Lead the Field,” was the beginning of a lifelong journey of discovery, accomplishment, breaking through the limitations imposed by self and others, learning how to respond to crisis and failure, and creating a life of purpose and meaning.

Collaboration Rocks!

Whether you’re involved in emergent collaboration (informal, unstructured, flexible, and often spontaneous) or more structured collaboration (formal, clearly defined, and planned), here are some questions to ask that can help make it work better—both inside and outside the workplace.

Branch Manager Onboarding at DEFENDER Direct

The four-week “Branch Manager Onboarding” program includes job shadowing, one-on-one coaching, and completion of “Branch Manager Simulation Training.”

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