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Refuel Your Fire

While your time is a finite resource, your energy level is a renewable one. Slogging away at your desk isn’t the answer to getting more done. Take time each day to refuel your fire—take a walk, play a short game, give a friend a call. When you do this, you increase your productivity.

Supercompetent Speaking: Last-Minute Presentations

Here are some suggestions that can help you make that last-minute presentation a memorable one—in a good way.

Learning and Development: A Conversation a Manager Has to Have

Managers need to adopt a multi-dimensional approach to learning and development in which L&D experiences and activities combine three approaches: person-centered, technical-centered, and problem-centered.

American Infrastructure’s Career Track Program

Civil construction company and material supplier American Infrastructure developed its Career Track Program to provide recent college graduates and other qualified employees with a career ladder into higher-level positions within the organization.

Making the Most of Customer Relationships

Without a strong relationship with our customers, we will not experience overall success and increased revenue.

5 Tricks to Help Solve Common Problems at Work

The last one will make you want to leave the office.

Rich New Training Technologies for Professional Development

3-D assets, simulations, and augmented reality visualizations offer vast new possibilities for improving professional development and training.

Should Leaders be Feared, Liked, or Respected?

If people respect you, they may disagree with you. Even worse, they might not really like you, but despite all of that, you will find they still will perform for you. Respect is not inherited because of your title, power, authority, or seniority; it must be earned.

Rapid Deployment of Enterprise Hazard Communications Training at Chesterfield County, VA

Chesterfield County’s safety officer partnered with the Center for Organizational Excellence’s safety trainers and curriculum development staff to custom design and develop a 30-minute online course authored in Adobe Captivate to educate employees on the symbols, terminology, and hazard expectations for a new global chemical labeling system.

What They Don’t Say Matters

When it comes to assessing comprehension of students, nonverbal feedback can speak volumes. What do you do when the training occurs online?

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