How Controlling Your Emotional Responses Can Improve Your Performance at Work
Emotional coherence begins with a fundamental awareness of our emotional state. This requires us to “tune in” to our body and how we are feeling. If we start to become much more precise in our emotional literacy, then we can come up with a more effective strategy for dealing with negative emotions and creating a positive emotional state.
Why Building a Team of Leaders Will Transform Your Organization
People want to be involved, challenged, and empowered. They want to be part of something that is bigger than them, and they want to make a difference. Moreover, they want to continue to grow and develop.
Field Certifications at Owens & Minor Medical Inc.
Criteria for the DC (Distribution Center) certification include completing a core curriculum, passing a comprehensive exam measuring the effectiveness of the learning, meeting expectations for performance and safety, and a strong attendance record.
How New Belgium Scales a Learning, Beer-Loving Culture
From day one, everyone is encouraged to take a self-directed, individualized approach to learning and development. Company managers have discovered that this level of empowerment makes employees more eager to learn. Today, employees ask for—and receive—courses on everything from basic finance to an overview of the brewing industry to lessons on how to make beer.
Virtually There: 5 Best Practices for Designing Virtual and Blended Learning
Spending a day or two planning on paper, away from authoring tools and virtual classroom environments, will go a long way toward making sure your development initiative is on track.
The Art of Balance: Cultivating a Sustainable Workplace
With the three key ingredients of trust, conversation, and flexibility, organizations can take meaningful steps toward easing the work/life issues plaguing the American workforce.
Presenting the X Factor with Personal Websites
Training individuals to create an online presence that they own and maintain provides the opportunity for them to stand out, create differentiation, communicate personal value, reinforce personal branding, and make them memorable to potential employers.
Accelerate the Self-Leadership Challenge
Self-leadership is not self-absorption; it involves looking inwardly to contribute outwardly. As self-leaders, we take personal responsibility and accountability for being effective in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
Developing Underwriting Talent at Nationwide Insurance
The Commercial Staff Underwriting Training Department developed two programs to specifically align with the strategic priority to develop underwriting talent: School of Commercial Underwriting (SCU) and Intermediate Underwriting Series (IUS).
Switching Between Sectors? Beware Career Culture Shock
Finding leadership success in a different employment sector requires not just brains but also cultural adaptability.