Learning Built From Local Needs Up
By Thomas Berglund, Director of Learning, Lumesse
One of the inevitable challenges for any business that grows to operate on a global level is how to remain relevant locally—how do you embrace everything that access to global markets, economies of scale, and international exposure brings, without losing home-grown skills and focus?
Setting Expectations
In her recent book “IT’S YOUR BUSINESS,” JJ Ramberg, host of the MSNBC program, Your Business,shares tips she’s gathered from six years of interviews with business owners across the country, and from running her own company, http://www.GoodSearch.com. Her book features many tips that could be instrumental in training, including the following:
TIP #61: Have “expectations meetings” with your employees.
Building Connections that Matter
By Melissa G. Wilson and Larry Mohl
How to Leverage Community Investment for Training and Development
By Melanie Holmes, Vice President, World of Work Solutions, ManpowerGroup
Talent Acquisition, Development, and Retention in Emerging Markets
By Frank Waltmann, Ph.D., Head, Corporate Learning, Novartis
The business environment in emerging markets for the next 10 to 20 years will be challenging due to talent shortages and fierce competition for competent, trained employees. A strong leadership brand may be just the elixir as data continues to show talent looks for, and places a high value on, personal and professional growth when choosing where to build a career.
5 Ways to Foster Innovation
Innovation is a hot topic for businesses. Everyone wants it, but how do you know if you have it? In Brandon Hall Group’s recent survey on Relationship Centered Learning, participants were asked to describe their company’s top two business priorities, and Improving Innovation was one of the top picks. How do you know if you are encouraging innovation in your organization? Here are some ways companies can foster innovation:
How to Take the High Road in Communication
By Patti Lind, Founding Partner, Lind Consulting Group
When I come out to talk with groups, there is invariably someone in the audience who says, “I don’t buy this. I am who I am and if people can’t accept that, then that is their problem.”
Why Trainers Lack InfluenceﾗAnd How They Can Get It
By Joseph Grenny, Co-Founder, VitalSmarts
There’s a lot more to influencing new behavior than just delivering high-quality training. Once training finishes, participants return to work and immediately are pulled in a dozen different directions. In fact, research suggests that all these distractions are the reason why less than 10 percent of what is taught in the classroom translates into real behavior change back at work.
So what can trainers do to ensure learning translates into action?
LMS Case Study: Seattle Childrenﾒs Hospital
By K.M. Lowe
The Importance of Measurement in Employee Engagement
By Alan E. Hall, Founder and Chairman, MarketStar (now a division of Omnicom)
Imagine half of your workforce going through the motions while looking for other employment. According to a recent Gallup study on employee engagement, approximately 54 percent of employees in the United States are not engaged in their organization (http://www.gallup.com/poll/150383/Majority-American-Workers-Not-Engaged-Jobs.aspx).
