Finding the Hidden Treasure in a Job Hunt
By Libby Carter
Current economic conditions have made job-hunting a necessary art form. Potential employees constantly must create new ways in which to differentiate themselves in the market. Since job hunting has become such a long, pain-staking process, one might compare it to a treasure hunt for the most valuable prize—a job. In this case, the one who finds the treasure is the individual who takes a new, fresh approach to accomplishing the task at hand. What does it take to find that “treasured” job?
Transfer of Training: Moving Beyond the Barriers
By Alexis Belair
Q: How can I produce skilled learners in the workplace?
A: It’s simple! Teach for Transfer!
How Intel Salespeople Went from Good to Great
By Margery Weinstein
Realizing that selling methods from the PC industry would not open doors in non-traditional markets, Intel Corp.’s senior leaders challenged the company’s Sales and Marketing group to develop sales talent to better drive Intel’s overall growth strategy and transformation efforts. Here is how this initiative evolved:
Managing Mindset to Break the Cycle of Reactive Decision-Making
By Andrew J. Blum, Managing Partner, The Trium Group
Making Job Fairs Work for You
By Brent O’Bryan, SPHR, Vice President, Learning and Development, AlliedBarton Security Services
What Workers Want
By Dr. Jack Wiley, Founder and Executive director, Kenexa High Performance Institute
For more than 30 years we’ve been asking workers around the world what they most want from the organizations for which they work. The results are fascinating and explain the basic truths about employee needs and desires. They also, and possibly most strikingly, reveal that managers and organizations that give their employees what they want outperform those that don’t.
6 Management Practices for Affecting Workplace Climate
By Maggie Walsh, Ph.D., Vice President and Practice Lead, Leadership for Forum
Dispelling the Myths of Creating a Winning Corporate Culture
By Joseph Gianni, President and CEO, 2logical
Few would deny the majestic power of a winning corporate culture. When the odds are stacked against the success of a mission critical corporate objective, a strong corporate culture can persevere through all kinds of challenges and setbacks—and make, well, even the impossible…possible.
Even in the most turbulent market conditions, a strong corporate culture can shorten the recovery time from minor or major setbacks by as much as tenfold, when compared to an organization lacking the “right stuff.”
Bridging Generational Workplace Chasms
By Jeff Mariola, President, Ambius
“All Baby Boomers who grew up during the period between 1946 and 1964, are afraid of technology.” “Gen Y/Millennials (born between 1982 and 2001) don’t want to work hard.” Have you heard these stereotypes? As a “Boomer” who oversees thousands of people in North America and Europe, I believe there are inherent challenges in managing divergent generations of colleagues, but the opportunities for growth and renewal are far greater.
Salespeople Are Different—and So Are Companies
By Ken Wax
My recent article explored “10 Reasons Why Training Salespeople Is Different and What You Can Do About It” (http://trainingmag.com/article/yes-salespeople-are-different%E2%80%94and-so-training-them). It showed why the very nature of their work makes them different than most other groups.