The questions asked when hiring professionals can make or break your organization. A great hire can help a company grow. A bad hire, well, that’s another story. The cost of a bad hire can vary widely and the U.S. Department of Labor estimates the average...
It is difficult to be an effective leader guiding a team to success. A leader can unknowingly sabotage a team’s success by his/her actions or inaction. Here are 7 watch-outs for leaders. 1. NOT HOLDING TEAM MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE. This is often wrongfully mistaken for micromanaging. If no...
Working anywhere or anytime in the world is the new paradigm of work teams in our global economy. Virtual work teams bring together expertise and important contributors that may not otherwise be able to work together because of travel, cost or time. Virtual work teams...
The Boston Consulting Group predicts that by 2025 up to one-quarter of jobs will be replaced by smart software or robots.1 Jobs most at risk are those that require only a high school diploma. These jobs typically don’t require much human analysis making it easier...
The goal of corporate training is to provide your team with an opportunity to learn and develop new skills and deepen their knowledge. The more informed and skilled your employees are, the more value they’ll bring your organization. However, if your employees are bored by...
Historically, business culture has always placed value on a cognitive intelligence. However, a person’s cognitive intelligence largely can’t be improved. If a person took an IQ test every five years, the results would remain remarkably consistent. Emotional intelligence, on the other hand, can be improved...
In nearly every industry, the business landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Consumer behaviors have changed, business practices have been modernized, and company priorities have been reorganized again and again. Much of this has been the result of enhancements in technology. Technology has forced many...
The training development industry is always exploring new ways to improve and enhance the experience by shaking up the traditional classroom structure. If there are forms of training that increase the number of information subjects absorb during sessions, they are quickly implemented. What are the trends...
The saying goes “you learn something new every day.” However, if your company is not providing adequate, on-going corporate training, that might not be true. It’s easy to fall into the practice of onboarding new hires with basic skills and sending them off to figure...
