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How to Develop Personalized Learning Paths

How to Develop Personalized Learning Paths

In an evolving business landscape, where the younger generations have higher expectations for their employers, it is becoming increasingly important to recognize the significance of nurturing your greatest asset—your employees. In order to do so, your company should...

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How to Develop Personalized Learning Paths

In an evolving business landscape, where the younger generations have higher expectations for their employers, it is becoming increasingly important to recognize the significance of nurturing your greatest asset—your employees. In order to do so, your company should...

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Company Culture Check During COVID-19

Company Culture Check During COVID-19

The culture of your company is more than just your vision and mission – it’s your values, too. While a time of crisis may leave you feeling overwhelmed with challenges beyond your control, it’s also a good time to conduct a quick “culture audit.” It’s important to...

How Employee Training Strategies Foster Teamwork

How Employee Training Strategies Foster Teamwork

What if you invest in training for your employees and they leave? Sure, that’s a risk. A bigger risk, though, is not training them, and they stay. Untrained employees have no sense of teamwork, don’t work toward a common goal, and don’t particularly care about the...

Broadcast Your Crisis Communication

Broadcast Your Crisis Communication

During times of crisis, you may feel like it’s all you can do to keep up with changes happening to your business. Even if you’re short on time, it’s important that you stay visible to your employees. They need to hear from you – and see you – now more than ever. While...

Problem-Solving at Your Fingertips

Problem-Solving at Your Fingertips

Have you considered bringing in a consultant to evaluate your business? The idea is that input from an outsider can uncover gaps in your training, processes, and procedures. A new problem-solving perspective can open your eyes to aspects of your operation that haven’t...

Do’s and Don’ts of Crisis Leadership

Do’s and Don’ts of Crisis Leadership

Whether you’re the owner of a big firm or the manager of a neighborhood store, you made a promise to lead your team through good times and bad. Decisions, of course, come much easier in good times. During times of crisis, the challenges you face are often completely...

Why Setting Goals Matters

Why Setting Goals Matters

​How do you measure success? For many, the greatest sense of accomplishment comes from achieving a goal. Here’s the challenge – if you don’t establish goals, you won’t know when you reach them. Research shows that goal setting improves performance 20 to 25 percent....

e-Learning by the Numbers

e-Learning by the Numbers

​Business leaders used to ask, “Why should we implement e-Learning?” Now, with the explosion of e-Learning solutions taking over corporate training programs, the more important question is “Why wouldn’t we implement e-Learning?” If you’re not already using some form...

5 Human Resources Trends for the New Year

5 Human Resources Trends for the New Year

In human resources, some things change and some things stay the same. For example, the basic needs of the people you serve are fairly stable year to year. Employees want to be treated fairly, appreciated frequently, and listened to continually. When business leaders...

What’s Your Focus for the New Year?

What’s Your Focus for the New Year?

It’s that time again – time to write your new year’s resolutions. Resolutions always seem like a good idea, don’t they? After all, studies show that about half of all Americans make resolutions. The downside is that less than 10 percent of those who make them,...