Retraining

5 Ways AI Is Changing the Face of Learning

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:15:09 -0500

I’ve been in the education business for decades as a senior lecturer, trainer and CEO. When people ask me about the biggest challenge that learners face, the first thing that comes to mind is that learners see training as something they “have to do.” Now, let’s think for a moment about this. How did we get here?...

3 competencies you need to lead this year

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:54:52 -0500

The new world of work that we face in 2022 requires new leadership competencies. For example, many employees are struggling with mental health issues. As leaders, you must develop the competency of emotional intelligence so that you can create authentic and deep connections with your employees and support their mental well-being. In this new video...

Here's how leading-edge companies are redesigning for hybrid

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:43:55 -0500

From the moment in August 2019 that Heyward Donigan became CEO of Rite Aid Corp.—operator of nearly 2,500 drugstores nationwide, in a highly competitive sector—she was thinking of radically shaking up the workplace. High on her list of concerns was...

Featured Resource: Employee Expense Reimbursements: Compliance Workshop

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The legal and financial risks of mishandling employee expense reimbursements have spiked in recent years. And the IRS is in the middle of a wide-ranging audit crackdown on employment-tax issues.

Featured Resource: ProWritingAid Premium: 2-Yr Subscription

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

We all make silly writing mistakes. It's a virtual guarantee in today's fast-moving digital business world. Clean it up and improve your writing with ProWritingAid, a grammar checker, style editor, and writing mentor all in a single package. Exceptional writing requires more than just correct grammar. ProWritingAid's editing technology uses artificial intelligence to go way beyond grammar, helping you to enhance your style, better express your ideas, and reach new writing heights.

Featured Resource: 12min Book Summary Library

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:00:00 -0400

The 12min App is the perfect way to absorb tons of knowledge to accelerate your career. For $39, listen to or read 12-minute book summaries of hundreds of best-selling books.

Featured Resource: Become A Speed Reading Machine: Read 300 Books This Year

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In this course, you'll learn the entire, step-by-step blueprint the instructor uses to read over 300 book per year.

The Trouble With Inclusion

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0400

Groucho Marx got it right when he said he did not want to belong to any club that would have him as a member. I feel much the same way about the inclusion mantra that is being parroted from corporate offices to nonprofit stalwarts and piggybacking on the diversity whale like a pilot fish.

Diversity itself has...

10 Fundamental Aspects of HR to Keep in Order

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0400

As a business owner, you need to be ready for anything. You never know when you may be approached by investors offering growth capital or faced with a changing economic landscape that requires scaling your team up or down. To make sure you have...

Lean Manufacturing and the Race Towards Efficiency

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:00:00 -0400

Efficiency is crucial in most business operations and, in particular, manufacturing. Like judges in a footrace, consumers usually only care about the result of a production “run”—the product itself. They don’t want to know how many working hours it took to assemble it; they could care less about...

These 6 Surprising Office Romance Stats Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Organizations

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:00:00 -0500

This is the second Valentine’s Day since the #MeToo movement erupted in 2017, and these new survey results reveal that office romance is still alive and well. Despite organizational efforts to...

The Age Of Retraining: How Employers Are Working To Upskill Employees

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0500

When economists and editorialists speak in worried tones about America’s “skills gap,” they’re referring to the mounting number of jobs that require some degree of technical know-how and the relative dearth of qualified candidates to fill them.

For Traci Tapani...

A Navy SEAL's 5 Tips For Managing Resistant Employees

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 03:00:00 -0500

Resistant “employees” don’t exist in the SEAL teams. Everyone is all in, every day. We have a learning culture that thrives on transparent peer-to-peer feedback. Personal and professional development are a regular occurrence. But when I transitioned into the civilian sector and became an entrepreneur, I had to quickly change my expectations...

How to Win Each Day in the First 20 Minutes After You Wake Up

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:06:00 -0500

Science tells us that when each of us wakes up, our brain operates at 10.5 wave cycles per second. The first 20 minutes after we wake up is called the alpha stage.

What's Wrong With The Sales Machine? Making Change Stick

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:30:00 -0500

Until now, our series has focused on tangible, measurable initiatives. In parts 1-3, we looked at how to systematically determine where the sales machine is "broken," how to get at the root cause of why it's broken, and how to create an effective roadmap for "fixing" it by moving the organization systematically along the Sales Maturity Curve. In this final article...

Tuition Reimbursement Appears To Be Paying Off

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Health care giant Abbott Laboratories launched its Freedom 2 Save program in June, which helps employees save for retirement while paying off student loans. Employees contribute 2 percent of their pay toward their student loan debt, and Abbott contributes 5 percent of their pay into the employee's 401(k) plan.tuition reimbursement This benefit, along with...

9 Best Practices To Master The New Performance Review

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500

Grab your slate chalkboard and jot this down: “The old performance management model is dead.” But of course you don’t own a slate chalkboard, because its time has come and gone. And just as it no longer makes sense to use an antiquated method to take notes...

9 Best Practices To Master The New Performance Review

Wed, 09 Aug 2017 07:12:32 -0400

Grab your slate chalkboard and jot this down: "The old performance management model is dead." But of course you don't own a slate chalkboard, because its time has come and gone. And just as it no longer makes sense to...

5 Employee Training Tactics That Actually Work

Mon, 22 May 2017 09:35:03 -0400

Every new job has a learning curve - and every existing job evolves over time. Consistent learning and training helps employees build and sharpen their skills, and ensures that your team is growing with their roles, rather than remaining stagnant. Passing around a lengthy PDF or slideshow presentation may seem like...

How New Medical Marijuana Laws Affect your Workplace

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:55:16 -0400

Election Day 2016 saw voters approve new marijuana laws in seven states. There are now 28 states, plus the District of Columbia, with medical marijuana laws and eight states, plus the District of Columbia, with recreational marijuana laws. This blossoming mish-mash of conflicting state and federal laws is confusing employers and employees alike...

Smart Manufacturing for Smart Materials

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:49:59 -0400

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and smart manufacturing initiatives are accelerating the creation of new technologies, transforming global manufacturing. Like most innovation, competitive advantage and measurable, improved economics will be...

Waste Not: This App Just Solved A Manufacturing Riddle Larger Than All The Atoms In The Universe

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:35:01 -0400

Dirk Uhde isn't the kind of guy who talks a lot about software. So when a team of data scientists and software developers from GE Digital's European Foundry met him amid the sparks, grime and welding equipment of the industrial plant he manages in southeastern France, he struggled to follow their technical parlance. When he tried to explain how his machinery worked, they didn't have an easy time either...

Curiosity: A Critical Leadership Skill To Gain Knowledge And Stop Drama

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 06:58:18 -0400

You will find yourself in various difficult situations on your leadership journey. To handle these situations, you need to develop a toolbox of critical leadership skills. One such tool is curiosity...

Want To Be Happier And More Successful? Learn To Like Other People

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 06:56:43 -0400

Self-help advice isnï؟½t exactly in short supply. There are research-backed tips out there for boosting confidence, resilience, risk taking, and adaptability. The message is pretty clear: Feel better about yourself or...

4 Tips To Be Less Awkward When You Speak

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 06:41:02 -0400

You know that feeling when you're in the spotlight and you flub your lines? When your head starts to buzz and all you can see is white? You're not alone. Although 70 percent of Americans who speak publicly...

Checklist: Develop a positive workplace in 2017

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:26:22 -0500

Here is a checklist with a dozen actions a manager can adopt to drastically improve working relationships with employees. We won't call them New Year's resolutions (those vows are often broken by midspring). Let's just call it an achievable to-do list for the new year...

How to Lead with an Open Mind

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:08:45 -0500

True open-mindedness, the kind described by Laszlo Bock, is a critical, but unappreciated component of CEO leadership.ï؟½As a trait first measured by social psychologists in the ï؟½50s, open-mindedness has not been studied in relation to leadership effectiveness. Here are the key characteristics of...

Why CEOs Need to Adopt an Agile Workforce

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 06:56:51 -0500

As organizations strive to deal with digital disruption and globalization, many are turning to agile workforce strategies to meet the demands. Theyï؟½re not only making their own workforces more liquid and flexible, but also are looking more to...

Robert's Rules of Order Made Simple

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:54:02 -0400

Let's face it: For most people, learning Robert's Rules of Order is a real pain. And it can be as interesting to learn as watching paint dry. But it doesn't need to be this way. Learning Robert's Rules of Order can be fun, and it really can be simple. To help you save time, and end the frustration caused by poorly run meetings,...

It's A Jungle Out There: Setting Up An Effective Progressive Discipline Plan

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:23:43 -0400

In an ideal - if boring - world, employees would show up for work on time every day, exceed standards in their day-to-day duties, get along perfectly with...