July 2020

Empathy is a critical element in today’s world. It’s the one thing that can set us apart from our competition and help us stay strong as an organization. Article Author:  Joe Lipham, Regional Training Account Manager, Signature Worldwide Growing up in the 1960s in the Deep South, a radio for Christmas was a prized gift.

To ensure successful adoption of its business intelligence benchmarking software platform, the company held ongoing training for managers and developed a plan for sustained training for added groups, new associates, and newly promoted associates. Article Author:  Edited by Lorri Freifeld Gables Residential is a real estate investment trust that specializes in the development, construction, ownership,

Executives need to understand that transformational leadership supports information technology and corporate strategy to effectively implement knowledge management projects and, thus, remain competitive. Article Author:  Mostafa Sayyadi, CAHRI, AFAIM, CPMgr Information technology and corporate strategy positively affect knowledge management effectiveness. This is how competitive advantage can become a distinctive resource that opens up opportunities while

Positive encouragement and reassurance is going to be required to maintain morale and productivity. Try to give all of your employees a voice in how the reopening will be organized, while providing coordination and guidance where necessary. Article Author:  Jonathan Daniels As the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm a couple of months ago,

Wholesale collaboration in an organization requires everybody to deal directly with anybody and everybody, every step of the way, even though they don’t report to each other or, for the most part, to each other’s boss. Article Author:  Bruce Tulgan, CEO, RainmakerThinking If you are like most people, you collaborate with lots more people than

A user-generated learning content strategy supports the accelerated development and creation of user-centric content, and ensures that current and continually refreshed training is available to employees. Article Author:  Aaron Schwarzberg, Chief Operating Officer, Learning Tribes (Sitel Group) Given the realities and associated challenges of today’s uncertain global business climate, the greatest indicator of success continues

Author:  By Margery Weinstein My company announced last week that it was ready to welcome New York City employees back to the office on a voluntary basis. We were sent an elaborate, color-coded spreadsheet with tabs for each week for the next six weeks showing which work groups can come in on which days. It

One solution for the unemployed, or employees hoping to maintain job security in their current positions, is to change roles—or even careers. Upskilling gives workers an advantage in the race to acquire stable careers during these challenging times. Article Author:  Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE, CEO, ASCM Although economists have been forecasting a recession for

Today, plan to help your employees discover their “why” behind learning and then align it to their performance goals. Article Author:  Mary Stanton, Vice President, People and Learning, Saba In our personal lives and our work lives, personalization is in, indifference is out. We’re living in a time when personalization rules. Netflix serves up the