December 2020

Diversity and inclusion needs to be something that is a priority for you and your team, and for the organization as a whole. Article Author:  Alissa Carpenter, Owner, Everything’s Not Ok and That’s OK The majority of people want to work for organizations that make diversity and inclusion a priority. According to a Glassdoor survey, […]

By knowing what skills and qualifications employers need in new hires, educators can better prepare the future candidates they’re teaching so they can enter their careers and hit the ground running. Article Author:  Jason Tyszko, Vice President, Center for Education and Workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, employers around the

With the arrival of 5G this year, mobility will play a significant role in shaping the customer experience as it will improve in-store employee training, which can help draw consumers back to shop at physical stores. Article Author:  Phillipe Riveron, Founder and CEO of Learning Tribes, (Sitel Group) Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce sales

Communication and collaboration tools, engaging activities, and hybrid working opportunities are key. Article Author:  Joey Owens-Barham, Director, Talent & Culture, FormAssembly COVID-19 has shifted the way we work, with many employees transitioning to working from home. This presents a new set of challenges for employers, as they need to keep employees engaged with a sense

A three-step process to create a culture of lifelong learning that not only upskills your workforce, but also delivers a great ROI. Article Author:  Ashish Rangenekar, CEO, BenchPrep Lifelong learning used to be on the “nice-to-have” list of employee benefits. Today, Millennials rank Learning & Development (L&D) as more important than paid vacation, or even

New research from Accenture and Girls Who Code reveals that the percentage of tech workers who were women in 1984 (35 percent) was actually higher than it is today (32 percent). Article Author:  Gloria Samuels, Senior Managing Director and Global Workday Lead, Accenture The tech industry long has realized that it has an issue with

Taking place at HD Supply’s Leadership Development Center (LDC) in Atlanta (prior to COVID-19), the NAO program is an in-person, eight-hour experience on an associate’s first day. Article Author:  Edited by Lorri Freifeld Aiming to build championship teams, HD Supply Facilities Maintenance—one of the largest maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) distributors in North America—designed its

Adapted from “Lead with Speed” by Alan Willett (Career Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, May 2020). Article Author:  Alan Willett We must never underestimate the impact of good leadership on the speed of a project. In fact, we must not underestimate the extraordinary difference between good leadership and exceptional leadership. This one decision is

Author:  By Margery Weinstein We are in month nine of the pandemic in the United States, and many of us are beginning to feel it. Whether it’s missing loved ones you are not able to safely visit with in-person, or missing activities such as travel and live shows, many of us feel like we’re in

Most learning management system (LMS) solutions come with stock reports that allow you to see how people are using the system and interacting with the content. But unfortunately, they provide very little insight into the ROI of learning programs themselves. Article Author:  Katy Tynan, Principal Analyst, Forrester We all know that metrics are essential to