Training

We work so hard to make sure we manage our first impressions in person. We focus on our smiles, making connections, acknowledging loyalty, and all of those great things, but why does all of that get left behind with online service? Article Author:  Kevin James Saunders, Trainer, Oculus Training Earlier this winter, prior to the […]

Experiential learning helps managers hone early working skills, but it cannot necessarily address challenges such as demolition, downsizing, workplace trauma, and a professional view of oneself. Business-experienced professors can help ensure middle managers gain such knowledge. Article Author:  Quentin R. Skrabec Ph.D. The curriculum debate for middle managers today centers around experiential learning versus in-seat

Poor assessments can lead to inaccurate employee data, which can have far-ranging consequences for organizations. Article Author:  John Kleeman, Executive Director and Founder, Questionmark Organizations spend considerable amounts of time and money on assessment tools to help attract, train, select, promote, and develop their employees. And rightly so, because proper training and assessments offer companies

The tool focuses on making bedside shift reports more patient- and family-centered while ensuring key patient care information is passed from the nurse completing his or her shift to the nurse coming onto his or her shift. Article Author:  Edited by Lorri Freifeld All of Nebraska Medicine’s inpatient nursing units (approximately 4,000 colleagues or nearly

Leadership-as-Practice Development does not focus on training just the managers; it applies to everyone associated with the practice or project in question. There is attention to their relationship(s), their materials, and the specifics of the context in which they are working. Article Author:  Joe Raelin, Principal, Leaderful Consultancy; Donald Gordon Visiting Professor of Leadership at

L&D professionals need to become the scaffolding to help maximize the learning for all the people put into de facto “stretch” opportunities because of the pandemic. Article Author:  Doug Lynch, Faculty, USC As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, we are all trying to imagine what the future will bring, and it is scary. For those of

Author:  By Margery Weinstein With nearly all office workers suddenly telecommuting from home due to the Coronavirus, videoconferencing has become the standard. I’ve been lucky and haven’t participated in one meeting that included a video feed. I say lucky because I don’t feel the need to see the people I am speaking to over the

Adapted excerpt from “Secrets of Successful Public Speaking: How to Become a Great Speaker” by M.S. Rao, Ph.D. Article Author:  Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D., Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants “Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so valued learning that he used to say