Six Steps to Initiating Organizational Change
Some of us remember the “good old days” when the goals of most organizations were stability, predictable earnings and costs, and modest annual changes to the strategic plan, but as…
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From Training to Performance Support
“You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to…
3 Iron Brain Exercises to Promote Teamwork
Because the brain itself is the center of cognitive thought, it is very difficult for us human beings to understand on a basic level that it is an organ just…
The Dilemma: Employing an Undertrained Staff
Before I began my career in human resources, I worked in retail managing ten associates and five managers for a large store in Orlando, FL and would often find transferees…
Project Manager vs. Program Manager: Is There a Difference?
Although the titles sound similar, the job functions of project managers and program managers vary in important ways. The degree of difference depends in part on the organization for which…
Webinar? What’s That? How to Create a Webinar
Seminars have been around in some form or manner since the inception of formalized teaching, but with the advent of the internet comes a new avenue for receiving that information:…
Is There any Learning in that eLearning?
Several weeks ago I published a blog How eLearning Delivers. As you may recall, the term eLearning has been around for about 15 years and generally refers to online learning…
How Organizations Learn
Many of us think of learning as an action, something an individual does. But what does learning mean? How does learning differ from knowledge? How do we manage knowledge and…
How Training Leads to Better, More Engaged Employees
Having engaged employees is very important to any organization. The pride of just a few employees performing their job well can lead to a systematic change in how seriously the…
Motivating Employees Without Spending Money
5 Simple Steps Motivating employees is key to having a successful business; however, there are times when it is seemingly impossible to find better-motivated employees. The reasonably obvious solution to…