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Training is key to any organization. Even though companies typically seek out well-educated and experienced staff, there are always requirements that individual companies have that just can’t be learned outside the organization—e.g., company policies, procedures, and culture. And, of course, changes in technology continue to require ongoing training for employees to ensure they’re up to […]
In a previous post, we discussed the potentially disastrous consequences of companies’ failing to adhere to the compliance requirements impacting their business by looking at several high-profile examples.
There’s a lot of talk of feed forward replacing feedback. Why? Simply put, the vast majority of people don’t like feedback—neither giving it nor receiving it. Why is that? Our brains are programmed to avoid conflict unless it’s a direct threat to our safety. If we’re feeling safe and work is moving forward, why introduce […]
Open enrollment is an opportune time to educate employees on the traditional and voluntary benefits available to them, and a recent survey suggests that this type of education is needed.
When you hear the phrase “compliance training,” odds are you immediately feel a rush of boredom. Perhaps you get visions of an all-day seminar and the sting of a costly bill for an instructor, a facility, and materials—even though employees will walk away having gained relatively little insight.
Leaders who coach effectively understand that it is not about them; it’s all about the other person.
Three Big Developments HR managers need to be aware of the effect of three incidents that are shaping our world today, Rice says. 9/11. Our concept of physical security is forever changed when the firth poorest country in the world can mount such an attack at a cost of about $300,000. Global economic financial shock. […]
According to CareerBuilder, the average cost of one bad hire is $14,900, and given all the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, your company simply can’t afford to waste these precious dollars hiring and onboarding for the same position. Not only is it costly to replace a bad hire, but it’s also time consuming.
Managers have often seen themselves as dispassionate observers of their employees, implementers of systems and protocols, and enforcers of time management—all in the name of productivity and efficiency. This past year proved a major challenge to all those systems, ongoing work assignments, ways of working, and job roles as the pandemic brought dramatic change at […]
We recently conducted a survey on talent and performance management. The topic of talent and performance management has become critical in the last few years, and we sought to answer some of the most important questions facing these issues.