Addressing Employee Procrastination
The workforce is full of people with diverse working styles. Some are seemingly obsessed with getting ahead of the game and tackling assignments as soon as possible. Others tend to wait until the last minute.
Category: Learning & Development
Employees are valuing career development more than ever—it’s a sign that the company is willing to invest in their future. How are businesses approaching training today? What are their pain points, and what topics are being addressed in training?
The Impact of Individual Learning Styles on L&D Outcomes
Everyone has his or her own most effective learning method, whether he or she knows it or not. Some people learn best by sitting through or watching a lecture. Others may learn best by reading a text or an instruction manual. Others may prefer to dive in and learn by doing.
The Importance of Taking Good Notes
Effective note taking may seem like such a basic skill that it’s too elementary to include in a corporate training program or so fundamental that you’d assume all employees would have already learned it at some point. Unfortunately, that is often not the case.
What’s the Value of Negative Motivation?
Whether it’s children, pets, or employees, most people are familiar with the two basic methods of motivation: positive and negative. One can either praise desirable behavior or punish undesirable behavior.
Conflict Resolution for Customer-Facing Staff Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
It’s essential that training materials stay current. Most people cringe when they see out-of-date training materials—and rightfully so.
Conflict Resolution: How to Politely Disagree
Disagreement is a natural part of any professional setting. By and large, companies exist to make money, and employees work at their jobs to make money.
Encouraging Employees to Tackle New Skills
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented shift to remote work for companies around the world. This has created plenty of logistical challenges for employers and a strange new reality for many employees.
Manager Training: Common Questions About Remote Work Productivity
Millions of employees across the country have been working remotely for many months now, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 Has Forced Us to Change—And That’s a Good Thing
None of us has had a normal year. The COVID-19 pandemic caught everyone by surprise and threw the entire world into upheaval. We’ve all had to adapt our work lives, our personal lives, and even our daily routines, like where we get our morning coffee.
Etiquette and Language Skills for Global Business
The ability to conduct business globally at all levels of an organization creates many opportunities, but it isn’t without its challenges and risks. With the rise in remote work and new technologies, brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, businesses are realizing that the opportunity to go global is rapidly increasing.