What We Can Learn from the Military’s AAR
Businesses and the employees who populate them are often so busy moving from project to project that they don’t have time to sit down and evaluate what went well and what went wrong.
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?
Mentorship vs. Sponsorship: What’s the Difference?
We’ve talked a lot about the profound impacts a mentor can have on an employee’s learning and development. Effective mentors can provide their protégés with valuable insights into their experiences in the industry as well as the organization and can help guide them on the path to career advancement. But we haven’t talked a great […]
Implementing After-Action Reviews
In a previous article, we discussed the concept of After-Action Reviews (AARs), a military practice that involves extensive analysis of training events after the fact.
Can Employees Be Too Collaborative?
Effective collaboration and communication are often high on the list of factors of success in any organization, whether it’s government, the military, sports, or business. Collaboration brings together the input and, hopefully, best ideas of a wide group of people who can share their different experiences, perspectives, knowledge, and skill sets. So, what could be […]
What We Can Learn from the Military’s AAR
Businesses and the employees who populate them are often so busy moving from project to project that they don’t have time to sit down and evaluate what went well and what went wrong.
Managing Employee Monitoring
In a previous post, we discussed some survey results from a recent Blind report, which showed that 25.8% of employees feel their employers go to unreasonable lengths to monitor their online activity. Blind also cited research from SAGE, which shows that two-thirds of employers utilize some form of electronic monitoring of employees.
Continuous Education—Not Just a Term but a Business Reality
Educating the modern workforce is a not a one-off effort completed upon graduation from high school or post-secondary education. In today’s dynamic business and employment environment, businesses and employees need to constantly adapt to changes in global competition, technology, government regulations, market trends, and a host of other factors.
Have You Taken These 6 Steps to Create a More Diverse Workforce?
Continuing yesterday’s post, here are six additional action items you’ll want to contemplate doing if you want to develop a more diverse workforce and workplace at your organization.
3 Actions to Take for Developing a More Diverse Workforce
It’s becoming more and more important for hiring managers and learning and development (L&D) professionals to develop a more diverse workforce and workplace right now.
Understanding Middle-Skill Jobs in Our Current Job Market and Economy
Middle-skill jobs are those jobs that don’t necessarily require a 4-year college degree but do require some college or post-high-school education. And over the past decade or so, middle-skill (also known as “middle-class”) jobs have been a hot topic in discussions surrounding the labor market.