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Looking for Results? Coaching Is the Right Tool

By Doug Upchurch Proper coaching of your team of employees is critical to good leadership—and also leads to great results. Doug Upchurch, learning innovation strategist for Insights Learning and Development, has tips for coaching to full effect.

Initiative Aimed at Raising Awareness of Inclusion, Diversity in Leaders

As part of a larger initiative to engage employees, create growth and innovation, and create operational excellence, Ingersoll Rand (www.ingersollrand.com) launched its Diversity Learning Lab early last year.  The focus is on “providing skill sets to senior and executive leadership employees around raising awareness of inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the marketplace,” says […]

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‘Combat’ Rehearsals Create Empowered and Engaged Employees

One of the great things that I learned while training as a young 2nd Lieutenant at Fort Benning, GA was the use of rehearsals.  We did rehearsals for everything.  Parachute landing falls for airborne training, gunnery drills for mortar training, and tens of different standard operating procedures (SOPs) for patrolling while at Ranger School. 

Company Raffle Sends Employees to Amazon—River, Not Website

A most unusual workplace raffle sends the winners, not to a posh resort, but to a remote part of the Amazon—and not for a vacation, but to work hard! Crius Energy, based in Stamford, Connecticut, told the Hartford Courant that it has been committed to the Amazon Preservation Project, started by Crius’s Viridian Energy division, […]

Hiring ex-offenders: Considerations for employers

The hiring process can be challenging for employers and jobseekers alike. Employers struggle to match their needs to the skills and experience of applicants. Jobseekers struggle to make employers understand why they’re right for the job. That dual struggle gets even more complicated when a criminal conviction is added to the picture. According to figures […]

Optimism is a powerful tool in overcoming adversity in the workplace

This week’s Oswald Letter is a guest post from Elizabeth Petersen, BLR’s executive vice president of strategy and revenue. by Elizabeth Petersen Every company has at least one: the employee who finds fault in everything. Her cries of, “The company never does anything for us!” are followed by, “They think they can buy our affection!” […]

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Key Components of a Leadership Training Program

It’s true that the best companies derive value from all levels of their organization. At the same time, there’s no denying that good leaders are essential to any company. Although we might feel like some people are simply natural leaders, there is actually a fairly big industry revolving around leadership development.

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Biden’s Executive Order Combats Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Community

Within hours of his inauguration on January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” The order establishes the new administration’s policy prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation and directs federal agencies to take affirmative steps […]

Sleeping Interns Become Next Internet Sensation

Internships are a great way for college students to gain some real-world job experience, but for some, internships are a great way to catch up on some much-needed sleep after staying up all night studying for finals. And when sleeping interns get caught in the act, they could end up becoming the next Internet sensation!