While today’s cartoon from Kronos brought a smile to my face, it reminded me of a serious post. John Sumser over at HR Examiner wrote …
Training and Development
These posts focus on workplace training and employee development as part of business leadership and management.
What Does Work Ethic Mean? I Know It When I See It
Back in 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart coined the expression “I know it when I see it” to describe his threshold test for pornography. …
How To: Plan the Perfect Meeting
Many posts have been written about conducting the perfect meeting. A couple of my favorites are here and here. But before we can conduct the …
What Creates a High Performing Organization
Sharing. That’s right – Sharing. Not sharing staplers or a filing cabinet drawer. I’m talking about sharing information. I was reading the ASTD research study …
It’s Cheaper to Train Than Recruit
I learned a long time ago that in business it’s cheaper to keep the customers you have than to continuously attract new ones. That’s not …
Business Issues, Not HR Programs
I had a couple of firsts that I wanted to share with you. First, this post is being written on my iPad – a first …
Leaving the Information Age
The conversation is beginning to go mainstream (again!) about the skills gap. Along with it, is a larger scale discussion about the general skills needed …