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?

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Measuring Productivity: Developing Metrics

Employee productivity is one of the key indicators of a company’s success. The more productive your employees are, the more products or services they can produce, and the more you have to sell to the marketplace, while holding at least one factor of production—the employee—constant.

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Changing Employee Attitudes

Bad attitudes can come in many forms: disrespect for authority, lack of teamwork, bad work ethic, poor customer service, etc. Whether it was the work-shy teenage coworker at our first job or the cranky, bitter manager at some later stage in our professional careers, most of us have worked with an employee with a bad […]

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Why Implementing On-the-Job Training for Your Supervisors Is Critical

While a lot of organizations spend a lot of money on developing formal training programs and learning content for their leaders, one recent study conducted at UConn discovered that an estimated 70% to more than 90% of a supervisor’s training and professional development occur outside these formal structures.