Get Grant $ for Your Safety Training Program
Today’s Advisor reports on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) annual training grant program.
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?
Train Your Supervisors and Managers to be Effective Coaches
In yesterday’s Advisor, we talked about the need for training managers on coaching skills and began a training session on coaching. Today, we provide the conclusion to this training session on coaching, including a wrap-up and an exercise.
Do Your Managers Need Training on How to Coach?
Today’s Advisor reports on one recent poll that says they do. This issue also begins a training session on coaching that you can use with your managers.
How to Become a Master Negotiator: 7 Keys, Part II
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented the first four of powerhouse negotiator Eldonna Lewis Fernandez’s tips for better negotiations. Today, the rest of her tips. (Fernandez, author of Think Like a Negotiator, is the CEO of Dynamic Vision International—a specialized consulting and training firm that helps individuals hone negotiation skills.
How to Become a Master Negotiator: 7 Keys
Onboarding is important for assimilation and productivity, but it’s also your first opportunity to boost retention. To help individuals maximize their bargaining prowess in business and in life, Fernandez has identified seven critical strategies for emerging victorious in any negotiation:
Train for Compliance—More Manager Actions that Can Risk Lawsuits
In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed the first 17 of our list of 27 management actions that can increase your company’s risk of being sued; today, we present the final 10 manager/supervisor actions that you must be training against.
Can You Eliminate Lawsuits with Training? 27 Management Actions That Increase Your Risk
Unfortunately, since employees can bring a suit for just about anything, no amount of training can guarantee eliminating employee lawsuits. However, if you implement effective management training, you can greatly mitigate the risk.
Is ‘Paid Volunteer Training Time’ an Oxymoron?
In today’s Advisor, we receive guidance from one of BLR’s experts on when volunteer training should or should not be paid.
Recruiting Sin #1—Leaping Before You Look
Whether you are placing print ads or using the latest technology, the basic business tenet remains: Recruiting—who you let in the door—is the primary determinant of success, both for the organization and the hiring manager. In this continuing series, Recruiting Daily Advisor will explore the major sins that recruiters and hiring managers make. Who You […]
Best Practices in Leadership Training & Development
Today’s Advisor reports on how Yum! Brands, Inc., parent company of the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurant chains, has all the ingredients for successful leadership development.