Tag: employee development

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Meeting Minutes Make a Difference

Meetings can be the bane of many businesses and are not infrequently pointed to by those in attendance as a waste of time. They may have a point!

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Why It’s Crucial to Have an Agenda for Your Meetings

We’ve probably all had the experience of seeing a meeting invitation on our work calendars with a vague title and no additional information. We’re left wondering what the meeting is about and what it has to do with us. As a meeting organizer, adding a few bullet points to meeting invitations to set an agenda […]

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Best Companies for Employee Development

Salary and benefits are often what come top of mind when thinking about what employees value most in a job. That’s certainly not surprising. The ability to make a living is important to us all. And, in fact, according to an article by Forbes, salary and benefits do top the list for most employees.

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Basics of Prioritization at Work

It’s a familiar feeling to most: being overwhelmed at work. There are competing obligations coming from multiple sources within the company, and everything seems urgent.

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5 Actions You Can Take Right Now to Retain Employees

According to research highlighted by iCIMS, workers are now only staying with an employer between 2 and 3 years on average. And up to 70% of employees leave a company for higher pay, and 53% claim that they leave because they don’t think that their employers care about them as individuals. In other words, retaining […]

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Why Traditional Classroom Training Falls Short

Picture what it was like to go to class in school—the rigid routine of getting up early to sit and listen to lectures for what seemed like unending hours. Now, imagine going through this same experience as an adult in your workplace training program.

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Continuing Employee Development as Your Company Is Downsizing

Keeping morale high and learning commonplace and desirable across your organization as it’s downsizing and letting employees go is no simple task—and can, of course, only happen after you’ve already proved that your L&D department is essential to your organization and its already stretched budget.

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Are All Your Employees Speaking the Same Language?

Technology skills are becoming more important than ever in all industries—no matter what type of business or organization you work for, everyone is trying to be more like the leading tech companies of Silicon Valley. However, even though the values, ethos, and culture of tech start-ups have become more influential than ever before, many employers, […]

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Measuring Productivity: Encouraging Employee Engagement

In a previous post, we discussed the importance of employee productivity for businesses across all industries. Labor is a significant input into so many businesses, it’s crucial to make sure you’re getting the most out of that input.