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Many organizations suffer the consequences of poor training in the simple procedures of soft skills. An organization’s success depends not only on hard technical skills, but its members’ ability to […]

As organizations grow they can quickly lose control of their privacy, making their customer and financial, as well as HR data open to prying eyes. Using online training for training […]

Do you believe your organization to be unique? Just as every company is different, every organization manages performance appraisal in its own way. However, if performance appraisal strategies are ineffective, […]

One of the big issues around online training is perception that measuring and monitoring the effectiveness and substantive results of this training can be elusive. In other words, turning the […]

Why all this audio training craze? (See previous post.) Last week, due to my own personal discovery of online tools (which are available to anyone seeking knowledge or the means […]

As I suggested in last week’s blog, failed training initiatives–which squander organizations’ time and resources–are often due not only to the quantity or length of the training, but also to […]

Part of successful performance management is your ability to empathize with your trainees and be realistic in the kind of LMS online training administered. When I say “kind” of training, I […]

How can you create a positive atmosphere in your workplace and provide LMS training that is effective, stimulating, and prompts  a sense of “flow” that boosts performance? In Csikszentmihalyi’s studies, […]

Motivating employees and ensuring that they are satisfied and fulfilled in their tasks isn’t an easy managerial task. How does one create a sense of dynamism in the workplace or […]

Agha Hasan Abedi, founder of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, said it well: “The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is […]

If you poke around in the business section of your local bookstore, you’re bound to find an assortment of books on management and perhaps even more specifically, performance management. Learning […]

Why do so many great employees leave their jobs and join different companies? The problems that lead to quitting share two major characteristics: first, they are preventable; and second, they […]

A simple rule of thumb for HR management: provide and expect the best in your employees. In order to motivate staff and ensure that your employee turnover rate is low, […]

When an employee begins a new job, it’s critical to start off on the right foot. Employee turnover is a wasteful, costly phenomenon that happens to too many organizations. It […]

I’ve already mentioned employee dread of performance reviews; but what about the managers giving the reviews? Surveys report that managers also harbor a strong dislike for performance reviews, oftentimes because […]

With the economy on the upswing, you may find it the right time to finally approach your manager about a pay raise. A great context in which to do so […]

Do you have an annual performance review coming up? An LMS prep course could help you make it a success. Oftentimes people dread performance reviews for all the wrong reasons. […]

Annual performance review time is often an unpleasant and dreaded date on the calendar. Why is this the case? Oftentimes, it has to do with training. If you know your […]

In difficult economic times, often the only time when an employee can expect to receive a change in wages or pay scale is at a performance review. Usually once or […]

Are you in the process of implementing change in your company? Change management training could save you a massive amount of time, money, and hassle. A Learning Management System (LMS) […]