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Learning Culture Assessment at Your Company
In my last couple of articles, I’ve established the importance of paying attention to workplace culture and, more specifically, the benefits of fostering a learning culture in the workplace. If the general reaction among your employees when it comes to training and learning consists of yawns and eye-rolling, you’ve got some work to do to […]
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5 Reasons for Fostering a Learning Culture in the Workplace
In my last article, I highlighted the importance of paying close attention to company culture in general, and how badly things can do if you ignore it. In this article, I want to focus in on the learning piece of your workplace culture. Specifically, it’s essential to understand why fostering a learning culture is so […]
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Workplace Culture: Does it Even Matter?
Workplace culture, organizational culture, corporate culture – however you name it, there are many who question if it even matters. My short answer to this question is YES, workplace culture does matter, but if you need a more convincing presentation of why it matters, then this will be one of the more important articles you […]
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The Disguises We Wear at Work
As many of us prepare to don Halloween costumes (or to help younger celebrants do so), it seems like an apt time to reflect on some of the less obvious and more problematic disguises we wear at work. While rarely discussed, in reality, many minority workers go to work wearing a type of mask or […]
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How a Learning Management System Can Support a Merger
Mergers, large and small, are part of contemporary business. Indeed, every year, the corporate landscape shifts as existing companies merge, usually with the intent of taking over a growing portion of the national or global market. However, as history has shown, while some mergers are highly successful (e.g., Disney and Pixar), others prove disastrous (e.g., […]
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Empathy Training and Why it Matters
As more organizations take emotional intelligence or EQ training seriously, there’s a growing appreciation that empathy is an integral part of the workplace. Empathy, after all, holds the potential to open doors and perhaps more importantly, to keep doors open. But what is empathy, what is empathy training, and why does it matter? Defining Empathy […]
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Help Millennials Get Onboard With These Tips
Onboarding is one of those components of training that really has a lasting impact in terms of retention and overall employee engagement. Onboarding no longer simply means you hand employees a training packet and perhaps invite them to a new hire orientation. Employers are going above and beyond to onboard employees in a meaningful way, […]
