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Top Coaching & Mentoring Training Courses
According to a Robert Walters’ Employee Insights Survey 83% of nearly 10,000 survey respondents said they would benefit from mentoring, but only 29% work for companies that offer any mentoring programs. What’s the difference between coaching and mentoring and does it matter? If you have had a great manager or boss, would you attribute your […]
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Top Diversity & Inclusion Training Courses
Having a diverse workforce is a key strategic advantage in increasing employee engagement, improving performance, and creating innovative business solutions. Acknowledging and accepting individual differences, encouraging everyone to be open to one another and share their ideas, coming together as one. An inclusive workplace is one where all employees feel valued, respected, and treated with […]
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Does Diversity and Inclusion Training Work?
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter spawned a movement in 2013 in the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American Trayvon Martin. Four more high-profile officer-involved deaths of black people occurred in 2014, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (2014), Eric Garner in New York City (2014), Laquan McDonald in Chicago (2014), […]
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Training Essentials for Your 2017 Interns
Over the next eight weeks, hundreds of thousands of college-age students will start to look ahead to the summer months, and for many, this means finding a rewarding internship. From paid internships in the finance, technology and engineering fields to unpaid gigs running errands for independent filmmakers, college-age students crave meaningful work-related opportunities and with […]
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Take Pride in LGBT Awareness Training
As communities across the United States celebrate Pride Day, businesses are also paying attention. This year a record number of businesses scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index and among other factors, this means that these businesses offer awareness training on both gay, lesbian and bisexual issues and transgender or gender identity […]
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Diversity in the Workplace: Part III
In this post, the final of three posts on diversity in the workplace, we examine why diversity is good for organizations and more specifically, how diversity can drive growth. While diversity in the workplace is sometimes approached as an obstacle (e.g., something one must accommodate), it is important to bear in mind that diverse workplaces […]
