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Training and development simply have an outsized impact on business bottom-line. Skimp on training and development and pay the ultimate price. Invest in training and development and reap the benefits.
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Are Wellness Programs Good for Business?
Today, businesses large and small are embracing workplace wellness programs in an effort to lower healthcare costs and raise productivity and workplace morale. While the technology sector was an early adopter—with many companies offering on-site gyms and organic juice bars decades ago—today, wellness is finding a home in a growing range of workplaces, even those […]
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How to design a modern, innovative workplace for productivity and wellbeing
Office design has become an essential part of talent management strategies. With a modern innovative workplace design, employees tend to be more productive, show more initiative, and have better overall health and well being. Modern office designs also have a positive impact on visitors, including partners, vendors, and clients. While mega-national corporates like Google may […]
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Training in the Age of Virtual Simulation
In November, JetBlue announced that it would break away from historical practices in the American airline industry and begin a new in-house training program for pilots. In short, the budget airline announced that it planned to start recruiting potential pilots with no previous flight experience with the goal of training them from the ground up. […]
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MLK Day: Time to Reflect on Race Relations in the Workplace
2015 was both a tumultuous and inspiring year for race relations in the United States. Not since the days of Martin Luther King Jr. has the nation witnessed such high levels of racial unrest nor such mass displays of collective activism and hope for a more equitable future. While much of the activism linked to […]
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Hazard Communication Standards: Training Essentials
While the Hazardous Material Program (HazMat) is well known, fewer employers and employees are familiar with the Hazard Communication Program (HazCom). However, both HazMat and HazCom play a vital role in protecting workers against the dangers of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The primary focus of HazCom is to ensure that all employees have access […]
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Understanding and Improving Employee HIPAA Training
Exploring the Basics of HIPAA
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Food Safety Training Part Two: Training Restaurant Employees for Food Safety
The CDC reports there are 48 million cases of foodborne illness in the U.S. each year, leading to an estimated 3,000 deaths. The CDC goes on to say the majority of these illnesses are the result of poor handling practices. With the biggest issues being time-temperature problems, cross-contamination, and sub-par personal hygiene. Many states require […]
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The Key to Overcoming Minuscule Attention Spans When Training Employees
If you think your employees have a dwindling attention span, you’re probably right. But don’t be so quick to judge, because it’s not just your employees suffering from this problem. Consider these facts, cited by the Statistic Brain Research Institute: The average attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds. Now in 2015 that has dropped […]
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Exploring SPOCs and What They Bring to Employee Training
If you haven’t yet heard of SPOCs, you’re not alone, although many e-Learning and educational professionals feel this term is set to replace MOOCs as the future of learning. SPOCs are designed as a response to the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). It stands for Small Private Online Course. As compared to the typical MOOC, […]
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The Importance of Regulatory Training and How to Ensure it Isn’t a Flop
Understanding Regulated Industries A regulated industry is one that’s restricted and regulated by the government or other agencies, whether that be federal or state. There can be guidelines in place dictating how everything from production to profits are handled in regulatory industries. Some of the generalized industries where there’s a significant amount of regulation include […]
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Corporate Training Spotlight: What’s Trending This Week
Understanding the world of corporate training, employee learning and development, e-Learning and online training technology can be fostered by taking a look at what’s happening in the headlines. Every week there are thousands of headlines about corporate training, and we’re delving into a few making the news right now, either directly or indirectly: The New […]
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How Training Promotes Trust: Part 2
In our first post on this topic, we examined why trust matters and how it can be built on three levels: reputation, compliance, and customer service. In the second of this two-part post, we examine how training can be used to build trust and how to rebuild trust when it is compromised. How Training Can […]
