29 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Personal Appreciation and an Environment of Hope and Involvement

Last month we sent you to an article from Reuters.com and we also sent you a poll question that opened the discussion about workplace dissatisfaction. I promised you some ideas for what you can do about dissatisfied workers. Dont you love the way that sounds? Dissatisfied workers…sounds like their problem, right? Well it is and [...]

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15 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Is Corporate Training Best Done on Or Off the Job?

A lot of businesses now offer corporate training as a competitive way to attract people to their company, and also, of course, to improve the skills of people who work within their corporation. There has always been much debate about whether or not this is worthwhile but the general consensus is yes because, even though [...]

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04 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Whats the Difference Between Presenting, Training and Facilitating?

There are three primary forms of being in front of a group: presenting, training and facilitating. There is certainly an overlap in skill sets – such as dynamic delivery skills, a good stage presence, a high likeability level, the ability to “read” the audience. But while they are similar skills, theyre not interchangeable. Its valuable [...]

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03 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Competency-Based Training – Teaching Employees to Problem-Solve Using the Competency Model

�Every day, employees face challenges, problems and opportunities.� Typically, they require difficult decisions to be made within a short time span.� Typically, they all hit at once.�� Typically, there is no right or wrong solution, but multiple solutions requiring the skill of discerning outcomes and implications in order to make the best decision. What if [...]

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