Removing Obstacles to Success
July 8, 5:32 am
This week’s ASTD’s Buzz newsletter tells us that the average worker received 35.06 hours of training in 2006. (see ASTD State of the Industry Report)
Okay, 35 hours is the average.
What’s interesting is that companies demonstrating enterprise-wide success as a result of well planned training and development are delivering an average of 44.34 hours of training […]
June 25, 6:55 am
Recently I came across a great quote from John F. Kennedy:
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion
without the discomfort of thought.”
Wow. Guilty. And so is everyone else! It’s easy to take a position on something when we hear it from someone else and it makes sense (on the surface) … or if it’s coming […]
June 24, 12:02 pm
I sometimes find myself dragging through the afternoon, my body unable to drive forward other than through sheer will on my part. People call this the “afternoon slump,” and if you’re a normal human being, it probably affects you, too.
With all the projects on my plate and others fighting to wedge themselves in, I got […]
April 10, 8:36 am
Recently I had the privilege of attending a workshop presented by Patricia Latham Ball, a principal at Management Northwest, which is a legal resource for employers. Ball is a former Ada County (Idaho) Deputy Prosecutor in employment law who determined it would be more noble to help companies steer clear of trouble rather than prosecute […]
April 1, 10:04 am
Last year at this time I started posting cool things to do with your employees each month. Some months got missed, but we’ll fill them in this year. This year I’ll probably add some cool things to do for each month, and we’ll start by adding to my list from last April. Here goes:
Naturally, April […]
March 17, 2:10 pm
I don’t know why it doesn’t surprise me – but an article today at Management-Issues highlights research from the Hay Group that 40 percent of managers actually sap the will to work out of their employees. It makes me want to tap some of these managers on the head and say “Hey – team building […]
March 11, 3:54 am
Why are the employees staying? Why are they leaving?
Kathy Gurchiek, writing at SHRM’s website, cites a recent employee survey of North American Workers about why they “do” and “don’t” stay with a job. The #1 reason people leave? By a huge margin – Lack of Career Advancement Opportunities.
Here are the top four reasons people leave […]
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