Tablet computers, smart phones, and mobile technology in general is permeating our personal and professional lives. These devices have made working professionals more productive on the go, but they also have the side effect of making many of us less focused and less able to sustain prolonged attention to any one task. With this in [...]
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Bite Sized Learning
Posted in Employee Development, Learning, Productivity, Training, tagged bite sized learning, Chief Learning Officer, corporate learning, Employee Development, learning on April 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
New book summary available for The Mobile Learning Edge
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Learning, Technology, tagged Gary Woodill, learning, mobile learning, PDA, remote employees, technology on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In The Mobile Learning Edge, author Gary Woodill defines mobile learning as a personalized form of learning that takes place on a mobile electronic device. It allows for speedy communication, it is portable and convenient, it creates active learning experiences, and it allows for learning connectivity at any time and in any location. The content [...]
New book summary available for 5 Steps to Expert
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Personal Development, tagged expert, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, Paul Schempp, Personal Development on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What does it take to become an elite performer? How can anyone become more expert in their field? Author Paul Schempp has spent his career as a professional speaker, coach, and consultant examining these questions. In his book Five Steps to Expert, Schempp discusses five specific, consistent steps through which all people progress to become [...]
Learning Management Systems and Web 2.0
Posted in Employee Development, Technology, Uncategorized, tagged Chief Learning Officer, Ed Cohen, learning management system, LMS, Web 2.0 on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This month’s issue of Chief Learning Officer has an interesting article concerning learning management systems and the emerging practice of integrated Web 2.0 functionality within these systems to increase collaboration and participation. I believe this is a great move in the corporate learning space. Many companies have sophisticated ways of tracking formal learning and an [...]
New book summary available for Evidence-Based Training Methods
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Training, tagged ASTD Press, corporate training, Ruth Colvin Clark, teaching, training on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the education community, a useful body of research evidence related to training development and delivery has emerged only in the last 20 years. With that evidence, training practitioners now have a better idea of how learning occurs in the brain. In Evidence-Based Training Methods, Ruth Colvin Clark summarizes the most current research that relates [...]
New book summary available for Leaders as Teachers
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Relationships, tagged ASTD Press, corporate learning, Edward Betof, leadership development, organizational culture, talent development, teach on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In 2000, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was competing in a medical technology market that was much different from the one it had grown up in. The current market was fully globalized, and regulations were changing significantly, along with customer buying patterns. Company executives realized that many people in the company were unsure of BD’s [...]
New book summary available for The Talent Advantage
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Retention, Talent Management, tagged Alan Weiss, hiring, John Wiley & Sons, Nancy MacKay, Retention, staffing, talent on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the biggest challenges facing business today is finding, grooming, and retaining the best and the brightest hires. Many organizations choose to assign this responsibility to the human resources department, but according to Alan Weiss and Nancy MacKay, this can be a fatal error. The best organizations out there know that the war for [...]
New book summary available for Keeping the Millennials
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Leadership and Management, Retention, tagged baby boomers, generation x, generation y, Jan Ferri-Reed, Joanne G. Sujansky, John Wiley & Sons, Millennials, Retention on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the first time in history, corporate managers face the challenge of managing four generations at once: the Matures, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y (the Millennials). As Boomers get ready to retire en masse, their children offer a unique challenge to corporations, which need to change their workplace cultures, recruiting methods, and retention [...]
New book summary available for Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Retention, tagged Davies-Black Publishing, Employee Development, Retention, Richard Finnegan on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Studies indicate that employee turnover costs anywhere from 12 to 40 percent of a company’s pretax income, making turnover a critical issue for executives in all industries. Turnover is especially important in poor economies, since those who voluntarily leave their jobs are likely to be top performers. In Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad, author [...]
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