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Why Won’t My Employees Take Advantage of our Company Training Programs

A Mini Case Study

I was talking to a human resources partner at one of my clients aabout a month ago. She was trying to figure out how to convince employees that they should be investing in their own development by participatingn in the training opportunities the company makes available. This includes face-to-face training sessions, […]

Using Employee Resource Groups to Support Diversity

Diversity within the organization enables for a variety of benefits, including creativity and innovation in:

Solving problems of the business New products and services for customers

Additionally, diversity enables for better meeting the needs of customers – who are often diverse themselves. One method to support diversity within the organization is through encouraging and supporting […]

Best Practices for Success When Enabling Employees to Work Remotely

We have heard recently of organizations debating whether work at home/working remotely makes sense and some of those organizations have cancelled all remote work options. I find it surprising when companies do not want to explore work at home options. While it has to be managed (we’ll discuss that shortly), one great benefit is the […]

Support Employee Networking

Enabling for time for employees to network and socialize with each other during the work week encourages and promotes:

Sharing of knowledge and best practices Transfer of skills Innovative ideas and creativity in problem solving Less conflict among employees due to stronger relationships and more open communications

Enabling for networking time does not have to […]

Evaluate Roles and Responsibilities

Get Employees Off to a Good Start in 2014!

When did you last evaluate the roles and responsibilities (job descriptions) of employees? For many organizations – the answer is often “not since the employee was hired!”

Employees’ responsibilities change after they have been in the job. They have likely taken on new responsibilities as they […]