Do you ever wonder what happens to all the disgraced business leaders and politicians who get caught and end up in jail? Jeff Smith, a former up-and-coming star in the Missouri State Senate, can partially answer that question for you. …
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The PwC Saratoga’s 2012/2013 US Human Capital Effectiveness Report announces: “As the US economy slowly recovers from recession, several challenges are emerging for HR. Hiring is trending upward, but productivity is declining. The employment uptick has brought higher voluntary turnover …
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My colleagues Bruce Tulgan and Jeff Coombs at Rainmaker Thinking have trained thousands of managers in their 20+ year careers as generational management experts. In that time, they’ve identified five problems with the typical classroom-model of training. Training is short-lived …
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There has been no lack of frustration in the workplace when it comes to onboarding young workers. Managers find themselves irked that some of these new employees seem to think nothing of showing up late for work, texting friends during …
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The image most of us have had of the U.S. Secret Service is one of stern-looking agents, whispering into their shirt cuffs and ready to throw their bodies in front of the president or other important officials to protect them …
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I have been reading Laurence Shatkin since I was in college. In the process of releasing the tenth edition of Top 100 Careers without a Four-Year Degree, he shared some insights regarding how current labor trends might affect people’s careers …
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I’ve never had the experience of working full time for an organization that did employee training particularly well. I think I know why. In today’s world, corporate loyalty is a thing of the past, and some people switch jobs …
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