“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

—Harvey S. Firestone, Businessman

Organizations have several layers of management that implement strategic methods to create effective decisions that work to build their teams and enhances …

Training and communication are essential to an organization’s success. Within my background in retail, I often found individual stores that struggled to keep a strong team in place. Although there were highly motivated individuals within the organization, there were several …

In our previous blog, we discussed how to conduct an engaging training session. However, a formal training session is only one part of the learning process. To truly influence the knowledge, habits, and behaviors of your employees, you have …

In today’s highly stimulating world, it can be challenging to hold an individual’s attention. It is especially difficult for trainers to gain and maintain participants’ attention during training sessions. Considering that the average adult attention span is only eight seconds…

Whatever product or service your company is selling, your employees’ sales skills are undoubtedly critical to the success of an organization. Research from the Association of Talent Development states that organizations spend an average of $1,459 per salesperson, yet 63% …

When you think of training, what comes to mind? For many us, we may think of a time at a mundane new hire orientation or a boring skills-based training. All too often, organizations fail to provide effective and engaging trainings …

In our last blog, we discussed the benefits of gamification in learning and development. Also among the top trends in training for 2018 is virtual reality (VR). In basic terms, virtual reality is a technological simulated environment where an …

If your team’s engagement in learning and development feels lacking, and everything you’ve tried to boost enthusiasm has failed to stick, consider gamification—the process by which you “gamify” learning programs to make them fun, engaging, and rewarding. In an age …

As 2017 comes to a close, now is a good time to reflect on achievements, areas of opportunity, and goals for the New Year. But simply setting goals is not enough. As Antoine De Saint states “a goal without a …

The Days of Sink or Swim Have Come and Gone

Millennials are a generation shaping a rapidly changing workforce and forcing cultural transformations within organizations. Standard, rigid, and, frankly, de-humanized approaches to employee relations and, especially onboarding, are likely …