Training
Humor & Gore in Safety Training Videos — Effective?
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In many areas of employment law, training of supervisors and/or employees is recommended, and potentially very useful in preventing and defending employment lawsuits, but not, strictly speaking, legally mandated. Harassment [...]
Labor Dept. Training Disabled Vets in IT Work
Suitable employment opportunities are among the many needs of our disabled vets returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With a focus on the number of dead, it is easy to lose sight of the much larger number of wounded. Due to medical progress, many of them have survived severe injuries that would have [...]
New Study Blames “Bad Bosses” on Lack of Training
Today’s post is courtesy of i4cp, Inc. (Institute for Corporate Productivity, formerly the Human Resource Institute)
Almost everyone has a “bad boss” story, but a new survey conducted by i4cp suggests that “bad bosses” may not be to blame. Chances are, they never got the supervisory training they needed.
The study found that, [...]
It Takes a Village – Career Development Coaching and Mentoring Programs on the Rise
This post about career development programs is courtesy of Kevin Oakes, CEO of i4cp.com.
Career development programs are on the rise, and many companies train
from within.
When it comes to career
development, many companies have an “it takes a village” mindset.
According to a just-released study conducted by the Institute for
Corporate Productivity (i4cp), 60% of the 382 polled companies [...]
Pros and Cons of 360 Degree Feedback
Susan M. Heathfield, the About.com Guide to Human Resources, takes on the subject of 360-degree feedback, providing a balanced overview of the topic and clear and concise bullet points on the pros and cons.
Susan’s definition of the term “360-degree feedback”:
“A method and a tool that provides each employee the opportunity to receive performance feedback from [...]
Staying Current in HR: Check Out These (Mostly) Free Webinars!
Want to keep up with the field of HR? Thanks to webinar capability, you can learn a lot, and many of these webinars are free!
Where can you find these webinars listed? One great place is:
Fundamentals of Being a Good Trainer/Presenter
I’m always on the prowl for new insights into workplace training/presenting. Who isn’t? One can always improve on one’s training and presenting skills.
Recently, I found a blog that listed the 10 attributes of an effective trainer. I like what they are and how they are explained. Not that I haven’t heard of each of [...]
How NOT To Do Employee Training: Spanking Trainees
An employee is suing her previous employer for discrimination, assault, battery, and infliction of emotional distress for her experiences during a highly unorthodox training session.
It seems really obvious to me that these training practices probably would cause more problems than they would solve.
Alarm One, a company based in California (!), used a “motivational training” program [...]
Does Your Organization Pass Muster on Ethical Standards?
Lots of talk these days about ethics in the workplace, so it’s not surprising that there are are a number of websites and surveys devoted to ethics in the workplace.
I found one interesting website on ethics, the Ethics Resource Center, that has lots of good materials available.
Most interesting to me were the results [...]
More on Emotional Intelligence
Thanks, Michael, for raising the topic of emotional intelligence. I decided to do some quick research to pull up a few more resources on emotional intelligence in the workplace to share with our readers
A quick Google search yielded some interesting and useful sites:
What’s Your Learning Style?
This blog doesn’t cover training and development very often, but this posting addresses an interesting topic in T&d: Learning style. Here’s how to determine your learning style; this may help you or others in your company the best way for you or them to learn new information.
HR/Employment Blogosphere Update for October 1-26, 2005
I’ve been so busy switching to the new format and keeping up with the “Our Recent Reading” page that I’ve neglected to do this update for over a month. (New readers: I had been doing it weekly, publishing on Monday, and it was a popular feature of this Blawg.)
So here comes a [...]
Look Before You Learn: Evaluating OnLine MBA Programs
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published a provocative article on how part-time, executive, and online MBA programs are viewed by corporate recruiters. And the results are interesting, important, and relevant, particularly if you are thinking of entering one of those kinds of programs.
Briefly, recruiters view
