5 Proven Tips For Managing Virtual Teams
Your approach to managing virtual teams should be similar to your approach to managing in-person teams—which, broadly speaking, can go one of two ways. In 1960, Douglas McGregor published his …Read More
Top 5 Benefits Of Training Programs For Employees
During the two years of the global COVID-induced lock-down, the world went virtual: Virtual reality, virtual training, virtual workplaces, virtual live performances. At first, the world wondered, “Would it work?” …Read More
Turning Theory into Practice
Two months ago, “Acme Company” paid “T1 Training” to train its Accounting Department on time management techniques as part of an effort to improve processing speeds. Despite some initial improvements …Read More
Less Talk; More Activity!
Trainer Marie sighed with relief as the last participant in her Time Management course left the room. That was one of the harder classes she had ever taught! She felt …Read More
Balance is the Key
This month, we continue February’s story of Acme Company’s training. After running two sessions of the time management training, Manager Fred asked participants for their opinions on the program. Even …Read More
Coloring Inside the Lines
Last month, we introduced the mistake-filled “T1 Training Company” and talked about the mistakes they made when assessing “Acme Company’s” training needs. This month we examine T1’s mistakes during the …Read More
Setting a Course for Success
Does this story sound familiar? “Acme Company” determined that it wants to be known for having the best customer service. It implements new policies to encourage better customer service. It …Read More
The Circle of Life, Training Style!
Now that we have all finished celebrating the winter holidays, it’s resolution time! It’s that time of year when we look back on everything that didn’t go so well in …Read More
The Gift of Time
The holiday season is always a stressful time of year. At home, you have gift purchases, holiday planning, household cleaning, and travel preparations to do. At work, the last month …Read More
How Interactive Are You?
Which do you prefer: to sit in a room and listen to a speaker talk for four hours straight or to hear a few concepts and then figure out how …Read More
Working or Living?
A recent study by Robert Half found that 45 percent of US professionals who transitioned to working from home because of the pandemic say they regularly work more hours each …Read More
Move It! Move It!
The magic number these days is 10,000: 10,000 steps every day to stay fit. Working from home makes it harder to hit that goal because it removes the opportunities for …Read More