By Gina Abudi, on December 17th, 2009
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Invest in your employees and watch your business prosper
A question I often get from clients is: “When should I invest in my employees?” My answer: “Always!” Given today’s economy, the question follows with another, “Will it really be that big an issue if I stop investing in training temporarily?” My answer: [...]
By Gina Abudi, on November 17th, 2009
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According to Wikipedia.com a learning organization is defined as “an organization that facilitates the learning of all its members and continuously transforms itself.” The concept of a learning organization was later refined by Pedler, Burgoyne and Boydell in The Learning Company: A Strategy for Sustainable Development, as: “an organization that facilitates the [...]
By Gina Abudi, on November 12th, 2009
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In an earlier post, Formal Internal Company Mentoring Programs, we talked about the value of developing a formal mentoring program within an organization and some ways to get started. Â This post will focus on a case study of a global human resource services company that put a formal mentoring program in [...]
By Gina Abudi, on October 29th, 2009
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Organizations have found that formal mentoring programs have been of great benefit to both the company as a whole and the individual employee. Setting up a formal mentoring program does not need to be a significant amount of work and the value received from such a program has reaching impact and benefit [...]
By Gina Abudi, on October 13th, 2009
 A Case Study (Part 2 of 2)
The first part of this post provided an overview of onboarding. Â This second part will focus on a case study of a global financial services company who developed and implemented an onboarding program for newly hired college graduates.
Global Financial Services Company Overview
A global [...]