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Creating a Culture of Learning In Your Organization

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 learning of [...]

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Case Study: A Mentoring Program for New Hires

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. This post will focus on a case study of a global human resource services company that put a formal mentoring program in place to enable [...]

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What Did You Like About It

A Simple Technique to Get Impactful Positive Feedback

How many times do we hear general feedback comments such as:

“That was a great presentation”

“I liked how you handled that customer issue”

“The sales call went really well”

These type of comments might make me feel good for about 5 minutes, but it [...]

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Onboarding Programs for New Hires – Part 2

A Case Study (Part 2 of 2)

The first part of this post provided an overview of onboarding. 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 financial services [...]

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Onboarding Programs for New Hires - Part 1

(Part 1 of 2)

According to Wikipedia.com (in a definition taken from Onboarding: How To Get Your New Employees Up To Speed In Half The Time, Authors: George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009): “Onboarding is the process of acquiring, accommodating, assimilating and accelerating new team members, whether they come [...]