No Learning and Development? No way! This is a critical department within our organization to engage, grow, development and retain employees! Whether you’re a start-up with five employees, or a 5000-person company that’s been around for 50 years, it’s important to implement an L&D strategy. There are so many different types of learning and development […]
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As a serial entrepreneur, I believe there are 3 critical considerations for choosing business partners. #1 Trust. Bottom line, do you trust this person with your personal bank account? If you say “no,” think twice. #2 Varied strengths. Entrepreneurs may have a number of strengths – sales, expertise, creativity, network, execution, vision, and more. Make
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Onboarding new employees during the Pandemic is not easy! Organizations, company leaders, hiring managers, Talent Acquisition, HR, and L&D are having to think of new ways to connect, engage, and assimilate new hires to a organization without physical connections. What is a company when there is no physical location to go to? How do you
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I’m sometimes surprised when leaders, managers, and co-workers treat each other as if they are the competition. They are not open to ideas, differences, perspective. But many people don’t see your business the same way that you do. And that’s a good thing. A great thing! If every employee thought the same way as every
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How do we understand how to support those around us? It often starts with Empathy. Sometimes it’s more about listening and asking questions than trying to solve for their challenges. If we can better understand the triumphs and challenges of those around us, we can more easily understand what that could feel like if we
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Without a plan for onboarding new hires you are asking for trouble! Planning and preparing for new hires to come onboard is not just signing papers and getting your computer. As the hiring manager it is creating a plan for the next 90-days, at a minmum. It is doing all the right things to ramp
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During a time of crisis two of the most important teams to an organization are HR and L&D! Okay, you can understand why HR is important – but why L&D? During the pandemic leaders, managers, and employees were at a loss. How do you now manage an entire remote workforce? How do you train managers
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What is the difference between a visible dimension of diversity and an invisible one? We all are made up of both visible and invisible dimensions, unique to who we are. Visible dimensions may be your eye color, race, height, hair type. Invisible dimensions of diversity emanate from our intersectionalities. They can include race, ethnicity, sex,
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Would anyone really claim that communication doesn’t matter? I doubt it. But, blundering your communication is just as bad, or worse, than not communicating at all! As a leader, YOU have a responsibility to communicate openly, honestly, and transparently, and carefully consider the words you use. Strong communication planning can decrease the uncertainty, increase buy-in,
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The #1 reason people leave a company is because of their manager! We have all heard this statistic… and I can tell you one of the reasons why. Managers who do not believe, first and foremost, that people development is their core responsibility should not manage people! Managing is not checking off tasks on your
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