How Do We Support Competency Models?

Competency models are becoming increasingly important to the sustainment of a work force. Whether faced by challenges of replacing highly qualified team members who choose to retire or building skills to improve quality, competency models provide a framework of the knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics (attitudes, behaviors) that are vital to a given role.
The competency [...]

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Manadatory Fun In The Workplace

I had lunch today with my friend, Tim, who gave me a tour of his offices afterward. What struck me was 2 things:

Everyone seemed genuinely engaged in what they were working on
Everyone seemed genuinely happy and content

To some of you who read this, my examinations may be commonplace, yet to others of you this may [...]

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The Principle Of Reciprocity

There are many facets to a leaders role. One important facet is giving of yourself to those around you.
Did you know you cannot out-give? If you give to someone, they will almost always want to give more back. This is the Principle of Reciprocity.
When you look out for your employees and co-workers, even your friends [...]

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Your Roadmap To Performance Improvement

Development of the learning strategy will enable the organization to determine the needs across the enterprise for capture and creation, intelligent storage and dissemination of information, and the role of technology. Many organizations simply cannot justify the need to put content online as it will serve little or no value in getting the work done. [...]

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People Are Still Your Greatest Asset

In developing a learning strategy, a critical aspect is how engaged the people are, and how they will play a role as the strategy builders and as the recipients of the strategy successes. People simply are the driving force behind every part of the strategy. Basically, as learning and performance professionals we state that the [...]

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