Helping New Employees Find Their Way - Beyond the training in skills and tasks required for their specific jobs, recently-hired employees need an orientation to the policies, customs and expectations of their employer.
Publisher: Natural Foods Merchandiser     Author: Carolee Colter   

How Do We Break Out of the Box We're Stuck In? - Donald Winkler is profoundly dyslexic. He is also a startlingly effective leader at one of the world's biggest companies. The two are related. He sees the world in ways we can't or won't.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Keith Hammonds   

How to Manage Conflict - Conflict in the workplace is a painful reality. The goal is to recognize friction and tension and deal with it before it escalates into a major problem. One point is clear--conflict does not magically go away if ignored.
Publisher: ManagerWise.com     Author: Gregory P. Smith   

How to Select a Training Consultant - If your business uses outside training consultants, you will want to maximize your return on this training investment. Consultant Jeffrey W. Drake, Ph.D. details the characteristics of qualified training consultants and seminar leaders.
Publisher: AchieveMax, Inc.     Author: Jeffrey W. Drake, Ph.D.   

Inside Intel's Mentoring Movement - Forget everything that you've ever learned about mentoring, especially the idea of hitching your wagon to a rising star. Here's how Intel is reinventing the old approach to mentoring to teach, inspire, and reconnect its employees.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Fara Warner   

Intern Season is Coming! - Make the most of those diamonds-in-the-rough by creating challenging internships.
Publisher: Fortune Small Business     Author: Sheryl Nance-Nash   

Is a Corporate Campus in Your Future? - The idea of a corporate campus is not new. What is new, however, is the sheer number of businesses, particularly high-tech firms, making the move into campus work/life.
Publisher: HR Magazine     Author: Sharon Leonard   

Is Your Employee Handbook a Time Bomb? - If you think you're safe just because your employee handbook includes a legal disclaimer, think again.
Publisher: HR Magazine     Author: Jonathan A. Segal   

Learning 101 - Learn how learning is changing, how you can promote learning, and how you can become a better learner.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Lucy McCauley   

Learning Management: A Key Business Driver - This article offers valuable tips for designing and implementing a blended approach to workforce training.
Publisher: Human Resources at Suite101.com     Author: Susan Schwartz