As managers, we spend tons of time writing job postings and sending them out to the digital world, hoping we will find the “right” team members. We do this because we imagine that the right person will fit into our team and change our level of productivity for...

If you invest in coaching, it’s essential to track and evaluate the progress and impact the program has on you and your employees. The best way to do this is to set concrete goals that let you measure the results. This way, if you use a coaching platform or participate...

If you’re thinking about starting a web-based training program at your company, there are three key aspects that you should look for in any training solution: mobility, versatility, and accountability. But first of all, what exactly is web-based training? And is it a good fit for your company and your...

Companies are always trying to find ways to improve their human capital with new skills and information. Whether they want them to be knowledgeable about compliance procedures, new products, new initiatives or new technologies, employees must constantly be learning. Unfortunately, the existing training process at many companies is rather...

We saw a headline recently which made us think: “See the Future: Business Insights for 2017 from MIT Sloan Executive Education Faculty.”Emilio J. Castilla wrote: “A more data-driven strategic approach to human resource decisions can result in better hires, improved evaluation and rewarding processes, more productive teams, significantly increased...

Despite the job titles that some workers have held throughout their careers, they have been managing upward for years. They have many skills they will need to succeed as managers. Because they are future managers in disguise, one could argue that their current and past managers have ignored them, underused...

Hiring a good employee takes time. Finding the candidates, sorting them into a shortlist, and carefully deciding between the finalists are all time-consuming processes, but these are not the only causes of the time lapse between opening a position and hiring a new employee. Of all the delays involved in...

In the current digital economy, consumers drive everything. As managers, we can view employees, present, and future, as consumers who will positively or negatively respond to the working conditions we create for them. We have an obligation to provide tools for employees’ ongoing skill development. That being said, employees of...

When we think about the value of mobile training platforms to organizations, we imagine numerous ways that managers use these solutions. vidREACH is a mobile platform that makes managers’ lives easier when it comes to training. This platform is a tool for use during “anywhere working” and managers use it...