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Blurred Lines: Learning Together Through Speaking Up

Tucker Miller December 30, 2013 No Comments

“My male co-worker just called me, ‘babe.’” I turned to look at the forty-something woman sitting next to me on the plane who had just ended her phone call. “Can you believe someone would say that?,” she said. “How could he not know any better?” She explained that she didn’t feel like the comment was sexual in nature, just disrespectful. I am confident that the

The Perfect Storm: HR Call Centers & Short-Term Training

Stephen M. Paskoff December 16, 2013 No Comments

Two unrelated trends will soon collide at work, triggering a perfect storm of workplace discontent and employee disengagement. First, many education and training professionals are confusing the delivery of information with the way knowledge must be transferred to drive behavioral change. In their view, all of us — from rising millennials to seasoned baby boomers — have attention spans akin to distracted gnats. We can absorb

Making Learning Matter: 11 Simple Commandments

Stephen M. Paskoff December 16, 2013 No Comments

From time to time, conversations with prospective clients go like the one I had last week. “They‘re simply not getting it. Managers, executives and employees are saturated with information and they’re zoning out. We give our leaders and employees great training videos to watch. We have them go to classes that address our issues. We deliver engaging e-learning and we send them reminders. But something’s

Power Hungry in Today’s Workplace

Stephen M. Paskoff December 16, 2013 No Comments

We sat next to each other, our phones and tablets spread out in front of us. We hadn’t met or spoken. But we shared the same need: we were both hungry for power. We had a long flight ahead of us, a great time to catch up on emails, listen to music, review documents or maybe play online games. So we sat shoulder to shoulder

Championing Federal Employees

Tucker Miller December 3, 2013 No Comments

Congratulations are due to Katherine Archuleta, who stepped in to her role as director of the Office of Personnel Management on November 4. Her main objective: to champion federal workers. A noble goal and, as with most things worthy, not easy. Let’s face it, it’s been tough to be a federal worker over the last few years; federal workers have experienced pay freezes, pay cuts, unpaid leaves, and projected

Learning Las Vegas

mschecter November 27, 2013 No Comments

What do you get when you mix Sin City, three coworkers 2000 miles from their desks, and a giant training and learning conference? Before you answer this question, we should tell you that the aforementioned co-workers make up ELI’s Product Development team, and as such, live and breathe the Prescriptive Rules®. So, the answer is pretty tame. We people-watched, ate a lot of good food,

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Blurred Lines: Learning Together Through Speaking Up

The Perfect Storm: HR Call Centers & Short-Term Training

Making Learning Matter: 11 Simple Commandments

Power Hungry in Today’s Workplace

Championing Federal Employees

Learning Las Vegas