When we talk about training, three outcomes typically rise to the top as the most important: knowledge, skills and attitude (although some talk about abilities instead of attitude, depending on the source and the purpose).
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Today at SXSW EDU, YouSeeU unveiled a new video assessment platform that facilitates soft skill development across every stage of learning.
Three meetings in three days with corporate training professionals recently left me with a strong sense that employee engagement, and the lack thereof, is on everyone’s minds these days.
This is the post-boomer generational shift that demographers have been anticipating for decades, finally coming to fruition in the workplace everywhere you look.
Most people are not prepared for a new job at the moment they begin it. As they advance in their careers and begin to manage others, their success or failure generates exponential effects – good and bad -- for their organizations.
Today’s young workforce has so much to offer – new technical skills, ideas, perspectives and energy. Yet, too many of them are holding back their enormous potential with underdeveloped soft skills.
Globalization may be dramatically transforming our businesses into international powerhouses, but there are a few aspects that are stubbornly staying the same, including leadership development programs.
Just as the ethic of charity obligates the rich to help the poor survive, so ought the ethic of business obligate employers to help employees become more human.
A combination of instruction from training professionals and explainer videos can help employees develop critical soft skills.
The word “negotiation” often conjures images of customers bartering with salespeople or lawyers mediating an agreement. But as a skill set, negotiation actually means much more and has many more potential applications at the workplace.