Author Archives: Rebecca Mazin
Lesson from News Corp.: Update and Enforce Compliance and Ethics Training
Headline news scandals that include preventable employee behavior — case in point, News Corporation — are always helpful for justifying training budgets. Even if your work is far from the publishing industry, hedge fund or media arena, the very public closing of a business unit certainly supports the case for … Read more
The Benefits of On-the-Job Training — On a Different Job
On-the-job training gets a bad rap. It conjures up an image of being thrown to the fire to sink or swim. Employees should be able to figure everything out and absorb needed information by osmosis. The impression is pretty accurate. Too many times people are left clueless and just as … Read more
Management Skill Coaching Vs. Training: 4 Key Questions to Help Close the Gaps
It’s not always easy to determine whether a management skill gap requires coaching or training. During the past few weeks I’ve been presented with a few situations that required review to identify the best approach. The following list of questions helps to make the determination: 1. Is The Skill Gap … Read more
Why Workplace Training Shouldn’t Get the Summer Off
It’s well past the start of summer, but does workplace training take a holiday too? Each year in July and August, class scheduling seems to slow. The common rationales: “We need to work around all those vacations.” “What day is the company picnic?” “Who wants to do training during the slow … Read more
Employee Orientation vs. Onboarding: How to Capitalize On the Difference
When did new employee orientation become onboarding? I’m not sure, but the concept has taken hold to describe a more comprehensive process than sitting an employee down on day one to fill out I-9 and W-4 forms. Dictionary.com and Webster don’t recognizing onboarding as a word so I resorted to … Read more
