The recession may be technically over, but it’s still not exactly high times for non-profits. Budget-strapped donors continue to be reluctant to part with their pennies, but if you’re a scrappy start-up non-profit doing great work with limited funds, there are ways to work around your financial constraints. Chief among … Read more
Face it — the workplace is changing. And getting the most out of your best people is directly tied to one crucial ingredient: employee work passion. The more passionate an employee is about her work, the more significant her commitment, contribution and ultimately performance. Makes sense — unless you start … Read more
ASTD’s Learning Circuits just published their annual survey of E-Learning Trends and, being the training geek that I am, I’ve taken some time to compare last year’s survey with the current survey to spot trends that impact my work and inform my interactions with clients. Read more
Potential clients often present me with a laundry-list of training needs, but in most cases training only ends up being a small part of the solution. Most small businesses don’t have the budget to hire a consultant to help them sort out training needs from everything else, leaving them to wonder: “Where do we start?” Read more
Some food for thought: Is your training path full of traffic lights? Before you answer that, check out the following video from Rogert Ebert’s blog for the Chicago Sun Times. The question posed by the video: Does turning off traffic lights speed up traffic? Did you notice the reactions of … Read more
