Guest Commentary: Kirkpatrick Principle No. 1: The End Is the Beginning (The Kirkpatrick Model)
Part two of a six-part series on key strategies for making the most out of employee training opportunities.
Schrader Drives TPMS Best Practices With Training And Educational Program Expansion
Following a significant 45 percent increase of individuals trained in 2013 (5,971 people trained) compared to 2012 (4,120 people trained), Schrader plans to continue this growth in 2014.
Herman Trend Alert: Is Gamification A Fad Or A Trend?
By 2014, technology research firm Gartner Inc. forecasts that 80 percent of these gamification strategies will not meet their business objectives, mostly due to poor design.
Herman Trend Alert: Keeping The Love Alive
For many employees, the first six months at a new job are the best. As one recent study shows, as time passes, employees become less and less engaged.
Herman Trend Alert: Most Employers Worry About Bench Strength
As the economy recovers and the job market improves, employee turnover will increase. Organizations will need to take a hard look at their management bench strength.
Herman Trend Alert: Way-Out Workplaces Engage Gens X and Y
Employers all over the world have discovered that creating unusual workspaces for the younger generations has a very positive effect on engagement and retention.
Herman Trend Alert: Gamification in Leadership Learning
We know that games work to engage and retain employees, particularly the younger generations. Thus, we were pleased when we heard recently that global professional services firm Deloitte LLP uses games to increase engagement on its online learning portal for leaders, called the “Deloitte Leadership Academy.”
Guest Commentary: Addicted to Technology?
A recent study just released by the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago presents some very revealing results in terms of how employees regulate, or more to the point, try to regulate, their desires in their daily lives. Not surprisingly, desires for sleep and sex were the strongest, while desires for media and work proved the hardest to resist; specifically frequently checking your work email ranked high in the hard-to-resist group.
Casto Named Cummins’ Executive Director of Corporate Communications
Before joining Corporate Responsibility, Casto served as director of the Company’s Six Sigma program, which seeks to improve the quality of Cummins’ processes through a common, data-driven approach. In less than two years under Casto’s leadership, the Corporate Six Sigma program achieved more than $32 million in savings.
Myers Industries Launches New Corporate Website and Facebook Page
Myers says the new site design features clean, concise, easy-to-navigate pages, with colorful photos to highlight products and businesses while painting a clear picture of the Myers Industries story – from history and business strategy to news updates and financial performance.