22 Articles found for subject: Training & Development

The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam Grant, Donna Wiggs | Source: Big Think | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

But it doesn’t have to be such a chore. When done well, performance reviews are an incredibly valuable exercise that enables a manager and direct report to track growth over time, align on how the work impacts what matters most to the business, and build a more open and trusting relationship. The conversation should flow both ways — a back-and-forth dialogue, not a lecture.

That’s why … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Coaching, Human Resources, Management, Training & Development

A dual focus on developing people and managing them well gives a select group of companies a long-term performance edge.

Content: Article | Authors: Anu Madgavkar, Bill Schaninger, Dana Maor, Hamid Samandari, Jonathan Woetzel, Kanmani Chockalingam, Olivia White, Sven Smit | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Human Resources, Training & Development

Section 4, a growing online platform for business education founded by Scott Galloway and working with top business professors and practitioners, distills MBA-quality courses into two- to three-week sprints in topics such as Product Positioning, Brand Strategy, Data & Analytics, Customer-Centered Innovation and more. Sprints are designed to be short, intense, and instantly applicable. They deliver the content at a fraction of the cost of … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Kristy Bleizeffer | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: Human Resources, Learning, MBA Related, Personal Development, Training & Development

How am I doing? Research by Francesca Gino and colleagues shows just how badly employees want to know. Is it time for managers to get over their discomfort and get the conversation going at work?

Content: Article | Authors: Francesca Gino, Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development

At early-stage companies, where you’re still wrestling with product/market fit and building up the company foundation, management often falls to the back burner, leaving folks to generally figure it all out for themselves. However, many of the cracks that emerge as startups scale can be traced back to those missing managerial cornerstones.

One root cause? Manager training, which is largely ignored by startups as a BigCo bucket … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Johnathan Nightingale, Melissa Nightingale | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Management, Training & Development

When you’re asked to help young, underrepresented talent succeed, here’s what you’ll need to know to do the job right.

Content: Article | Author: Wanda T. Wallace | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development

To get favorable results from performance evaluations, evaluators must set positive expectations, showing that they believe improvements can be made, and that the feedback itself — even negative feedback — is an opportunity to learn rather than a punitive final word. They should also be willing to assist with concrete steps toward the suggested improvements, including coaching and goal setting. Done correctly, performance feedback can … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Katherine Klein | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development

Over the past decade, many organizations have developed onboarding programs to improve retention, engagement and their overall employee experience.

But a recent study by Gallup has found that most organizations are falling woefully short of the mark. Only 12% of employees strongly agree their organization does a great job of onboarding new employees.

The consequences are significant regrettable turnover within the first year of employment and low … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Ben Wigert, Ryan Pendell | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

From Gallup’s perspective, onboarding should do two important things:

1. fulfill the promises made during the hiring process
2. lay the foundation for long-term engagement and performance

So what aspects of onboarding are proven to lay the foundation for consistent high performance?

Here are the five questions every employee needs to have answered if they are to have an exceptional onboarding experience.

Content: Article | Author: Jim Harter | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

There is very little overlap between the management areas leaders think they need to improve and the weaknesses identified by those they lead. Reconciling these differences will improve leaders and their organizations.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam Bryant, David Reimer, Joan Shafer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Personal Development, Training & Development

Research suggests that with the right mind-set, technological literacy, and community engagement, you can shepherd your entire workforce into the digital future.

Content: Article | Authors: Ann Johnston, Darren Lee, Mike Pino | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

In our era of globalization, your job performance may depend on your “CQ”. So what is it?

Content: Article | Author: David Robson | Source: BBC | Subjects: Human Resources, International, Training & Development

With critical thinking ranking among the most in-demand skills for job candidates, you would think that educational institutions would prepare candidates well to be exceptional thinkers, and employers would be adept at developing such skills in existing employees. Unfortunately, both are largely untrue.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

To demystify what critical thinking is and how it is developed, our team at Zarvana turned … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Matt Plummer | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Personal Development, Training & Development

The ACADEMIES framework is a useful tool for conceptualizing learning strategy.

Content: Article | Authors: Jacqueline Brassey, Lisa Christensen, Nick van Dam | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

Make learning stick. See how Google uses bite-sized lessons to help managers build psychological safety within their teams.

Content: Article | Authors: Debbie Newhouse, Regina Getz-Kikuchi | Source: re:Work | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

A retired brigadier general explains how companies can prioritize talent development.

Content: Article | Author: Bernard Banks | Source: Kellogg Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership, Training & Development

Companies can vastly raise the odds of success if they take the time to build the needed capabilities.

Content: Article | Authors: Amy Radermacher, Cinzia Lacopeta, Elena Dumitrescu, Erhard Feige | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Training & Development

We asked executives to tell us about the circumstances in which their leadership-development programs were effective and when they were not. We found that much needs to happen for leadership development to work at scale, and there is no “silver bullet” that will singlehandedly make the difference between success and failure. That said, statistically speaking, four sets of interventions appear to matter most: contextualizing the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Claudio Feser, Michael Rennie, Nicolai Nielsen | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership, Training & Development

The vast majority of organizations put too much leadership development emphasis on people who are already in traditional leadership roles. And not enough on the people who are the promise of the future.

Content: Article | Author: Digby Scott | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development