It seems that some schools combine long hours with revolving days off so that teachers find it hard to recharge their batteries, let alone keep up the quality of their teaching.
As so often this comes back to cultural norms. Many teachers come from a background in which it is normal for...
Online training is known by numerous names and acronymscomputer-based training (CBT), web-based training (WBT), cyber-training, distance learning, e-learning, etc. By whatever name, online training is a method of delivering training through an electronic medium without the immediate presence of...
There are a few ways human resources training is conducted. For many large companies, a well-trained human resources department is key to running a successful business. Employees of these companies need a place where they can go when a payroll discrepancy occurs, a complaint needs to be filed,...
Turnover in the IT industry is quite high and this is often reflected in the amount of jobs in IT that are advertised online. From a recent survey, The IT Job Board, www.theitjobboard.com specialists in jobs in IT found from a survey of 1,000 candidates that 62% of the respondents have been in...
The cost of management meetings and avoiding wastage of man hours unnecessarily
In todays office environment, meetings with top leadership, management, colleagues, customers, partners or subordinates may necessitate you to go to the next cabin, another building or even to some other state...
Job-seekers tend to worry about whether a prospective employer will like them. But considering that most people spend a majority of their days at work, it’s also important for prospective employees to consider whether a particular company is the right fit for them.
Before spending...
The corporate structure continues to change in that companies are continuing to increase in size through mergers and acquisitions. As this progress goes forward it seems that we have lost sight of some of the basic elements that make companies successful to begin with. Most of us in the...
Business rises and falls on leadership. According to business guru, Brian Tracy, Leadership is the most important single factor in determining business success or failure in our competitive, turbulent, fast-moving economy. Still not convinced? Based on a study by Jessie Hagen of the US Bank,...
Job-seekers tend to worry about whether a prospective employer will like them. But considering that most people spend a majority of their days at work, it’s also important for prospective employees to consider whether a particular company is the right fit for them.
Before spending...
How many times have you heard a business owner or manager say that they spend their workday always sweating at putting out fires? I hear it all the time.
Think of a raging forest fire. There are sweaty fire fighters working hard, just yards in front of the flames. There is one person...
How Emotional Intelligence Impacts Sales Performance and Employee Retention in a Dealership
One of the mysteries of the auto dealership world is why general managers and general sales managers assume that low productivity and the resulting high turnover are inevitable with their sales...
It was just a Yellow, Legal sized Notepad, but it made this millionaire CEO’s sales force more productive, less stressed and happier, at work and at home.
How could a simple yellow notepad have such power?
Here is the story:
The millionaire CEO gave each of his...