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Erica blends the sciences of adult learning, creative thinking and playfulness to create engaging activities, courses and programs. Her courses give individuals and teams the tools and skills to generate more ideas, transform their meetings, problem-solving skills and teamwork. This year Erica also embarked on combining playfulness and team building. She joined the team at […]
Dr. Roger Firestien is the Senior Faculty Member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at the State University of New York- Buffalo State. The Center confers the only Master of Science Degree in Creativity Studies of its kind in the world. Roger has been called “The Gold Standard” of creativity training by his […]
If you’ve gone above and beyond on your CPD; if you’ve spent time, money and energy on your professional development to hone your leadership skills then I may have some bad news for you. Practicing skills isn’t the most effective way of developing as a leader. To be more precise; intense, focused and repetitive practice […]
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No matter what an employer does, the simple truth is that even the best, most highly valued employees will one day leave your organization. Hopefully, it’ll be at the end of a long and happy career with your company, after having passed on their know-how and experience. But what if it’s not? When skilled or […]
by Nicola Middlemiss HR professionals should be promoting the importance of self-awareness if they want to help their employees grow and develop – that’s the assertion from one industry expert who insists the skill is a critical workplace asset. “If we can help people increase that self-awareness, they know what competencies they have and which […]
In this time of scrutiny, it’s going to be difficult to compete with other companies on recruiting talent if your hiring manager isn’t on board with the message. You’re going to have to teach your hiring manager to sell the position and sell the company.
In the month after my graduation, I went for job interview at 4 different companies, but none called me back. After the 4th job interview, my mild optimism had turned itself into depression. What if no one would hire me? What if the three years I spent completing my degree in English literature is all […]
Too many think that a retention plan is simply making sure the company provides a positive atmosphere or provides attractive benefits…
I believe in the concept of employee engagement. I think focusing on employees is key in impacting success of customers and businesses. I love HR and the HR technology space trying to support this cause. I’ve enjoyed being surrounded by it for the past 12 years… but recently I find myself annoyed. I’m annoyed at […]