4 steps to make your training suck less

Let’s be blunt your trainings suck. Don’t worry everyone else’s do too; mine do as well. It’s true and no one is blaming you, which of course is part of the problem. Be honest, do you really believe you are offer engaging programs? Yeah, I know you get good reviews but so do all the […]

The Evolution of Global Workplace Violence Research

This is the third in a series of segments which together comprise a larger paper presented at the  Ninth World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion, Merida, Mexico, focusing on workplace violence from a “global” perspective. In its entirety, this paper examines the contributing factors of workplace abuse which plague both developed and developing nations. The formal study of workplace violence is a relatively new […]

Incentive program checklist

Before you set up your company incentive program, be sure to review this checklist and get all of your information together to ensure a smooth launch and ongoing success. Determine the behavior you are trying to change: Increased sales, improved morale, customer loyalty?  What do you want for an outcome?  What is the purpose of the […]

The purpose equation for success at the speed of change

Aligning Purpose With People, Passion and Potential What is the purpose equation?  Why is it critical to success at the speed of change? Why is it fundamental to effective leadership? Why must the purpose equation  be entrenched in leadership development, management training and at every level in our lives and organizations? Let’s take a closer […]

Ideas to enhance your mentoring initiative

Have you started a mentoring program or are you thinking about starting one? This is great news, because mentoring is one of the most effective ways to transfer knowledge, keep your members energized, engaged and to help them develop important skills. Whether your mentoring initiative is informal or has a formal structure, here are a few ideas on how you can build some buzz.

Choosing the right incentives

The fact is incentives work – and basically any of those options will help you reward behavior. But let’s think about some of the pluses and minuses of each of those and see how they match up with your particular goals. And we’ll even add in one more that award providers will never mention as an option: your own company-sponsored awards.

Workplace violence: “an evolving definition”

Arriving at a universally agreed upon definition of workplace violence is difficult at best; some might say impossible. We are challenged by divergent cultures, the sheer scope of reference and the number of terms used to describe the phenomenon of workplace violence. Terms used include, “mobbing” (Leymann, 1996[1]; Zapf et al., 1996[2]), “harassment” (Björkqvist et […]