5 Ways to Improve Employee Morale
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We’re all reading the same news about layoffs and demands to return to the office. I don’t really want to discuss that today. But I do want to talk about something that might occur when employees aren’t happy – and that’s a decline in morale. Morale is defined as “the […]
Productivity Series [Part 4]: Get Hard Tasks Done First
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain You might have heard this quote from Mark Twain before. The “frog” in this […]
Bookmark This! The HR Strategy Edition
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Now more than ever, HR professionals need to know how to develop, implement, and maintain strategy. As a reminder, a strategy is defined as a plan of action designed to achieve success. Frankly, strategy work is hard right now because the business world is changing frequently, and the organization is reacting […]
Use Listening Styles to Become a Better Listener
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I’d like to think we can all agree that listening is an important communication skill. And we’ve talked in the past about active listening and empathic listening. I was doing some office spring cleaning recently and ran across an old ATD InfoLine on listening. This one had a different view on […]
Managers: It Pays to Learn How to Delegate
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The goal of being a manager is to hire and train your replacement. Managers will not be able to get promoted without someone to take their place. Oh sure, you can get the promotion. But then you will have to do two jobs (while getting paid for one). Managers will […]
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Artificial Intelligence Learning
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Bloom’s Taxonomy is a framework used by trainers and educators to establish learning goals. It was developed by a group of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom in 1956. It remains a valuable and widely used tool that is adaptable to changing environments. And it has strong application for learning artificial intelligence. […]
How to Make Time for Yourself
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes We often say that we need to take time for ourselves. Totally makes sense. If we don’t take care of ourselves, we could negatively impact our wellness and wellbeing. If we don’t take care of ourselves, how will we be able to take care of others that might rely on […]
Productivity Series [Part 3]: The Eisenhower Matrix Can Help Prioritize Tasks
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In case you’ve missed it, we’re doing a series on productivity methods. Our last article was focused on the 3/3/3 Method. I hope you’ll check it out. The idea behind the 3/3/3 Method is to spend 3 hours on your most important task, complete 3 shorter tasks that are also important, […]
How to Develop a Good Company Policy
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Case IQ, a leading provider of case management solutions that helps companies manage the process and workflow of investigators collecting and analyzing information related to a case, with the goal of resolving issues, managing risk, and identifying opportunities for […]
Artificial Intelligence and Automation: Know the Differences and Similarities
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I mentioned in a previous article that I went to an artificial intelligence (AI) conference recently. One of the things that I found interesting was the conversation about AI and automation. While they are related, they’re definitely not the same. Automation is setting up a technology that follows a defined order. […]