Benefits and Challenges of Long-Tenured Employees
Organizations can benefit from seeking out their long-tenured employees and utilizing their knowledge and experiences as power.
Category: Employee Performance
Self-Directed Learning
Adults want to be viewed as being capable of making their own decisions. This includes making decisions about learning. As the need arises, adults take it upon themselves to seek methods in which to learn a new skill or increase our knowledge. Adults learn through a variety of channels common in their everyday lives. They deliberately seek information from their colleagues, family, community, or place of work. This information can lead to new knowledge or the acquisition of a new skill. On the other hand, because learning is embedded in their lives, they are often unaware that learning takes place all around them.
Consultants Can Expect to Encounter Ethical Issues
By Dr. Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Consultants, especially new consultants, can expect to encounter ethical issues. Ethical behavior affects the quality of work a consultant performs. Consultants should always keep the client’s needs as a driving force to ethical behavior. In the following paragraphs, three ethical dilemmas that consultants are likely to encounter are described […]
Consultants Often Encounter Resistance from Clients
By Dr. Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Scenario The CEO of a general contractor attributes the high turnover rate of newly hired administrative assistants to their inability to learn construction terminology quickly enough to apply it to proposal writing. The new hires quickly fall behind in their work, and the estimators whom they assist are unable to satisfy […]
Informal Workplace Learning and Knowledge Sharing
The transfer of knowledge to or from individuals can be instrumental in enhancing the overall performance of an organization. Organizations can benefit from the performance enhancement of its employees by realizing increased productivity and profitability.
Organizational Culture and Its Role in Change
During periods of major change, cultural boundaries are seriously strained.
Leadership Behaviors to Emulate in Becoming the Best You
Effective leadership is something you should develop in your career, especially if you work in the corporate world.
Three Keys to Successfully Managing Change
By Dr. Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Most people see change models as circular. Since change is a constant element in a successful organization, its repeated forces are always in action. Three keys are essential to successfully manage change: empathy, communication, and participation. Empathy Empathy, the first key to successfully managing change, is crucial in obtaining […]
Employee Tips: The Best Ways to Deal with a Hostile Work Environment
There have been moments in our lives when our jobs got the better of us. Some particular days or situations made us uncomfortable or angry. But if the prospect of going back to work makes you feel ill and disrupts your overall private life, then you are dealing with a hostile work environment. This means […]