Category: Corporate Learning

  • Servant Leadership – How Meeting the Needs of Your Team Can Make You a More Effective Leader

    A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.– Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur. By the Mind Tools Content Team Why Servant Leadership? Through servant leadership, your team learns to trust you,  knowing that you are  “there for them.” …

  • 6 Telecommuting Hard Realities No One Tells You About

    BY ANNAMARIE HOULIS Photo credit: Pixabay TAGS: Work-life balance, Flexibility, Google, Slack Technologies, Forbes, FlexJobs, Workplace Before I took the leap to freelancing full time, I’d assumed that telecommuting would mean never wearing pants and getting to answer emails from the comfort of my bed. Certainly, there are those elements. But there’s a lot more to it than I’d never anticipated, and there are some legitimate challenges.…

  • Is it Legal?  The Key to Derailing Harassment Suits

    DECEMBER 21, 2015 BY TOM D’AGOSTINO   An employee gets a bad write-up – and then complains he’s being harassed. Does that sound familiar? If so, take a look at Goodale v. Landscape Forms, Inc., a favorable new ruling for employers. Took Complaint Seriously In Goodale, an employee in Michigan complained to human resources (HR) that his co-workers were making fun of him…

  • How Power Changes People – the Paradox of Power

    THE PSYCHOLOGY OF POWER First there was Bill Cosby’s sexual harassment charges, then the Uber Crisis and CEO Travis Kalanick’s resignation amid an investor revolt and just last month, movie mogul  Harvey Weinstein was ousted from Miramax by his own board of directors in light of dozens of sexual harassment allegations. Some of these behaviours…

  • Reinventing Your Workflow Process – 4  Areas You Should Focus On

    Editor’s Note: Although this article is directed at improving workflow in HR, the same principles can be applied company-wide! Is It Time to Reinvent Your HR Workflow Process? By: Liz Alton OCTOBER 11, 2017     If your workflow process hasn’t changed in the last five years, it might be time to consider a change. As Wharton Business…