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Make Networking Work for You

Make Networking Work for You

Regardless of your role within your organization, professional networking can help build relationships that will benefit you for years to come. Networking isn’t just about meeting and establishing new relationships – it's also about maintaining and strengthening the...

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Make Networking Work for You

Regardless of your role within your organization, professional networking can help build relationships that will benefit you for years to come. Networking isn’t just about meeting and establishing new relationships – it's also about maintaining and strengthening the...

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Employee Friendly Policies Serve Your Internal Customer

Employee Friendly Policies Serve Your Internal Customer

Competition for the customer has sky-rocketed. Stores -- both national chains and local mom-and-pop shops -- are introducing value pricing and loyalty programs… anything to keep their focus on getting customers through the door. While these efforts are indeed...

7 Benefits of Teambuilding

7 Benefits of Teambuilding

You’ve likely heard the saying, “Teamwork makes the dream work.” While it may seem cliché, it’s not wrong. In order for your organization to be successful in achieving its goals, you need a team that can work together cohesively. That kind of teamwork doesn’t just...

How Poor Service Affects Your Profits

How Poor Service Affects Your Profits

Every time we go to a store, eat at a restaurant or call about a bill, we are either entering "Consumer Arena of Service Heaven" or "Service Hell," braced for battle, brimming with expectations, hoping for service excellence, but more often than not, we end up...

Do You Need to Update Your Harassment Training?

Do You Need to Update Your Harassment Training?

Across the country, many states have begun making updates to their harassment laws. If your organization operates in one of these states, that could have an impact on your hiring and training practices – especially if your state is one that mandates harassment...

Why Every Business Needs to Offer First Aid Training

Why Every Business Needs to Offer First Aid Training

No matter what type of business you operate, your employees are your most valuable asset and you have an obligation to protect them. Providing adequate first aid training and supplies is one of the many ways you can provide a safe and productive work environment....

Tracking Employee Training

Tracking Employee Training

No matter what industry you're in, your staff is still your most valuable asset. On the front lines every day, employees have the most influence over important success factors, such as customer loyalty, sales goals, company culture, and legal compliance. Each one of...

Why You Should Be Cross Training Your Employees

Why You Should Be Cross Training Your Employees

Staffing shortages have become widespread regardless which industry you work in. With hiring the right employees becoming increasingly difficult, it’s possible the solution isn’t to add new talent, but to work with the employees you already have. By taking the time to...

Grow Your Employees, Grow Your Business

Grow Your Employees, Grow Your Business

The change in seasons is the perfect time to evaluate your staff training program. Think about your employees like the flowers that are popping up this this time of year. Some of their growth is innate, of course, but the biggest blossoms need the right environment to...

Top 12 LMS Features You Need to Have

Top 12 LMS Features You Need to Have

Navigating the process of choosing the right learning management system (LMS) to support your employee training program can be tricky. There are a lot of options, each coming with a wide variety of features and claiming to be the best option. But are they the best...

8 Types of Business Competition

8 Types of Business Competition

Who is your competition? When you read that question, at least a handful of other company names should pop into your head. It’s important to know the companies you’re competing with for revenue, and it’s equally important to understand how you compete with them. Take...

Take Advantage of Your LMS Reporting 

Take Advantage of Your LMS Reporting 

Reporting is an essential aspect of any successful training program. At the very minimum, reporting can show you which employees are completing their training, and which may need an additional nudge to get things done. However, depending on the needs of your business,...