In our morning WAM meeting (Weekly Action Meeting), I was sharing the focus of this week’s blog. One co-worker commented, “Just tell people to please refrain from asking questions like “if you could be any flavor of ice cream, which flavor would you be?” Hmmm……I thought to myself, “peppermint stick.” Oh dear, what does that [...]
LinkedIn had its inception right along with the rest of the social media children (Facebook, Blogging, YouTube, etc.) and yet, in my opinion, has never really taken its rightful seat at the table of viability. The starlets (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) have really gleaned the spotlight and LinkedIn, for lack of a better word, has become [...]
A few years ago while managing a department, I was faced with the need to confront one of my employees regarding his poor performance. I found myself spending a significant amount of time trying to figure out the best way to approach this employee, how to get my point across and hopefully change this person’s [...]
Last week we introduced you to the concept of New Social Learning and the possibilities it has to influence and enhance training and development departments. To continue the discussion I’ve relied heavily on the book The New Social Learning by Tony Bingham & Marcia Conner. The book did a great job at giving some quick [...]