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Human Resources Changes to Meet Modern Workforce Demand
The role of human resources professionals is not the same as it was twenty years ago 鈥� or even two years ago, for that matter. As evolving realities emerge, human resources changes are most defined by a broadening range of responsibilities to meet modern workforce demands.
May 31, 2022Director's Corner, Human Resources
Can Workplace Conflict Support Process Improvement?
What good can come out of office squabbles, customer backlash, and hurt feelings? Plenty, it turns out. Those internal issues are signaling something in your company鈥檚 processes and procedures that are inefficient or broken. Once you鈥檝e identified those areas for growth, you can then apply process improvement principles to turn things around.
May 3, 2022Process Improvement
Career Path: Getting Ahead of the Curve with Lifelong Affinity Education
In my last blog entry, I conveyed my vision for a lifelong affinity education model鈥攐ne where institutes of higher learning serve as local hubs, offering a range of programming to engage populations at virtually every phase of the life cycle.
April 27, 2022Director's Corner, Professional Development
How to Prepare for Your Project Manager Interview Questions
Your resume grabbed the attention of a recruiter and now you鈥檙e officially a candidate for a project management role. Congratulations! To get the job, though, you鈥檝e got to know how to prepare for your project manager interview questions.
April 19, 2022Project Management
Most Effective Digital Marketing Channels for Your Business
The variety of digital marketing options can seem endless. Your budget, however, is anything but infinite. So, where should you spend your limited marketing dollars to get the best bang for your buck?
April 19, 2022Business, Sales and Marketing
What is Collaborative Leadership, and How Can It Improve Your Workplace?
Millennials and Gen Z now make up more than half the U.S. workforce, and by 2030, all members of the Baby Boom generation will have reached retirement age. Among the many changes ushered in by this generational shift is a move toward collaborative leadership styles instead of top-down management 鈥� and it鈥檚 transforming the culture of work.
April 5, 2022Leadership and Management
The Model of Lifelong Learning
Embedded within my position as director of 51在线鈥檚 Corporate Training and Professional Education is a broader, encompassing philosophy that advocates for ongoing learning. My vision is one where institutes of higher learning become the go-to hubs of a lifelong affinity education model.
March 31, 2022Director's Corner
Top 5 Digital Marketing Trends to Jump on in 2022
No matter what new digital marketing trends and tools you may have heard about, content is still king. But the way companies are creating, using, and testing the effectiveness of their digital assets continues to undergo big changes.
March 15, 2022Business, Sales and Marketing
9 Ways to Reframe Negative Thinking into a Positive Outlook
If your doomscrolling habit or a challenging work life has you on negative autopilot, it鈥檚 time to shift your default mode back to the bright side. How do you switch from gloom to glory? Simple: practice
March 1, 2022Professional Development
How Can You Improve Employee Retention During the Great Resignation?
Call it the Big Quit, the Worker Reshuffle, or the Great Reset, we are in the middle of a seismic change in the workforce that鈥檚 giving employers ample reasons to be anxious.
February 22, 2022Leadership and Management, Professional Development
How to Finance Your Master's Degree or Continuing Education
Don鈥檛 assume grad school or continuing education is out of reach for your budget. Paying for your post-grad or professional courses can be a challenge, but it鈥檚 completely doable.
January 19, 2022Professional Development
Improving Corporate Training | Preventing Failure
It has never been more urgent for your company to offer effective training programs to expand workforce skills. But the need for training does not automatically mean your company knows the formula for reskilling and upskilling staff.
December 21, 2021Human Resources