With the hustle and bustle of everyday life (along with a full-time work and school load), there are weeks that I find it extremely difficult to find something to blog about. What’s even more interesting is that this problem doesn’t just affect bloggers. More »

Learning & Development , Higher Education , Career Development

Career Development , Trends , World Events , Students , Skills Gap

As faculty charged with teaching organizational behavior, leadership and organizational change, our obligation goes far beyond the academic.  In my view, we have an obligation to train graduate students in the art and practice of leadership. More »

Higher Education , Human Capital

Trends , Skills Gap , Leadership Development , Faculty , Students

Last semester, I conducted the first internship class for the HRD undergraduate students at my university. Our undergraduate program is just under three years old, and we finally had students approaching graduation and in need of the required internship.  More »

Career Development , Higher Education

Beginner Level Content , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Faculty , Students , Skills Gap

By definition, a mentor is an experienced adviser and supporter, someone usually older and more experienced who advises and guides a younger, less experienced person.  And according to Encarta Dictionary, (I love this one!) a mentor is also a trainer—but I mu... More »

Career Development , Higher Education , Human Capital

Career Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Skills Gap , Students

The way I see it – the gap between research/theory and practice can be largely attributed to the different priorities of scholars and practitioners. Scholars want to be well-respected within the research community.  Practitioners want answers to the issues th... More »

Learning & Development , Higher Education , Career Development , Workforce Development

Beginner Level Content , Advanced Level Content , Intermediate-level Content , Skills Gap , Managing Organizational Knowledge