Efficient Meetings = More Time - Keeping meetings on task and on topic can save you over one full month every year

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Hannon Brett

How many meetings did you attend or hold in 2006? Did you discuss and collaborate on training curriculum in those meetings? Now take a minute to consider how many of those meetings actually resulted into positive, productive action that made your business and training p... More »

A View of Diversity from Malawi: an Ethnic and Religious Perspective

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Mavuto Kapyepye

Malawi, which is in southern Africa, is filled with a diverse range of people with various backgrounds. Although most of the languages spoken in Malawi and southern Africa generally belong to a group called Bantu languages, the ethnic groups display unique cultural beli... More »

The Trouble with Tolerance: Moving beyond passive Approaches to Diversity

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Bruce A. Jacobs

In much of our corporate life, we accept the term tolerance as a viable ethical underpinning for diversity. We seek diverse workforces by aggressively applying the principle of tolerance in our hiring practices. We aim to create and sustain a culture of tolerance to imp... More »