Networking events are those special times in life when people gather togethergenerally in large numbersto chit-chat, exchange contact info, and eat unhealthful, unidentifiable fried food in unnatural quantities. How are the networking-adverse to survive, let alone thriv... More »

Career Development

Career Development , Career Planning , Engagement

Knowing that executives are concerned about productivity and cost savings is crucial for any performance improvement practitioner who might conduct analysis and discover workplace bullying is a root cause of performance problems within an organization. The term bullying... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital

Business Impact , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Trends

In training settings, people often share stories that cross back and forth over a blurry line of truthfulness. In fact, sometimes these stories can feel downright manipulative. This is one of the great criticisms and negative perceptions often held about storiesespecial... More »

Learning & Development

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Engagement , Informal Learning , Training and Development - General

When we add a virtual environment to the challenges associated with training across cultures, misunderstandings can easily be exacerbated, often because they will go unnoticed by the facilitator for a longer period of time. As discussed in an earlier In Practice article... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

To understand social learning, we must first understand social media. Social media is a set of Internet-based technologies designed to be used by three or more people. Its rarer than it sounds. Most interaction supported by technology is narrowcast (one-to-one), often w... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Engagement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends