I hear a lot about managers being promoted without sufficient training. The theory is that people are pushed into management without first having the required skill sets. Anecdotally this might be true, but are there any empirical data that prove this approach is leading to a generation of underequipped managers? —Skeptical in Services, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Training
Can Training Change Lifestyles
June 20, 2010Some companies with nonstandard work shifts are trying to help employees cope with challenges such as juggling job and family obligations.
Dear Workforce How Do We Calculate a First-Ever Training Budget
June 15, 2010Our company has never had a formal training budget, but I’ve now been asked to develop one. I am collecting data on all the training we’d like to offer next year, per employee, but frankly don’t know if I am asking for too much training money or too little. How do I calculate an approximate training budget? And how much should we devote to leadership training?
It’s ‘Game On’ for Training in Virtual Worlds
June 7, 2010A new book depicts growing corporate support for using virtual worlds to deliver certain types of employee training.
Why Employers Should Expand Management Training
June 1, 2010‘Common-law’ claims can prove every bit as problematic—and costly—as statutory discrimination claims, so employers should incorporate training in these general areas of the law into their overall management training program.
Dear Workforce Why Won’t My Team Members Help With Training?
May 28, 2010I’m having trouble getting my staff to accept their responsibility for training other employees. What should I do to help them understand that training is a team effort and not just the responsibility of human resources?
Tourism Training Takes Flight in Miami
May 13, 2010Miami International is one of the nation’s busiest airports. As part of a major expansion, all employees who work on airport grounds in 2010 are required to master customer service, even if they clean toilets or shine shoes.
Special Report on Training and Development The Leadership Formula
May 4, 2010By surveying management at companies performing at varying levels in a number of industries and crunching the numbers, researchers have developed a data-driven model for what constitutes good leadership and how to develop it.
Economic Upswing Colliding With Urgent New Push for Talent
Companies can implement success strategies that create and develop global talent pools, or they can choose to ignore the warning signs and risk experiencing an erosion of talent that is likely to result in sustained underperformance.
April 7, 2010Companies can implement success strategies that create and develop global talent pools, or they can choose to ignore the warning signs and risk experiencing an erosion of talent that is likely to result in sustained underperformance.
Well-Known Trade Magazine ‘Training’ to Shutter Next Month
February 19, 2010The publication is widely recognized in the HR industry, particularly for its popular and well-respected list of best companies for training, the Training Top 125. Winners for the 2010 list were named earlier this month and include IBM, Ritz-Carlton, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and EMC.
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