As I work with different people, or engage others in meaningful conversation at networking events and the like, I often hear folk questioning the validity of the 70:20:10 concept of workplace learning.  Most of the people I talk to about this concept are caught up in the validity, or otherwise, of the proclaimed numbers at

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Like all hot business topics, there are more than a handful of books on the market providing guidance, insight, and suggestions about how to improve Employee Engagement in your business. I have found the following to be a great place to start. These books provide a balanced perspective from different viewpoints and using different methods

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Let’s face it. Training is on its last legs. The days of sending Joe or Mary off to some two day “How to Deal With Difficult People” (or similar) course, hoping they’ll come back an improved person are long gone. Or are they?Is it still way too easy for manager to authorize a random training

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Perhaps you’ve heard that providing your people with development opportunities is the key to long term business success.  Maybe you’ve also heard that developing people at work is the critical missing link that ensures ‘people engagement’ – also something that is supposed to be important for your business. You also figure it would be helpful

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