Change isn’t always easy, even when you are among the leaders promoting new strategies to improve your business. While in the midst of organizational change, leadership communication is essential. A lack of communication or, even worse, a lack of clear and effective signals from leadership, can not only disrupt the flow of daily operations but […]
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Trends in Corporate Training 2017
By Jessica Genereaux The corporate training environment is evolving as today’s workers continue to reflect a greater world of diversity — and a broader spectrum of learning styles. Likewise, today’s employees also require a wider range of training options. Here are five emerging trends in 2017, paving the way for more diversity in corporate training […]
Continue reading »Why Diversity Matters
If companies are raking in big profits, do CEOs really need to care if their work teams lack diversity? Maybe not in Silicon Valley, where high tech firms are dominated by white males and not under financial pressure to diversify. But the social pressure is on. When diversity is lacking in almost any other industry’s […]
Continue reading »Why Diversity Training Fails
Year after year, American companies spend in excess of $160 million on diversity training programs and policies. Many tout their commitment to diversity in their mission statements and recruitment copy. While so much time and energy is devoted to diversity, research shows diversity training does not bring the desired results. In fact, companies showed […]
Continue reading »Indoor Team Building Ideas
Indoor team building activities are an engaging, weatherproof strategy for creating high-impact meetings, seminars, conferences and retreats. See six new ways to regenerate your team with Venture Up.
Continue reading »Business Etiquette & Diversity
As the world shrinks, corporate teams everywhere are becoming more diverse … Organizations can no longer rely on past traditions or simply trust the way “things use to be done.”
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