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Aligning corporate university initiatives with organizational goals helps increase the bottom line. Rick Tift, executive director of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, discusses their Command University initiatives that has been successful and led to

When looking for a job, one way to add a personal touch is by including a cover letter with your resume. This letter differs from a resume because it is written to human resources or the person doing the hiring and will most likely be read before this person takes a look at your resume.

Conducting effective exit interviews can be critical to improving the performance of your organization. However, it is key to make sure that the interviewer is conducting it in a professional manner that is not inquisitive. Exit interviews may be the last opportunity to do damage control

During the rocky economic times, organizations are in dire need of finding ways to cut costs while remaining profitable and achieving their organizational goals. However, most organizations cut training as a way to save money. While the continuous education within organizations may come

Meetings are vital in every business environment. However, it is very easy to lead a meeting astray and lose site of the purpose. To conduct an efficient and productive meeting, the leader must effectively communicate the intention of the meeting to the participants and keep everyone on

Overseeing employee performance is a manager’s most critical responsibility. In order to maintain and leverage the productivity and performance of the individual and organization as a whole, a manager should talk to his or her employees about work performance, strengths, weaknesses

The Government Performance Coalition has recommended an agenda for performance management and human resources—major topics that need be addressed by President Obama. Katherine Mehr speaks with Michael Filler, the associate director at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a

The 2008 CHCO report, “Elevating our Federal Workforce: Chief Human Capital Officers Offer Advice to President Obama,” conducted by the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton, states that building, energizing and maintaining a high-quality workforce is the key to

Today's internal training organizations face unprecedented challenges and opportunities. In an economy teetering on recession, companies must respond swiftly and strategically to the scarcity of economic resources, generational shifts in the workforce, new business demands and

In these difficult economic times there is pressure to do more with less. A method to stretch the resources a company has is to utilize learning and development, a key competitive advantage that can make the difference between those companies that emerge triumphant from the downturn and

Today’s internal training organization faces unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Scarcer economic resources, a troubled economy and senior level managements demanding monetized results from training programs. The key activities of running training like a business involve

Surveys are the most effective way to better understand employee experiences in the workplace. When designed and executed properly, the feedback from surveys also becomes instrumental to performance and productivity. However, the key to performing a successful survey is understanding why

During the past few weeks there has been a lot activity with the U.S. financial market. Quite a few financial management and investment banks have merged with other organizations and/or have been bought out. The Dow has dropped precipitously. We watched as the $700 billion bailout plan

Onboarding is becoming more and more critical as organizations face the looming reality of the baby boomer brain drain. Now, more than ever, companies must reevaluate their training to maximize talent and increase performance and productivity. As the economy proves unstable it is crucial

When new employees complete their first week on the job, the first question they are asked by friends and family is “Do you like your new job?” A majority say yes. The goal of employers is to make sure that after six months, a year and so on, the employees still feel the same