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How Do You Train And Retain Tech Talent? Use Podcasts, Says CEO Jen Grogono

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Grogono works with Dell, Salesforce, Facebook and others to change their meetings, blogs, and internal newsletters into engaging, streamable podcast episodes only available to employees. . Gallup’s annual workforce engagement survey confirms that companies with highly engaged employees are simply more profitable than others. .

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Employers need more control over training

The Small Business Blog

An overwhelming 93% of the firms recently surveyed by the Confederation of British Industry group Pearson said that they knew best about the training needs of their staff and the skills that they require. Business News managed training services training'

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

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Unilever Mission Unilever launched a mental health champions program that trains employees to be a listening ear for other employees in times of need. Nearly 4,000 employees have been trained since this launched in 2020. As of 2022, 82% of Unilever office employees surveyed felt that the company cared about their overall well-being.

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The Decline of Employee Training & The Rise of Side Gigs

Small Business Labs

The chart below, which shows a decline in employer-provided and on-the-job training in recent decades, has been making the rounds in the economic blogs.  But given the Great Recession, it seems pretty unlikely that employer-provided and on-the-job training have done anything but decline since 2008.

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Forms that Function

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Do you ever have the need to email a quick survey to several people? A productivity tip from Dawn Monroe Training , July 2022. By: Dawn Monroe, MOSM, MCE, MCCT, CVE, CVP. Integrating Microsoft Forms into Your Outlook Email. Polling Power. In the past, you may have used the Voting Buttons feature in Microsoft Outlook.

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It’s International Coworking Day — Learn About Its History, Plus Ways To Celebrate

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It all started with a coding blog . Software engineer Brad Neuberg is credited as the person who kicked off not just Coworking Day, but the whole coworking movement itself, when he blogged about the idea on August 9, 2005 : . Here’s what we found out. . This week is the first week of coworking, something I am setting up.” .

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

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In its Great Attrition survey, McKinsey identified that 51% of employees who left their job in the last six months did so because they lacked a sense of belonging. Paul says that, as a company, Charter Communication thinks it’s critically important to bring people together to meet in person for strategic planning, training, and team building.