Learning & Development
The Millennial Generation: How to Capitalize on a Third of Your Workforce
The millennial generation are entering the workforce in droves. According to Forbes, Millennials will make up 46% of the workforce by 2020. Even now the millennial generation accounts for over 33% of the workforce. Companies can no longer afford to think of this group as interns and individual contributors. And soon, companies will be dealing…
Read MoreUse Collaboration for Better Teamwork
In this article in Talent Management, management expert Thomas Handcock, gives an interesting take on what I think gets to the root of better teamwork skills—“getting work done today requires more collaboration among a broader and more diverse set of people.” Collaboration is imperative for better teamwork and a more productive workplace. The fact that…
Read MoreIncreasing Participant Knowledge Gain Through Brain Gym
If you’ve attended (or facilitated) an Emergenetics workshop lately, you probably kicked off the day with some Brain Gym® activities. Nothing like some good ‘ole cross crawls to get the heart pumping and the mind going first thing in the morning! All Emergenetics Associates are trained to incorporate Brain Gym into their workshops to help…
Read MoreAccelerate Team Building and Collaboration
Enlightenment and alliances are on full display in our newest case study based on custom teambuilding we did for VivaKi, a leading digital advertising agency, and part of Publicis Group, one of the world’s largest advertising and public relations companies. VivaKi’s Center of Excellence (COE) anchored the Emergenetics work—it was a multifaceted leadership and team…
Read MoreHow to Maximize Your Talent Development Program
Talent development and management systems address the challenge of putting people on a pipeline that maximizes their contribution to the organization. Some tools address individual elements of the employee life cycle, others address the whole system. Either way, the notion of sustainability is essential to the overall use of any one tool, as Diane Lujan,…
Read MoreVideo Case Study: Evaluating Training Programs and Measuring Impact
Evaluating training programs and measuring their business impact is a hot topic these days. It wasn’t all that long ago that the HR industry was under fire for its lack of knowledge about how HR impacts the overall business. In a 2005 article by Fast Company, they state “most human-resources managers aren’t particularly interested in,…
Read MoreLearning Transfer: Finding Creative Ways to Make Learning Stick
Learning transfer is a key component to The Kirkpatrick Model for Training Evaluation. This model identifies four levels to objectively analyze the effectiveness and impact of training: Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results. The levels Reaction and Results are pretty straightforward: was the training well received and what type of impact did it have on the…
Read MoreVideo Case Study: The Global Challenge of Employee Development
Today’s business environment is unlike any other before it. The course of business can change in the blink of an eye with new technologies and new ways of thinking. The environment is now more global and more integrated than ever before, and while this is an exceptional sign of progress, it brings about a host…
Read MoreVideo Case Study: Implementing an Employee Development Program
Implementing an employee development training program within an entire organization can be a daunting task. Especially in recent years when we’ve all been asked to do more with less. Instructor led training is now more challenging due to travel restrictions, budgets, and global workforces. There is constant demand for immediate business results. And sometimes those…
Read MoreHow to Implement a Large-Scale Global Employee Development Program
This is the first in a two-month series of posts on implementing a global employee development program using Emergenetics. Stay tuned for the first video- debuting next week! This week marks a major point in time for us all as we conclude the 2013 Holiday Season and look forward to 2014, a New Year with…
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