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How to Use Corporate Training Metrics to Drive Value

LSA Global

Why Measure Training? Are corporate training metrics simply an exercise in futility that pleases training experts and HR but otherwise has no meaningful value to the business? If you are only measuring training satisfaction, hours, costs, participants, programs etc. Proficiency: How good are they at it?

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business

Even though medical institutions have designated “leadership” as a core medical competency , leadership skills are rarely taught and reinforced across the continuum of medical training. Residents should not be allowed to progress in training without achieving pre-specified proficiency in these areas.

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7 Data-Driven Characteristics of Teams that make Better Decisions

Organizational Talent Consulting

A good working definition of what it means to embrace data-driven decision-making is: Using facts extracted from data and metrics to guide business decisions that support business goals rather than relying on experience, intuition, and stories alone. Pay attention to metrics that matter and provide regular updates. McGraw-Hill.

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Social Media Is Too Important to Be Left to the Marketing Department

Harvard Business

Since 2013 the number of customers who expect a response through social media has doubled, according to research from Sprout Social , yet seven out of eight messages to companies go unanswered for 72 hours. Ask legal and human resources to provide a list of do’s and don’ts for real-time consumer engagement.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. From just a few thousand queries a month in 2013, ABIe now handles 100,000 — from all of the company’s employees, and not just from agents.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

In 2013, GE had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 32% and water use by 45% compared to 2004 and 2006 baselines, respectively, resulting in $300 million in savings. Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies.

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Fortune 500 and over 30 of the Global Fortune 100 among its clientele. Internships.

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