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How the Food Industry Is Using Cross-Training to Boost Service

Harvard Business

Cross-training employees on a variety of tasks can be a powerful tool for improving operations, as well as for attracting and retaining workers. When employees are cross-trained to perform a variety of both customer-facing and non-customer-facing tasks, they can adjust their work depending on demand and business needs.

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Evaluating ROI on Your Company’s Learning and Development Initiatives

Harvard Business

Historically, the challenge with implementing learning and development programs has been the difficulty in quantifying the impacts on organizational performance. Leaders can use an approach called balanced benchmarking, borrowed from operations management, to conduct a needs assessment and apply training where it can be most effective.

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Finite Attention Spans and Employee Agility Driving Corporate Training Trends

Clarity Consultants

Rapid change and the need for employees who can adapt to uncertainty with flexibility and proactiveness will continue to drive corporate training budgets. L&D leaders have been instrumental in helping employers and employees pivot to pandemic protocols and navigate both remote and hybrid operations and corporate culture.

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What Makes a Company Great at Producing Leaders?

Harvard Business

They identified four qualities that set these companies apart: 1) They take a strategic approach to attracting, developing, and retaining talent; 2) They heavily invest in training and development; 3) They have strong cultures and internal operations; and 4) They’re respected in the broader environment.

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Enhancing Companies and Results

Business Consulting Agency

This is where business consulting services shine, offering a wealth of benefits that help companies improve their operations, enhance their strategies, and ultimately achieve better results. Operational Efficiency Process Optimization: Business consultants analyze existing processes and workflows, identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies.

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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. In medicine, physicians not only begin managing and directing teams early in their careers, but they rise through the ranks uniformly.

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Human Resources Management – How to Get Started

Tom Spencer

Human resource teams are critical to the growth of a company since employees typically represent both the biggest operating expense and largest off-balance sheet asset for most businesses. In this article, I will break down a few functionalities of Human Resource teams, and a couple of ways to get started in Human Resource Management.