You listen with your eyesYou learn best when you “walk the walk”!Do you want learning that engages, that is easily maintained and that has an impact? Are you committed to good learning experiences but not sure what makes the difference? Are you using a blended learning approach? Are you creating courses that are technical or compliance-based? Are you on a tight budget or just beginning a project? Are you challenged with needing to rapidly develop e-learning projects?

Most people who work virtually love it. More people are demanding this as an option. Despite the efforts of companies like IBM, Yahoo, Bank of America, and Aetna to try to reverse course and pull the virtual workers back into the office, virtual work is a trend that will not roll back. Mostly for control issues and out of desperation, companies try to turn back time. Workers are having none of it. Smart companies are not either. Depending on the source, 40% or more of the workforce is curr...

Virtual work is desirable. It improves the quality of life and allows for work-life balance and autonomy. It cuts cost for both the employee and the employer and it increases employee satisfaction and retention, and broadens recruiting circles. The tools currently available and coming make virtual work more accessible to more people. The tools are getting better but a company’s ability to provide inspiration and leadership to the virtual workplace varies.Work is not what it used to...

This book explores the impact of #WFH (work from home) on regular people, everyday lives and the way we work and feel. A pandemic started in China in early February 2020 when cities like Huanggang and Wuhan sent workers home and the province of Hubei went on lockdown. China is where COVID-19 originated and in China working from home was almost unheard of prior to the pandemic. But once the government shut everything down and encouraged workers to stay at home, millions of Chinese started t...

The 21st century workplace values creativity, self-assessment, reflection, high performance and virtual connection. The facts are 40% of the workforce could, and 28% of the workforce does for virtually at least two days a week. Over fifty million people work virtually. The online world has little respect for time, space and place. The 9-to-5 day no longer applies in a 24/7/365 world. It is difficult to know when work stops and play starts. People work from home, cars, hotels, and just abou...

This book explores the impact of artificial intelligence on the workplace, human performance, and learning and development. AI is all around us. It has become an everyday thing. It helps us, it frustrates us and sometimes it makes us laugh. It impacts how we work, where we work and what we do at work. After years of "the robots are coming," the bots have arrived. It's hard these days to talk to a human in customer service. Barriers to entry kept AI at bay for decades, then it all changed. ...

Increasingly available new technologies and ways to connect have caused radical changes in the ways humans communicate, blurring the lines between different aspects of life. The Pajama Effect is the result of these changes. It describes a psychological and behavioral shift human beings experience when working in a physically detached and virtually connected world. This change puts them out of their element and vulnerable to a new environment, isolation and other challenges.The econ...

Visuals can help learners absorb information by affecting their attention, perception, visualization and imagination. One job of visuals is to gain attention. Attention is concentrated or focused consciousness. Experts in the field of training and learning, from Robert Gagne to John Keller, have indicated that attention affects learning. Perception, on the other hand, can be stimulated by visual images, but it is unique to the individual because it involves unique awareness, understanding ...

"With this extensively upgraded second edition, Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson solidify their status as the leading authorities on change leadership and organizational transformation. This is without question the most comprehensive approach for leaders who are serious about making change a strategic discipline."—Jim Kouzes, Author, The Leadership Challenge and The Truth About LeadershipA comprehensive look at what it really takes...

Authors Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy redefine what we think of as traditional leadership in this tangible book that ascribes flexible yet concrete and proven actions to what can be a very abstract term.Rather than delving into lengthy exposition and analysis to help you understand what leadership is and how to develop it for yourself, this practical book enables you to design a straightforward system tailored to your team and organizational needs.Free o...

A fully revised and updated edition of The Art of Managing People, offering the latest wisdom on crucial guidelines and techniques for creating a positive work environment and increasing productivity and profitability.From the award-winning authors of the bestselling management classic comes the revised and updated edition of The New Art of Managing People, featuring eight new chapters on important contemporary business issues such as ethics, dive...

Managing people just got easierThe book gives you a sound understanding of the concept of people management; the role of people managers; people motivational theories; the various people management styles and their appropriateness; the tools available to people managers to help them do their jobs effectively; techniques for managing performance; and an insight into how people managers candevelop their teams.Management, along with leadership, is one of the mo...