Training Articles
Local employers place priority on workforce development
Published in the Rochester Business Journal
January 27, 2006
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Maximizing the value that employees deliver requires companies to hire the best people, clarify performance expectations, and ensure ongoing employee development. Locally and nationwide, organizations are investing more money in workforce training. But rather than simply allot a certain number of hours and dollars, employers are insisting that development initiatives dovetail with crucial organizational objectives.
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Finding ROI in an executive education program
Published in the Rochester Business Journal
November 28, 2003
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Every day, brochures and emails promoting the latest, greatest executive education programs cross managers' desks. Using appealing language and images, these pitches usually promise the world -- to those willing to pay thousands in tuition.
But how good are these executive education programs? And how does one choose?
E-learning: An important tool in effective compliance training
Published in the Rochester Business Journal
August 3, 2003
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Rulings from the Supreme Court, the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consistently underline the need for employers to show good-faith efforts by instituting a regular schedule of training for employees, especially supervisors, to ensure that those policies are understood and applied consistently. That training typically focuses on interviewing and hiring practices, preventing discrimination and harassment, managing leaves, managing disciplinary and termination issues, and handling other issues such as proper use of e-mail and Internet use.
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