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Toxic Organizations Cause Conflict — The Remedy Is Leadership

Welcome to the fire of an unhealthy workplace. Leadership may be the cure Summary: Some organizations have climates that are unhealthy for those that work in them. We call these organizations toxic organizations. Within toxic organizations conflict thrives like weeds….

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If You Think You “Understand” Millennials, It’s Time To Evaluate Your OWN Thinking

Oddly enough, the Millennial Generation, also referred to as Gen-Y, is not so well defined, even when it comes to the boundaries for who fits and who doesn’t. One common range runs from 1980–2000 although some people use a narrower…

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Before You Bring In A Motivational Speaker, Heed These Warnings

The training and motivational speaker industry is a strange one where, in some cases, huge amounts of money are paid for minimal amounts of time and zero results. For more on organizational learning, motivational speakers and training visit The Training…

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Coronavirus Creates Pandemic of Blame: Difference Between Blame And Holding Accountable

Coronavirus isn’t the only pandemic going on. While we live in a society that seeks out people to blame for our problems either personal, corporate or societal, I can’t recall a time where it’s impossible to go even a few…

Elearning, Distance Education, Not Equivalent to Full Time Study

Elearning and Distance Education DIFFERENT from Face To Face Full Time Studies Even though almost everybody can understand that: a conversation on the phone is not the same as a conversation face to face watching a sport on television is…

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When Teams Aren’t Important Or Desirable

Teams aren’t always the best or most efficient way to get work done Sometimes Teams Are Counter-Productive On the surface of it, it would appear that effective teams are always good, and that it is always worthwhile to invest in…