What are employee focus groups?
To put it simply, employee focus groups are ways to interview employees, but of 6-10 employees in the same group instead of one-on-one. An employee focus group spotlights information or opinions collected from employees already working for the company.
Session Preparation
1. Identify the point of the session. You need to know what [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Employee Focus Groups
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged employee, employee focus groups, employeefocusgroups, employees, facilitation, focus, focus groups, focusgroups, groups, quality, rentention on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About OnBoarding
Posted in Onboarding, tagged management, Onboarding, orientation, staff on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Do you remember your first day at a new job?? Typically you’ve arrived to work where it at least appears that no-one except you knew you were going to be there! Perhaps you’ve found where you’re going to be working, but no one has told you some of the basic information you need to get [...]
Critical Learning Experiences
Posted in Software Training, tagged Cerner, E-Learning, elearning, instructor, instructor led training, instructorledtraining, led, levels, Microsoft, SCORM, synergistix, training on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, more than ever we understand the need for learning opportunities to be available for business. Whether you are in need of instructor led opportunities or self directed training, Solo Learning can help.
Synergistix
Microsoft Dynamics GP ISV, in conjunction with Microsoft Partner, have combined to produce Synergistix. This group handles the research and development of Microsoft [...]
Solo Learning
Posted in Training and the Internet, tagged business, developed skills, experts, factors, learning, prescriptive performance model, quantifiable, specialized learning, technology on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Discovery
Businesses fail to flourish for a variety of reasons. Inferior customer relations is one of the most frequent, followed by inadequate budgeting, unsatisfactory staff training, not predicting market tendencies, and deficient marketing. The solution to preventing this kind of tragedy is the ability to detect performance limitations before they become reasons your business failed.
Solo Learning [...]
Customer Focus Groups
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged focus, focus groups, focusgroups, groups, improvement, quality, quality improvement, qualityimprovement, service on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It can be difficult to discover how to improve customer relations and satisfaction. Customer focus groups allow your company to learn customers’ thoughts and concerns, and address any potential areas for improvement.
Customer Focus Groups Tips
Ten pointers for hosting an effective customer focus group include:
1. Plan well in advance for your customer focus group.
The effort made [...]
Understanding Adult Learning Theories
Posted in Adult Learning, tagged adult, adult learning, adultlearning, learning on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Standard adult learning theories typically encompass the basic concepts of behavioral change and experience. Soon enough, however, complexities begin to divulge specific theories and concepts in a barrage of inferences. Up until the 1950’s, basic definitions of learning were still built around the antiquated idea of change in behavior. After this time, more complexities were [...]
Solo Learning Discovery
Posted in Training and the Internet, tagged books, education, internet, Solo Learning, technology on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Learning Analysis given by Solo Learning gives companies the information they require for decision making. They rapidly and resourcefully assemble the necessary facts for ongoing strategies. The understanding of accessible knowledge and supplies already found within a company is critical in performance enhancement. A far-reaching analysis by Solo Learning offers a screenshot of possible [...]
Distance Learning
Posted in Adult Learning, tagged groups, non remote training, training on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Remote Learner:
My remote learning experience was a very positive one. It was a specialized course to assist those with disabilities to deal with issues that come up in the workplace as well as an opportunity to learn how to market yourself in spite of your disability. For me, the disability is a debilitating eye disorder [...]
Make the most of the 2008 financial Crisis
Posted in Encouraging Teamwork, tagged 2008 financial crisis, internal process, layoffs, management, paradigm shift, production, productivity, working smart on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this time of financial crisis, we’re all searching for ways to improve our costs. One of the major improvements that can be made in many companies is in front of you every single day! Many companies need process improvement that will allow their management and staff to be more productive and therefore make [...]
Encouraging Effective Management
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged commitment, corporate culture, education, management, organizational development, team work, tools on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We have all been around managers who have fixed ways of dealing with the people who report to them. Managers who are perfectionists can often create contentious situations when you are trying to build a team approach to solving problems, growing your business or implementing new processes in your company. There are ways [...]