Competitiveness within businesses includes adaptation and adoption of technology, design and implementation of new processes, and the finding and hiring of quality team members. With this rate of newness to the job, slower reaction time, increased job difficulty, and problems in taking advantage of business opportunities may result. Large and small companies alike will make [...]
Archive for December 3rd, 2008
Optimization of your Business
Posted in Training and the Internet, tagged business, goals, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, optimized learning, planning, retention, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Management Focus Group Disadvantages
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged business, goals, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, management focus groups, planning, retention, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Management focus groups have a few minor disadvantages:
1. The researcher has less control in a group setting than he/she would in a traditional one-on-one interview, thereby losing time on issues unrelated to the topic.
2. The data is tough to interpret because the discussion is in reaction to the comments of other management group members.
3. Observers/ [...]
Value of Management Focus Groups
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged business, goals, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, planning, retention, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Conventional management focus groups provide specific information, and are more inexpensive than other forms of marketing research. Although the cost may seem high at first, when compared to the wealth of information one can receive from various demographics that concerns a new product, balance is achieved, and eventually, the cost is overridden by the profitability [...]
Types of Management Focus Groups
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged business, goals, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, management focus groups, planning, retention, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are different types of management focus groups, such as:
* Two-way management focus group. One management focus group observes another and discusses the observed interactions and conclusions within the group
* Dual moderator management focus group. One moderator ensures that the session proceeds smoothly, while another ensures each topic is adequately covered
* Dueling moderator management focus [...]
Management Focus Group
Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged management focus group, process, quality control, quality process, qualitycontrol, qualityprocess on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A management focus group is a group of management or upper-tier staff members called together to inquire about their opinions toward a product, service, idea, flyer, thought, or packaging. Opinions are put forth in an interactive group discussion setting where personnel are encouraged to speak with other group members.
Tools
Posted in Training and the Internet, tagged Blended learning tools, business, content, custom, custom learning content, customlearningcontent, discovery, elearning, goals, learning, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, market, market trends, markettrends, planning, retention, solo, Solo Learning, sololearning, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term, training, trends on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blended learning tools are the most advanced way to teach employees how to optimize their performance by making the most of their existing skills and turning new skills into opportunities for advancement. This will help your business to speed the adoption of business applications and help develop the skills needed for technical and business professionals. [...]
Solo Learning Training
Posted in Training and the Internet, tagged content, custom, custom learning content, customlearningcontent, discovery, elearning, learning, market, market trends, markettrends, solo, Solo Learning, sololearning, training, trends on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The needs of each individual company are different. Solo Learning specializes in the creation of custom learning content, licensed professional trainers, the best methods and models, and the most experience with over 20 years of results to rely upon.
Your customers deserve the best. Offer them an expert level of process optimization, knowledge relocation and preservation, [...]
Solo Learning Discovery
Posted in Training and the Internet, tagged learning, Onboarding, Solo Learning, business case for onboarding, efficient onboarding, employee onboarding, examples of 90 day surveys with onboarding, executive onboarding process, executive onboarding, global onboarding implementation, new client onboarding, new employee onboarding checklist, new employee onboarding, nursing onboarding, onboarding acquired employees, onboarding best practice examples, onboarding best practices, onboarding calendar, onboarding healthcare, onboarding hospital, onboarding new physicians, onboarding of managers and supervisors, onboarding organization practices, onboarding organizational practices, onboarding outline, onboarding solutions onboarding strategic plan, online onboarding, researching onboarding best practice, rewards, recognition and onboarding, what is onboarding strategy, what is onboarding, onboarding process, onboarding games, onboarding resources, onboarding software, effective business solutions, discovery, market trends, markettrends, sololearning, trends on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Businesses fail for a wide variety of reasons. Bad customer relations is one of the most common, followed by poor budgeting, insufficient or lack of staff training, not anticipating market trends, and incorrect (whether bad decisions or bad timing) marketing. The key to preventing this kind of disaster is the ability to detect performance weaknesses [...]
Solo Learning Succession Planning
Posted in Succession Planning, tagged business, goals, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, planning, retention, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We can help you focus on one individual step in the succession planning process, or work with you from beginning to end. We can help your company successfully:
* Develop a communication strategy that works for your unique needs, now and in the future
* Identify expected vacancies, and prepare a time line to suit the implementation [...]
Family Business Succession Planning
Posted in Succession Planning, tagged business, goals, long, long term goals, longtermgoals, planning, retention, succession, Succession Planning, successionplanning, term on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Succession planning establishes a process that recruits new or trains current employees, develops their existing skills and abilities, and prepares them for advancement opportunities, all while retaining them to ensure a return on the organization’s original training investment. Succession planning generally includes, but is not limited to:
* Acknowledging the organization’s long-term goals and objectives
* Identifying [...]
