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The Business Ethics of Black Lives Matter

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As we write this, protests are spreading across the United States, with demands that leaders confront systemic racism and discrimination. What started as a focus on policing is shifting to a broader dialogue about what both individuals and businesses are doing to foster fairness and equality. Eliminating systemic racism, and more broadly supporting diversity and…
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The PRYOR Learning Brief – November Recap

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From must-have KPIs to retaining generation Z employees, this month’s article recap will keep you in the know when it comes to corporate training. How Activity-Based Learning Can Change Corporate Education – https://www.forbes.com/sites/ulrikjuulchristensen/2019/11/06/how-activity-based-learning-can-change-corporate-education/#613cb73420b0 7 Must-Have KPIs To Measure Training Effectiveness For Learning Analytics – https://elearningindustry.com/kpis-measure-training-effectiveness-learning-analytics Individual learning pathways: why the future is learner-centered – https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/deliver/training/individual-learning-pathways-why-the-future-is-learner-centred…
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The PRYOR Learning Brief – August Recap

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Check out these learning articles, conferences and podcasts.   Corporate Training Market in US 2019-2023 | Rising Popularity of Microlearning to Boost Growth – https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190802005104/en/ Businesses Need to Embrace the New Science of Learning – https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/businesses-need-to-embrace-the-new-science-of-learning/ Allowing a Retiring Employee to “Phase down” or Be Rehired on a Contract Basis Can Be a Win-Win Situation…
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The PRYOR Learning Brief – July Recap

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Here are some July stories we saw moving the corporate learning landscape. Are Companies About to Have a Gen X Retention Problem? – https://hbr.org/2019/07/are-companies-about-to-have-a-gen-x-retention-problem Amazon plans to upskill 100,000 employees to alleviate blurring lines between technical and non-technical jobs – https://www.fastcompany.com/90380050/amazon-upskilling-100000-employees-and-the-future-of-work How ready is your corporate training strategy for Gen-Next? – https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/features/how-ready-your-corporate-training-strategy-gen-next UK’s largest B2B…
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Goal Setting Activities: From Process to Product to Outcome

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One challenge in creating goals is defining what the goal is. We generally have some sense that a goal is a future state or milestone, associated with some good thing. How do we translate that into goal statements that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely? Here’s an example. The CS Company relies on subcontractors…
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Reflecting on Resolutions: How to Achieve Your Goals

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New Year’s resolutions are – for many – a repeated annual ritual.  This year, let’s pause for a process check. How many of those resolutions have you achieved?  If you can look back on past years and name the resolutions you have successfully completed, then good for you! For many of us, however, resolutions are…
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A Goal Setting Worksheet: 9 Critical Questions

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Checklists are wonderful tools for systematically completing tasks. Filling out a familiar worksheet or answering a series of repeated questions helps train our mind to anticipate the process, making intimidating tasks more accessible. With that in mind, here are 9 critical questions to help you with achieving goals. What’s the goal? What is this goal…
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Project Management Techniques for Career Development

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As a project manager, you may have a stable team that stays with you from project to project, or you may have different team members for each project. Regardless of whether your team is permanent or temporary, as the project manager, you have both the opportunity and responsibility to engage in career development with your…
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Energizing and Engaging Your Audience: Four Questions for Effective Public Speaking

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Like most activities, preparation is the key in public speaking. Here are four questions to ask when you are preparing a talk that can help you maximize your impact with any group. Who is my audience and what is the context? These are basic questions, but too often, presenters are so focused preparing their content,…
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