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Resolve to Learn, Grow, and Improve
What’s your take on New Year’s resolutions? Do you find them a) helpful, b) useless, or c) a harmless annual ritual? Wherever you fall on the question, millions of people determine that some life aspect requires improvement and the time for action will take place when the calendar flips to January.
January 31, 2020Director's Corner
How to Find Job Openings with Social Media
If you’re job searching, we’ve got good news: Employers are waging a war for talent, which means the odds are in your favor. A savvy social media strategy can help you land that dream position.
January 27, 2020Professional Development
How to Motivate Employees with Positive Reinforcement
One proven approach to getting tangible results from investing in your people: Learn how to motivate employees with positive reinforcement.
January 17, 2020Leadership and Management
How to Grow Your Professional Social Network (Without Being Annoying)
Connecting to industry leaders can feel tricky, but with the right tools and a solid grasp of social media etiquette, you’ll effectively grow your professional network (without being annoying).
January 14, 2020Professional Development
6 Tips for Process Improvement: Applying Lean Six Sigma at Work
Lean Six Sigma is among the most popular management strategies used by businesses worldwide, improving performance by blending the methodologies of LEAN and Six Sigma.
January 8, 2020Process Improvement
2 Ways to Tell It's Time for a Career Change
At your workday’s end, there are 2 ways to tell it’s time for a career change: You are unhappy at work, and it has nothing to do with where you work or those you work for or with.
January 3, 2020Professional Development
How to Leverage Social Media for Better Career Opportunities
Here’s the deal: If you want to advance your career, you need to be on social media.
December 27, 2019Professional Development
A Game-Changing Tip for Dealing with Difficult Customers
Somewhere between “buyer beware” and “the customer is never wrong” is the sweet spot of customer service where you concede that the people you serve are never wrong but gently allow that they are not always right.
December 13, 2019Leadership and Management, Professional Development
Benefits of Becoming a Paralegal
If you’re contemplating a career change or you’re seeking a promotion within the legal field, now is a good time to weigh the many personal and professional benefits of becoming a paralegal.
December 11, 2019Paralegal
5 Proven Employee Motivation Strategies
A motivated employee is more engaged, and an engaged employee is more productive. Gallup calculations on the U.S. workplace indicate 34 percent of workers are engaged (a survey high), 13 percent are “actively disengaged” (a new low – in a good way), and that engagement is a key driver of positive business outcomes.
December 4, 2019Human Resources, Leadership and Management
2019 Retrospective: Learning to Be Grateful
With Thanksgiving approaching, I’d like to share how grateful I am for the 2019 journey of USF Corporate Training and Professional Education. If you’ve previously read this blog, you know I sometimes draw from the well of sports for inspiration. (Spoiler alert: I’m about to do it again!)
November 27, 2019Director's Corner
Evaluating (and Diminishing) Risks in HR
All organizations, no matter how different they seem, have one thing in common: risk. And if you’re a human resources professional, risk management is part of your job.
November 26, 2019Human Resources