Are Your Employees Underperforming? 5 Suggestions on What to Do

Are Your Employees Underperforming? 5 Suggestions on What to Do

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Employee Performance
If you ask managers what their biggest frustrations are, you’ll very likely hear that one of them is that despite their best efforts to get the most out of their team, the fact is that many workers, even those with seemingly high potential, either consistently or periodically underperform.  Last week on the blog, I wrote…
What Really Gets to Learning Officers These Days? Professionals Chime in with Their Biggest Pain Points

What Really Gets to Learning Officers These Days? Professionals Chime in with Their Biggest Pain Points

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Interviews, Organizational Learning, Organizational Training, Workplace Training
I initiated an interesting discussion on LinkedIn earlier this week, not with the intended purpose of a blog post, but rather I was just curious – why not turn to experienced people involved in training/learning within organizations and ask them, what their 3 biggest pain points are rights now = what really bothers them?  Not…

What are the Reasons Why Some Employees Fail to Realize Their Potential?

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Organizational Training
Yes, managers are faced with this question all the time – why are some employees, who on the surface seem to have very high potential, frustratingly not reaching it? And while I realize that workers are a diverse group, and personal reasons play a factor, I think there are clearly certain familiar patterns in observing…

How To Measure Employee Training Effectiveness?

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Organizational Learning
In business, we take metrics very seriously, don’t we? We measure returns on investments, churn rates, conversion rates, a thousand customer service metrics and fiscal metrics, don’t we? We even have metrics for testing and for brand identity and internet brand recognition, a thousand other things as well. But, there are some metrics that seem a…

VitalSmarts’ Impact Cloud Measurement Tool Aims to “Connect Training to Results”

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Organizational Training
Periodically, this blog has focused on company product releases or announcements that I think is interesting and noteworthy, and which I try to give a brief overview of the product news, and follow up with a senior company official to get some more insight into the larger picture. Last month, VitalSmarts, a Provo, Utah-based innovator…