Posts Tagged ‘Training’
Hack-Proof Your Small Business from Cyber Attacks Without Breaking Your Wallet
If you’re a small business, taking a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity may seem like something that can wait until your business grows. You might assume hackers won’t bother with you. Don’t they focus on big corporations, with large databases and endless resources? In fact, small businesses are the most common targets for hackers. According to…
Read MoreGiving Them the Answers
Let’s conduct a thought experiment. As one might do in experiments, imagine A/B testing. We’ll create an A group and a B group. The people in each group are identical in capabilities, backgrounds, experiences. Both groups are equally skilled and capable. Now we are going to give people a test. It’s around some complex issues.…
Read MoreHow to Get Logistics Management Right
Every aspiring entrepreneur or struggling business owner has heard about how logistics are the key to success in the modern marketplace. Given the immense complexity of the modern economy, making sure that your products, services, and payments get to where they need to be on time is an imperative part of commercial success. Nevertheless, it…
Read MoreSales Training and the “Forgetting Curve”
Every year, billions are spent in sales training. Yet all the data shows over 80% of what is taught is forgotten within 90 days. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. But it’s worse than that. The billions spent represents spending in buying,…
Read More5 Essential Tips to Ensure the Safety of Your SMB
In order to make your business flourish, you must adapt to the latest technology. However, even with the infinite benefits of the internet, there is always the risk of security. Approximately every year due to cyber-attacks, the world’s economy faces a loss of almost $445 billion. As SMBs generally use cloud technology, they are more…
Read More3 Essential Security Measures to Secure Your Business Data
GDPR laws enacted by the European Union sent shockwaves across the business world. No one operating online was safe from their reach, no matter where they were based. The regulations brought in some chilling new consequences for failures to protect personal data. Yet, it wasn’t just GDPR that shook things up in 2018. A series…
Read MoreHow to Survive Automation: Upskill and Adapt to Change
If you haven’t already, you should definitely check out the CGP Grey video on YouTube titled “Humans Need Not Apply.” The “threat” of automation has people scared, worried that technological unemployment will reign supreme once we allow robots to take our jobs. The good news is that many agree that even if massive robot-induced layoffs…
Read MoreHow to Train Your New Employees with Microlearning
According to a 2016 study, more than 40% of employees quit within the first six months of starting a new job. While a big reason for this is the disconnect that exists between their expectation and reality, the study also found that at least four out of ten employees felt actively disengaged at work. Training…
Read More3 Easy Ways to Educate Your Employees While They Work
Training is one of the most critical areas to funnel resources into for your business. Giving people the training, skills, and information they need to be successful in their jobs is crucial to the long-term success of your business. Go2HR reports, “A recent survey indicates that 40 percent of employees who receive poor job training…
Read MoreCreate Powerful Online Training Events
Virtual and online training events can be effective when strategically planned and implemented. Like all training, the key factor in online training events is participation from the attendees. Engage in Online Training Events The engagement factor in any meeting hinges on the ability to appeal to all attendees. A live or virtual meeting that is…
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