Corporations, non-profits and any big organization–especially the financially strapped state and federal government agencies are looking for ways that save money and still accomplish training needs. My previous article was on meetings that are held to discuss “best practices.” Here is an idea for multifaceted supervisor training that came from one of those meetings that …

Define Career Management Path: Learn More About Marcia Zidle Marcia Zidle, a certified career strategist and business coach, works with high-potential, high-impact executives, managers, and professionals to advance their careers and grow their leadership capabilities. Marcia, CEO of, Leaders At All Levels, has over 25 years of leadership, operations, and consulting experience with businesses as …

Purpose of this Supervision Blog Supervision is the activities carried out by supervisors to oversee the productivity and progress of employees who report directly to the supervisors. For example Chief executive officers supervise those who report directly to the chief executives Middle-managers supervise first-level supervisors First-level supervisors supervise entry-level employees Supervision is a management activity …

What would happen if this discussion were taken a step forward and the debate on blame shifted to a discussion using the following, "Provide one example of how you have improved learning transfer in a current or previous role? What was the role and what did you do?"

there was a debate for years around whether Project Management is an art or a science. The truth is that neither are correct on their own – it is both. Successful project managers (with a track record of more than one project) typically employ the science stuff (core PM concepts), sometimes religiously. They also harbor …

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It’s ironic that a word like “transparency” can have several confusing meanings, even in a business context. While transparency as a concept is often most visible in the realm of social responsibility and compliance, its real benefit is when it’s seen as a business priority. Transparency is about information. It is about the ability of …

In a previous post, I discussed some common misconceptions with illegal workplace behavior. With all the misconceptions that some behavior is illegal and with all the sexual harassment training that is provided, it should be easy to figure out that the following behavior is illegal:

Why Doesn’t All Training Look Like Black Belt Training? We call it professional development training. Here’s a little different take. I call it, The Black Belt Art of Training. My middle school children have been taking the same kind of training for years. ract among most trainers, I think. But do tell me if I …

Cathy Stucker’s the blog crisis story: “I was doing some file maintenance and deleted the test version of his site … “