A recent report in Chief Learning Officer magazine stated that 90% of all sales training programs resulted in only moderate increases in sales and those increases lasted for just a very brief period of time (90-120 days).  The ...

I was born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL and now I call Denver, CO home. I actually just returned from FL last night; just ahead of the impending Tropical Storm Ernesto.  During my years in FL I saw my ...

Inc. magazine recently published the article "Worried that employees are wasting time on the Web?  Here's why you shouldn't crack down" in which the author suggests that web surfing isn't all that bad.  He makes several good points. One ...

I am officially registered to be part of the first-ever class to attend the CLO Academy.  The CLO Academy begins with a Colloquium from September 10-12 in Virginia.  They have announced the faculty and I'm intrigued: Colloquium I: September 10–12, ...

According to a 2000 study by the Society of Human Resources Management: "77% of employees go home early on their first day because the organization was not prepared for them – either because a new-hire training program wasn’t ...

A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. This is the basic underpinning to the concept of Net Present Value (NPV) in finance.  Given the option, businesses are going to want their money in their own hands until the last possible ...