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When Companies Should Invest in Training Their Employees — and When They Shouldn’t

Harvard Business

companies spent over $90 billion dollars on training and development activities in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 32.5 %. Training is useful at times but often fails, especially when it is used to address problems that it can’t actually solve. Photodisc/Getty Images. According to one industry report , U.S.

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Nearly Half of Companies Say They Don’t Have the Digital Skills They Need

Harvard Business

In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. Jump ahead to 2017, and that same metric is just 18%. In fact, a recent report from the Pew Research Center revealed that employment is going up faster in roles that require higher levels of education and training. Insight Center.

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How a U.S. Health Care System Uses 15-Minute Huddles to Keep 23 Hospitals Aligned

Harvard Business

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked.

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business

The coach would quickly assemble a team of four to six people and, using tools from their training, create a simple workshop to address the problem. We put on a further advanced training course for highly active coaches (who have run at least ten fast sessions), and 49 have so far done gone to this extra level. Extending the network.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business

Doug embraced this idea and, in turn, explained how his company was using metrics and working group meetings to compel tangible advances in each inspection area. Later, in our annual comprehensive training exercise — a 30-day crucible in the Mojave Desert of California — we continued to benefit from our close collaboration.

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New Research Shows How Employees Feel When Their Requests for Raises Are Denied

Harvard Business

We surveyed more than 160,000 workers between November 2017 and April 2018 as part of our PayScale Raise Anatomy study , which resulted in two major findings. ” He also notes that “no amount of training seems able to lessen it.” What are similar organizations paying for the role in your talent market?

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