Audrey Halpern has had an exemplary 20+yr training facilitation/learning and development career. She develops custom soft skills employee programs, on-boarding and Trains the Trainer for a variety of industries.
She is an experienced Facilitator, instructional designer, and learning and development/HR and a Faculty member of AMA.
Employee engagement is not the same thing as job satisfaction or job happiness. It’s not just happiness or satisfaction that matters, but how those emotions directly relate to the individual’s and company’s performance and productivity. This definition by ...
Coaching is a process of helping another individual realize their inner potential, delivering fulfillment to both the individual and the related organization. Coaching in the workplace typically focuses on an improvement in individual performance against key p ...
When difficult employee behavior is not addressed properly, other employees become resentful, they lose respect for your organization’s leaders, and they start modelling the difficult employee’s behavior. Employee morale decreases and your organization’s resul ...
According to a Microsoft study, humans now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish.[1] Where a goldfish can hold their attention spans for 9 seconds, ours starts to decline after 8 seconds. With phone and computer notifications pinging, our focus on a t ...
Whether you’re a first-time manager or a seasoned manager, holding people accountable can be frustrating and bring out the worst of emotions and more so when employees are remotely working. Accountability, done effectively, is a skill you can develop just like ...
When was the last time you thought about how you influence others — how you change minds, shape opinions, and move others to act? The ability to influence is one of the essential skills for leaders at all levels. It’s more art than science, and it can be tough ...
Emotionally intelligent people are self-aware and alert to the verbal and non-verbal signals of others, ensuring that their communication skills and ability to build relationships are more effective. Emotional intelligence is a general set of skills that can ...
Although working from home may have offered you a break from the commute, office structure, and your regular daily routine for the past few months, the mental break from work, as well as technology, is equally important. Managers need to be able to recognize t ...
Generational diversity” is no longer just a buzzword. We’re seeing younger and younger individuals in positions of power and influence in the workforce, and these days it’s not uncommon for the power hierarchy to be reversed, with older individuals reporting t ...
There are some basics that you will need in order to lay the foundation for your new role. Building new and effective key relationships is one essential skills as is learning how to increase your personal effectiveness, and developing the employees who your supervise ...