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For the students and working professionals in the digital age, many educational and training courses have moved online. According to College (Un)Bound, the number of students enrolled in at least one online course grew from 1.6 million in 2002 to 6.1 million in 2010.  Unfortunately, there are m...

The competition for government contracts is fierce, so it is important to have a proposal that sets you apart. Luckily, we’ve put together some tips on how to get your business proposal locked down. Establish needs and requirements.  First it is important to understand the customer’s needs, rev...

Not only are consumers driven by value, but employees are too. Employees are becoming more and more aware of a company’s overall message, the causes it supports and its treatment of partners and contractors. People want to become a part of companies that share their values. All employers should cons...

Amongst employers everywhere, there has been a recent shift in focus to the employee experience. With this new focus comes a greater discussion on how and where employees do their work. Work locale possibilities include a singular location where everyone works together, multiple locations, remote wo...

When your employees feel good about themselves, they are able to focus more, collaborate better and work effectively. Generally, when employees lack self-esteem, they work slower, make more mistakes and fail to put in their best effort.  In order to increase productivity and enhance the work en...

Organizational assessments are used to analyze a company’s vision and goals, determine the impacts of this transformation, assess their preparedness to handle the transformation, and establish the risks associated with the transformation. There are two primary outputs from organizational assessments...

Authentic leadership, while still a forming theory, is an increasingly popular desire to have leaders who are seen as genuine, or “real.” This approach supports the notion that a leader’s legitimacy is based on his or her honest relationships with followers. Generally, authentic leaders are po...

Bloom’s Taxonomy is an educational framework that classifies different objectives and skills to help students and employees learn. It involves six levels of learning that provide structure to the objectives, lessons and assessments. These levels include: Remembering and retaining relevant informatio...

Scope creep is what happens when new requirements are added to the scope of a project after it has started. There is often little control over these changes, and the team is still expected to deliver the additions with the same resources and at the same time as the original scope. Taking some contro...

Due to rapid technological development and a changing business landscape, many companies have reconsidered the effectiveness of traditional methods of project management. In a desire to stay ahead of the curve, many have taken on the ways of Agile project management. According to the Project Managem...