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Do you like to give job reviews to the people you supervise? From their side of the equation, do the employees you supervise like them? And an even bigger question. Do the reviews that you give result in better motivation or performance? The problem is that after reviews, employees usually come away feeling that they…
Keeping employees from quitting their jobs after only a year or two is becoming a bigger challenge for many businesses across the county. Is it a problem for you? One recent article, “The New Reality of Employee Loyalty” that Peter K. Murdock wrote for Forbes, suggests that in order to keep new employees, companies should…
Many brilliant thinkers have offered good advice about how to improve your listening skills. As they have pointed out, you will absorb more information if you break the habit of formulating an answer when another person is speaking (a pattern called interruptive thinking). They have also noted that you will also hear better if…
I recommend telling people five positive things for every comment that could possibly be interpreted as negative – so in effect, you are operating on a ratio of 5 to 1 in positive versus ambiguous or less-than-positive communications. This practice will transform your leadership on the job, and it will produce surprising transformations in the…
Today only, the Tortal Training Blog is offering our readers and friends the opportunity to buy a digital Kindle copy of Ingaging Leadership by our CEO Evan Hackel for only 99¢. Please note that is a 90% discount from the usual Kindle price of $9.99. CLICK HERE to download your copy now. And please consider…
We just read “Organizational Change: 8 Reasons Why People Resist Change,” an article that Robert Tanner posted on his Management is a Journey™ blog. There is a lot of wisdom in his article, and we recommend that you give it a thorough read. Although Mr. Tanner’s post is not about training per se, its insights…
When a new year begins, it is always interesting to read about trends. If you invest just a little time looking around online, you will find plenty of opinions about technology trends, leadership trends, marketing trends, and the list of trends goes on and on. You will also find a lot of predictions about…
Our Editorial Team had a busy year researching and writing post for the Tortal Blog. Here’s a list for your review. If you see a post that you would like to read, just click on its name and it will open in a new window. All of us at Tortal Training wish you every success…
Since this blog is about training, why are we writing a post today about the holiday blues? After all, you cannot train people to be happy – even though good training always lifts moods. We are writing this post because minor depression that can set in at this time of year can temporarily make your…
Every year 24/7 Wall St (247wallst.com) publishes its list of the 10 worst American companies to work for. This year’s list, based on research by Evan Comen, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich, makes for unpleasant reading. It includes a list of the 10 worst companies, which we will not share in today’s post. It…
