by Joseph Jaynes | Jul 25, 2019
Competencies are the collective knowledge, abilities, and expertise of an organization’s workforce. When used as a framework to focus individual, team, and company skills on what matters most, a well-honed competency program will make an organization stand out. By...
by Joseph Jaynes | Jul 10, 2019
Last week, Cambridge University announced a new reverse mentoring initiative aimed at addressing charges of institutional racism. Introduced by the university’s equality and diversity department, the program pairs senior white academics and management personnel with a...
by Joseph Jaynes | Jun 27, 2019
Government and commercial leaders routinely plan for five or ten years out – sometimes even more. They’re making decisions about what markets to pursue – and which to pull back from. What products or solutions to develop. Which target partners to engage with. And, to...
by Joseph Jaynes | Jun 25, 2019
You can’t become a successful business unless you have the best employees positioned in the job role that is best for them. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published June 26, 2012 and was updated in June 2019 for accuracy. Bring on the Best Employees You...
by Joseph Jaynes | Jun 14, 2019
Workplace productivity is a funny thing. The basic premise is that the more hours employees work, the more productive they are. But there’s a limit. At some point, employees become fatigued or disgruntled and aren’t productive. We’ve all heard, “Work smarter, not...