Nearly half of midsize companies offer or require some sort of diversity and inclusion training program, as do nearly all the Fortune 500. Over the years, the management of diversity and inclusion has evolved from a focus on compliance to strategic efforts with a demonstrated positive impact on an organization’s performance: increased employee engagement, greater employee…
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: What the Numbers Say A cultural shift demanding increased accountability for workplace sexual harassment has occurred in our country. Companies must not only understand the legal standards and liabilities related to sexual harassment in the workplace, they must seek to provide a comprehensive climate of awareness and education. A look…
Consider the optimism of sexual and other workplace harassment prevention training: Assuming your organization is obeying child labor laws, employees in the classroom are over 18 years of age. That means they’ve been functioning on the planet for at least 18 years. Do you really think 2 hours of harassment prevention training is going to…
Better Business Writing: A Key Workplace Skill By: Rocky White The Argument For Good Business Writing Skills. HIOOC GT*$TRM T4TU CUL This could be an actual office text. Or this e-mail, “John and me went to see George. He don’t know about the changes.” And this one you never knew about, to a customer,…
The Name Game: New Titles for Administrative Assistants By Rocky White, CEO, The SyN Learning Institute Since the term “secretary” went out of favor in the 1970s, organizations have been trying to find the right job title to describe an increasingly expansive role. Most widely used now is “administrative assistant,” but in today’s high-tech…
Essential Management Skills For Office Professionals: How To Get Support For Your Ideas By: Rocky White No matter what your title is, no matter where you fall on the org chart, there are certain “essential management skills” that everyone needs. One of these is how to get your ideas accepted and supported by the…
By: Rocky White Speakers you Need (SyN), an international learning and development firm, identified four top trends for the L&D industry in 2018, all pointing to the effort organizations need to undertake to empower employees to work at the highest level. It makes sense that the first trend focuses on the competitive advantage organizations…
By: Rocky White Speakers you Need (SyN), an international professional development company, understands the importance of designing training programs that meet and surpass the needs and goals of each organization they serve. To develop and train strong leaders, SyN recently identified four key trends they expect to see in the learning and development industry…
Admin Before Mad Men: A Brief History of the Administrative Assistant Fifty years ago, the number one job for women in the U.S. was a secretary. Not surprising. In 2018, the number one job for women in the U.S. is still a secretary. The name changed long ago to administrative assistant, and the role…
By: Rocky White Speakers you Need (SyN) salutes W.E.B. Du Bois, the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University, for his ongoing quest for equal access to higher education for himself and for all people. Born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois in Great Barrington, MS, in 1868, Du Bois identified himself…