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Companies in the U.S. spent more than $70 billion on training in 2016. This included all training spending, such as training budgets, technology spending and staff salaries. But how much of this money is wasted? A great deal—according to Peter L. Mitchell—a specialist in workplace behavioral change. Mitchell asserts there is a very wide gap between training …

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Most of us waste 90% of our time and do everything we can to impede learning. But this is not groundbreaking information. In fact, this concept—called the Learning Pyramid—was discovered back in the 1960s by the NTL Institute in Bethel, Maine. According to Learning Pyramid, learners retain about: 90% of what they learn when they teach …

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While there is no single definition of well-being, the CDC describes this term as judging life positively and feeling fulfilled, happy and healthy. And well-being is about health and happiness inside—as well as outside—the workplace. After all, if the average American with a full-time job spends 8 hours and 8 minutes a day working or traveling to work, an …

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When it comes to camaraderie and collaboration, ConnectSolution’s Remote Collaborative Worker Study found that 42% of remote workers believe they are just as connected with colleagues as if they were working onsite—and 10% feel even more connected.   “Successful remote work requires collaboration, and collaboration depends on relationships and frictionless communication,” explains Michael Fitzpatrick, CEO of ConnectSolutions. …

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