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Articles

When Your Coworker Loses a Home

Jan 16, 2025 | hbr.org | Julia Phelan

by Darcy Eikenberg and Julia PhelanJanuary 16, 2025What are the right things to do or say when your colleague loses a home in a disaster? You may worry about having the right words, but staying silent leaves a void. While there’s no perfect answer every time, the authors, both of whom have... In today’s deeply connected world, it’s all too common to know someone who has lost everything to a natural disaster, including their home.
The ultimate guide to onboarding an employee successfully

Oct 9, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Julia Phelan

If you ever had to start a new school in the middle of the school year as a kid, you’re familiar with how it feels to be in a foreign environment, surrounded by people all of whom seem to know the ropes. Starting a new job can feel similarly scary. New hires come into the workplace often feeling anxious, stressed, and nervous about their new role in a new organization. And their experiences in the first days, weeks, and months can make or break this new relationship.
Enhancing Remote and Hybrid Leadership: Strategies for Success in a New Era

Sep 16, 2024 | trainingindustry.com | Julia Phelan

. workforce have jobs compatible with working remotely. Gallup reports that over half of these workers are combining remote and in-person work, while one-third are working remotely full time. And perhaps most importantly, two-thirds of employees rank the opportunity for remote work as the most important aspect of a job — even higher than salary, schedule flexibility, and satisfying work-life balance. This is the current reality and a window into the future.
Kickstart Your New Hire’s Success by Connecting them to the Right People

Aug 12, 2024 | hbr.org | Julia Phelan

A standard operating procedure for onboarding is to front-load new employees with presentations and written resources, such as handbooks, e-learning modules, or manuals. These can be helpful — but only to a point. Learning new processes and navigating new environments is not just about content acquisition. Much of your organization’s important knowledge and expertise resides in people, andnot all companies are tapping into this valuable resource.
How to manage team members who think they know more than they do

Jun 28, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Julia Phelan

Ellie, a tech CEO colleague, recently called a meeting with her management team to discuss disturbing behaviors starting to arise within the company. Newer employees were not respecting the expertise of more senior team members. This was not just unproductive, but also disruptive, causing friction between teams, breaking down decision-making, and slowing progress.
Just Because Learning Styles Is Intuitive, Doesn’t Make It True

May 29, 2024 | td.org | Julia Phelan

A common question I am asked when delivering workshops on applying learning science is “what’s the best way to teach someone [insert topic or skill]?” Or, “What is the best way to explain a particular topic or concept?” Let’s think about this. If I want to teach someone how to make a new kind of soufflé, what’s the best way to do it? It depends! I need to know things like: Does the person know how to cook at all? Do they want to know how to make this new kind of soufflé?
How We Learn and Why It’s Important

Apr 15, 2024 | td.org | Julia Phelan

If you’re interested in teaching and learning, you’ve likely read myriad articles on ways to incorporate learning science–based principles and strategies in your training practices. Things like retrieval practice, interleaving, cognitive load, motivation, spacing, and metacognition are all relevant topics if you want to improve learning outcomes. But jumping straight to implementing techniques can leap-frog right over the foundation upon which they all sit.
Onboarding New Employees - Without Overwhelming Them

Apr 2, 2024 | hbr.org | Julia Phelan

A great onboarding experience can keep new hires engaged and committed, and increase their learning and preparedness for their new role. In trying to ensure new employees feel supported and properly prepared, some organizations flood new hires with far too much information.
Sink or Swim: Improve Onboarding With Learning Engineering Principles

Sep 26, 2023 | trainingindustry.com | Julia Phelan

First impressions matter. Without a solid start in a new position, it is easy for employees to become disengaged or feel as if they have been thrown into the deep end with no life preserver. Onboarding is an organization’s first opportunity to establish and nurture a positive and productive relationship with a new employee. When done well, early onboarding activities lay the foundation for long-term success for both the employee and the employer.
New Scout Troop forms in Delta

Aug 18, 2023 | deltawindonline.com | Julia Phelan

Scouting has held a long and rich history in the Delta/Greely area, with troops offering Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts activities for our young people for many decades. This year, a new group has formed its charter; a local troop within Boy Scouts of America specifically for girls ages 10-18.