In the career college setting, we place considerable focus, and rightly so, on helping to prepare our graduates for the professional job interview. On the other side of the coin though, as employers, we must also address how we can best prepare ourselves for conducting our own interviews. What needs to be in place to help ensure that we select the best applicant for the position?

Here is a checklist that can help when an employer prepares for a job interview:

• Before each interview, in addition to listing the technical skills needed for the job, determine which critical skills are

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Conflict is expected in the workplace and our career colleges are no exceptions. Though conflict is rarely resolved to everyone’s satisfaction, it still can be positive as long as it’s managed effectively. A few basic pointers can help:

7 Tips for Managing Conflict in the Workplace

1. Balance your battles – stand your ground on issues that are important to you, but avoid fighting every workplace battle
2. Focus on the issues and not on the personalities - concentrate on solutions to the problem rather than on who’s at fault
3. Be respectful of your employees’ positions and opinions
4. Encourage… >>>

When we borrow money, we usually provide collateral – a pledge of property that backs up the promise to pay the money back.  In marketing, collateral materials are items that describe what an organization does.  However, what about managerial collateral?

In the workplace, managerial collateral is the written documentation that describes and backs up our accomplishments. As we develop our management talent, let's encourage each of them to start an individual, workplace diary that keeps track of accomplishments.  Has a project been completed ahead of schedule and/or under budget?  Has a workplace challenge or problem been creatively solved? Has… >>>

I have learned to relax in the face of endless work and feel secure that someone needs to get the work done and often I am the person to do it.......

We hear the term "coaching" often in today's workplace. We know that managers should be coaches to their employees, but what does coaching really involve? In both sports and academic competitions coaches rally up their teams and help ensure success. It’s the same in business. Bottom line, an effective coach in the workplace has a genuine interest in helping others improve their performances. It could be teaching an employee a new task or skill, guiding a coworker through a difficult workplace challenge, helping facilitate a necessary change, recharging a colleague’s motivation or, perhaps most importantly, collaborating with employees on their… >>>

To write a performance evaluation you want to start with the positive. List and describe the things an employee does well. If there are things that need to be worked on, list those as well, but in a positive tone with suggestions on how to work on the. Lastly you want to mention goals for the next year, or until the next performance evaluation.

This course really gave me new insights into team management. I have been a manager previously, and having the dynamics of team management explained in a new way is awesome. Groupthink is defintely a pitfall that I have experienced previously. Being aware of signs and having tools available to avoid this happening in the future is tremendously helpful.

 Great Course!

I found that this module actually addressed the concerns that I had before taking it. Very informative.

I found this module very informational and plan on using the stay interviews in my business to help keep my most valued employees

This was an excellent module.  I found the tips on relaxation really helpful.

Thank you so much this course has definately helped me open my eyes and stop breathe  and choose.

Thanks this course really helped :-)

Proprietary higher eduation leaders are weeding through the significant change in the regulatory environment, with many ambiguities and unanswered questions remaining.  However, it is clear that there will likely be significant changes in how our schools operate.

Identifying and leading these areas of change while  maintaining daily operations, responsibilities, and performance  can be challenging.  A few thoughts that may be helpful during these trying times include; staying true to institutional mission and core values is important during times of change as it provide staibility and sound reminder to everyone in the organization what is most important (The North Star).  Also… >>>

I was purchasing some Vitamin C the other day and happened to think of a series of workshops I did several years ago called The Multi-C Manager. Each managerial role began with the letter C - sort of a "vitamin or energy" boost for managers - perhaps not too much of a stretch. :-)

I thought I might share the "C" roles with institutional managers across all departments and functional areas. Though the "C"s represent specific areas of management and leadership, they very much address the many things we do in a day's time: 

• Conducting the Strategic Planning Process… >>>

In the context of our ongoing development as managers and leaders, the concept and principles of leadership are often addressed. We often look at what leadership is, but how about what leadership is not. Of the many things leadership is not, two primary factors may rise to the top.

First, leadership is not necessarily focusing on just an individual. This, at first, may seem like a contradiction because people are leaders. We often point to those in history that exhibited leadership qualities. We may also think back in our own lives to individuals that personally imprinted a positive impression… >>>

The information in this course was informative. However, I do not learn well online. I am a classroom learner!

One of my friends and colleagues that I respected greatly as I entered the career education field was the late Dr. Neal Fox, founder of the Career Placement Institute. I remember him commenting, “The most qualified applicant doesn’t always get the job.  It’s the one who has done the best self-marketing.”  We, of course, coach our students on how to self-market themselves to potential employers, but what about our own faculty and staff? Do our potential hires effectively sell themselves? And more importantly, do our existing faculty and staffs market themselves and our organizations as professional, committed and mission-driven… >>>

This course was amazing! Not only was it helpful in identifying key players to
assist your vision, but it also gave the tools to help you develop these key
players into their full potential. Every great leader has ideas, and visions,
this course prepares us as leaders to take our visions to the next level.
Implementation!

Jeff Joerres, Chairman and CEO of ManpowerGroup, speaks about boosting postsecondary education performance as an imperative for America to remain competitive in the global economy.