The annual performance review process is broken, say employees in a new study from Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership. Annual performance reviews have long been a corporate staple and springboard to possible raises (or firings), but a July 2024 survey appears to show they are not as successful …
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Women, men, it doesn’t matter – being aggressive in the workplace is going to cost you money, authority and reputation, according to a new study from Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership. And these findings don’t just point to an increased call for civility, they also indicate promising signs …
Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership, today announced Crucial Consulting, consulting solutions designed to help organizations accomplish their strategic goals and initiatives. Crucial Consulting offers both off-the-shelf solutions as well as customized consulting support for clients looking to lead behavior change of any kind, even if prior attempts have …
Today, Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance and leadership, announced that it has acquired Core Strengths, a California-based assessment and training company. Core Strengths is home to the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI 2.0), a best-in-class assessment that delivers powerful personal insights into why we behave the way we do and how …
Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership, today announced the release of Crucial Influence®—the revamped and reimagined version of the world-renowned leadership course, Influencer Training. Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Crucial Influence draws on case studies of some of today’s most remarkable leaders and the research of …
A new study from Crucial Learning and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) shows that employee rounding—a common practice intended to help nurse managers connect to their staff with regularity and purpose—has no effect on whether nurses were likely to quit their jobs within the next three years. But while employee rounding isn’t a …
Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership, today announced the release of the third edition of the leadership classic, Crucial Influence: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change (McGraw-Hill, 2023). From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes the new edition of Crucial Influence (previously titled Influencer). …
A new survey by Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership, reveals most respondents believe they were promoted to leadership because they had strong technical skills – not because they had leadership abilities. Coupled with little to no leadership training, new managers are silently suffering as they attempt to navigate …
Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership, announced today the appointment of Mike Morhardt as the company’s chief revenue officer. In his new role, Morhardt will be responsible for growth in Crucial Learning’s revenue channels, including domestic and global sales, partnerships, and M&A initiatives. “We’ve experienced healthy growth as an …
Crucial Learning, a learning company with courses in communication, performance, and leadership, today announced the update of Getting Things Done®, the world-renowned course used by millions of people around the world. Created more than 30 years ago by David Allen, the world’s foremost authority on stress-free productivity, Getting Things Done teaches skills to improve individual …