Teaching and Learning

Is Prior Experience (or Training) A Guarantee of Future Safety?

by Bart Gragg

From time immemorial man has discussed whether prior experience is a guarantee of future results from an employee.  There are ever many factors involved in ‘guess-timating’ their potential for success, but the one that I continually come back to is “In what context will they be a success? What are your criteria??

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Two Common Misperceptions About Blue Collar Workers and Management – Pt. 2

by Bart Gragg

We labor under a misperception dealt us by the movie industry, media, and, yes, our own gossip, that blue collar workers and managers do not know how to deal with people. Not so. Blue collar workers and managers are the BEST social networkers on the planet.

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