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Time Management in the Age of Anxiety

By Tom DupontJanuary 11, 2019Blog, eLearnDepot.com, eLearning, Millennial, Performance Management, Personal Skills, Priority Management, Time ManagementAnxiety, Millennials, Stress, Time Management

Helping Millennials Manage Work and Achieve Goals It seems every day I see a print article or blog post explaining how Millennials face challenges that are different from previous generations. According to experts, among other things, uncertain futures, pressures to succeed, fear of failure, etc. can cause Millennials to experience anxiety, depression, and a host […]

Restaurant Anti-Harassment – New York’s new Mandate

By Tom DupontOctober 2, 2018Uncategorized

With daily media attention on high-profile sexual harassment cases and New York’s new anti-harassment mandates scheduled to go into effect in October, I thought it would be a good time to post a few more words from my perspective – as it pertains to harassment in restaurants and private clubs. Let me start with saying […]

Uptick in Restaurant Workplace Harassment e-Learning

By Tom DupontDecember 11, 2017Blog, Workplace HarassmentWorkplace Harassment

I have noticed an uptick in interest in our Restaurant Workplace Harassment e-Learning module and delivery system. This article helps explain why … shortcode

Food Service Industry e-Learning: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

By Tom DupontDecember 9, 2017Blog, eLearnDepot.com, eLearning, eLearning Tips, Instructional Design, Restaurant Training, UncategorizedMenu Training, Restaurant e-Learning

Speed to training is a top priority for the food service industry facing high-turnover and shifting menus, therefore the key to Food Service Industry e-Learning: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify. Keep training content lean and basic, lending itself to quick and easy updates. There’s little doubt that online training, especially with today’s mobile devices, is the fastest […]

Knowledge Workers Create Goal/Project Mind Maps

By Tom DupontNovember 18, 2017Blog, Performance Management, Personal Skills, Priority Management, Time ManagementManaging Goals, Memory, Mind Map, Performance Management, Project Management, Remembering, Task Management, Time Management

Ethan learns about Project Mind Maps Knowledge Workers Create Goal/Project Mind Maps Do you ever notice how some people are so eager to get started on their project, they begin immediately without spending much time planning? Now I’m not talking about Project Management Professionals, but individual knowledge workers and managers who end up forgetting about […]

Performance Management – Scheduling Tasks in Outlook Tasks

By Tom DupontNovember 16, 2017Blog, Performance Management, Personal Skills, Priority Management, Time ManagementMemory, Performance Management, Remembering, Task Management, Time Management

Ethan forgets to get his passport Performance Management – Scheduling Tasks in Outlook Tasks … Do you ever notice that some people have a hard time remembering tasks that are not immediately urgent, but important somewhere out in the future? Since it is not something that has to be done now, they will procrastinate, and […]

Performance Management – Ethan Can’t Remember Performance Goals

By Tom DupontNovember 7, 2017Blog, Performance Management, Personal Skills, Time ManagementGoals, Memory, Performance Management, Remembering, Time Management

Employees forget about goal activities Performance Management leaders assume employees will make steady daily progress toward goals, but many employees focus on urgent, not important activities. This often results in delayed or forgotten goal-related activities – until it is too late. The key is to teach employees a “system” for managing work – one that helps them […]

Learn to Manage eMail

By Tom DupontOctober 17, 2017Blog, eMail, eMail Inbox, Manage eMail, Time ManagementDecision Making, eMail Inbox, Manage eMail, Outlook, Time Management Skills

22,176 emails in Outlook eMail Inbox … Really? During a recent remote screen-share, I noticed my contact had 22,176 emails in his Outlook Inbox. 22,176 emails! Here are a few tips on how to manage email. Quick disclosure, Dupont Learning started out as a time management training company, and went some 15 years teaching young […]

Restaurant Menu Training Made Easy

By Tom DupontAugust 9, 2017Blog, eLearnDepot.com, eLearning Tips, Mobile e-Learning, Restaurant TrainingRestaurant Menu Training

Restaurant Menu Training Made Easy – When you hire a new server, menu training is the first order of business, right? I mean, new servers need to learn how your restaurant was founded, the history, the emphasis on customer service, etc., but they can’t start serving until they know what they are serving. So how […]

Is your Employee Performance Management System swimming against the tide?

By Tom DupontJuly 24, 2017Performance Management, Priority Management, Time Management

Is your Employee Performance Management System swimming against the tide? Dupont Learning has worked on several Performance Management-related e-learning projects, and having a strong background (30 years) in employee productivity training, we notice a common impediment. While the Company establishes its values/vision/mission/goals/projects, the employee’s personal work management system is often far less structured – sometimes chaotic – […]