Today we concluded our popular webinar series, “How to Build Modern Mentoring Networks.” We thought it would be helpful to share with you some of the key takeaways from our interactivity with our webinar audience.During each webinar, we shared various organizational benefits that our clients have experienced from using mentoring software. We asked our audience:Which of the following organizational...

We’ve solved something!  (at least according to Michael Rochelle, Chief Consultant and Analyst for the Brandon Hall Group).  We were speaking with Michael a few weeks ago about our solution (i.e., what it has done for organizations, as well as what it will do moving forward with some of our upcoming enhancements).  After taking it in and reflecting, Michael said, “You’ve solved some...

In my last blog entry, I wrote about the marriage of people-centric and people-first learning approaches (http://www.3creek.com/index.php?/612-the-marriage-of-people-centric-and-people-first-learning.html).  As I reflected on what I wrote, I can’t help but think about something that one of our shareholders likes to say from time-to-time: “We’re gonna be big!”  The...

One major challenge facing many organizations today is confronting the need to integrate people and cultures in the wake of a merger or an acquisition. In a 2002[1] Deloitte & Touche survey, only one-third of 540 companies polled said that their merger or acquisition was successful. How can these struggling organizations build purposeful relationships, transfer tacit knowledge, and grow meanin...

Have you ever received a free t-shirt as part of some type of event, promotion, or giveaway?  Have you ever looked at one of those shirts and immediately had a thought along the lines of, “Well, I guess I can use that to work out in” or better yet, “That should make a nice garage rag?”  For those that produce those shirts, what is the intended outcome?  What ...

In a previous entry (“SaaS Providers Aren’t Always Experts”) I wrote about the difference between SaaS vendors and how some provide a full solution (with expertise consulting) and others just provide software.  I am continuing that theme today by talking about the role of the software demo in the sales process. SaaS vendors who are true subject matter experts in their field ...

There are a whole host of SaaS (Software as a Service) vendors, providing an assortment of viable solutions for businesses.  That said, buyers should work to clarify what they need from their SaaS providers and then identify the vendors that can meet their needs.  The “Service” in Software as a Service simply means that the software is being provided as a service to the buyer...

At Triple Creek we have worked tirelessly for the past 10 years to help expand the vision for what mentoring is and for what it can be.  Specifically, we have been promoting mentoring as an enterprise-level process, one that can certainly be used for point initiatives (e.g., as part of a High Potential Program) but also for broad-based learning and knowledge transfer needs throughout an entir...