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9 Tips For Better Work-Life Balance We Have Learned From Star Wars
This December 18th, the seventh installment of the Star Wars saga is hitting the screens. We want to take the premiere of Episode VII: The Force Awakens as a chance to extract these nine life lessons we have learned from…
7 Leadership Lessons From Darth Vader
Regardless of your age, you will have heard of Star Wars. Next December 18th, Episode VII is being premiered. One of the icons of this successful intergalactic saga is its villain, Darth Vader, from whom you can extract these seven…
Top 11 Leadership Competencies That Will Make You Indestructible (Infographic)
There are many leadership competencies required of the person who takes the role of the leader. We have gathered these 11 leadership competencies that will help you to become indestructible from now on. Take a note: 1. Proactivity Leaders are…
Gamelearn & Merchants, Recognized as Best Elearning Solutions in the World by Elearning! Media Group
In Gamelearn, we continue to accumulate recognition in this 2015. The latest came from Elearning! Media Group, having included us in their exclusive list of best elearning solutions worldwide: The Best of Elearning! 2015. Professionals and experts from ??training and HR…
Gamelearn & MSD, Gold Medal in the Brandon Hall Group Awards
Gamelearn is now part of the most select group in the training industry, after receiving the gold medal in the Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology 2015 Awards in the category of Gaming and Simulators. Our programs of learning through video…
The Top 12 Productivity Apps
What is it about lists that we love them so much? Surely, the power to improve our productivity. To start 2016 off right, we have created the top 10 of productivity apps to create task lists and be more efficient….
5 Negative Thoughts That Limit Your Leadership
Negative thoughts often cross the minds of leaders too, and they can affect your abilities. They are incorrect beliefs and demoralizing ideas that shatter the great work you do leading your team. Learn to identify the 5 negative thoughts that…
Leadership styles from the 80s: Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates
By watching the great leaders of our century, we can take valuable types of leadership which can make our business and ourselves grow and develop. These are the keys to leadership from Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, two technology titans….
Game-based learning methods and strategies by Karl Kapp
The expert in gamification Karl Kapp provides a comprehensive analysis of game dynamics implementation in educational environments. The main ideas here are extracted from his book ‘The Gamification of Learning and Instruction. Game-based methods and strategies for training and education‘: Game-based learning…
MSD: A game-based learning success story
Training new soft skills such as negotiation, communication and time management through video games (game-based learning) is possible, it exists and it works. This has been proven by Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), which in 2009 became the first company…
5 Negotiation Tactics that Will Make your Business Grow
Resolving conflicts means facing undesirable situations, but sometimes that is just inevitable. With appropriate negotiation tactics, we will be able to deal with this scenario (the conflict), which occurs sometimes in virtually every job. Stay close to your goal and…
The 6 Worst Enemies of a good leadership
Leaders are a key element in organizations because of their ability to keep a team united and motivated. The key to success is to detect the worst enemies of leadership that will lead them to mediocrity. These are the six…
Pacific: the Serious Game to Train Leaders
Managing people is the essence of leadership. Since last October 29th, developing this ability is within the reach of every professional, employee or individual. On that day, we launched the first Serious Game in the market for leadership training, Pacific,…
How To Stop Procrastinating: 10 Practical Steps
We have a deadline, but instead of starting our work, we start dawdling and doing other less important duties. We are procrastinating and, by the time we realize it, it is too late. But… How to stop procrastinating? The greatest danger of…
Game-Based Learning Vendors: The Promoters of the New Change in Corporate Training
Nobody doubts that training changes with the advance of technology. Game-based learning vendors play a key role in one of the environments undergoing changes faster: the field of corporate training. Training to improve performance and satisfaction In this environment, which…
The Situational Leadership Theory
The situational theory of leadership refers to those leaders who adopt different leadership styles according to the situation and the development level of their team members. It is an effective way of leadership because it adapts to the team’s needs and…
How to define a plan, a goal and a victory to improve your productivity
Sometimes it is positive to think in terms of short-term goals. Just for one day, focus on how to define a plan to celebrate today. Keeping yourself motivated regarding major objectives is difficult when we encounter everyday difficulties. It is inevitable for…
Leadership Training: This Is How Pacific, the First Serious Game On Team Management, Works
Pacific has had an impressive landing in the corporate sector. It is no wonder that, the first serious game on leadership training makes the dream of every company true: to train their own leaders in a simple, effective and real…
Game-Based Learning Providers. Why Them And Why Now?
Why game-based learning and why now? Because it has the thrilling mission of consolidating the use of games and simulators in corporate training. An upward trend to obtain better results and have assessment tools that will guarantee the efficiency of…
10 Leadership Tips To Manage Every Type Of Team
The biggest concern for a leader is to get a job well done. Success only comes after that. In any company, we will find many different types of people to work with. These are the 10 tips to leading every type…