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Feature Stories
The Danger of Over-Valuing Smart, Talented People
In "OOPS! 13 Management Practices that Waste Time and Money (and What to Do Instead)," workplace behavior expert Aubrey Daniels reveals why common business practices, such as annual bonuses, automatic pay raises, and layoffs, reward the type of bad behavior that led to the current economic meltdown.
How Full Is Your Workforce Bucket?
Some say the economy is at the verge of a turnaround, but in the meantime, it's easy to get glum. What your workforce might need is some positive reinforcement.
Clues and Blueprints—Cool Tools for Training Pros
It's time you reframe your role from order-taker to trusted advisor. Are you up to the challenge?
Do You Have a "Culture of Greatness?"
If your employees seem fit for nothing but mediocre drudgery, the problem may be as much yours as theirs. Are you sure you've pass along the right guidance on moving from workplace survival to accomplishment?
Behind the Book: Q & A Podcast with "The Three Laws of Performance" author Steve Zaffron
Whether they're reading an excerpt or answering questions get up close and personal with your favorite Training authors. Check back every week for some new insight and a new podcast.
Five Criteria for Selecting a Team's Project
Are your company's work teams producing less than you hoped? You might need to teach managers how to select the right projects for your workforce.
Columns
Strategically Speaking: The Top 12 Strategic and Systems Thinking Mistakes (Identifying Problems)
What are the "12 Common Analytical Thinking Mistakes" most people, teams, and organizations make? This month, Stephen G. Haines presents Mistake No. 7: Thinking we know how to lead and manage our unit or department.
Strategically Speaking: Do You Know How to Lead and Manage Your Department?
Problem No. 7: Thinking we know how to lead and manage our unit or department. But staff units should not be given a free pass when it comes to strategic thinking and planning.
Productivity Coach's Corner: Reflect on One Habit to Improve Your Productivity
If improving your productivity is overwhelming, start small—with one habit you think may be standing in the way of your goals.
Learning Exchange: Leading Through Uncertain Times
When storms gather, leaders need to steer the course. Uncertainty tomorrow means leadership must communicate today.
World View: Focus on the Philippines
A combination of hard and soft skills training opens doors for a more entrepreneurial mind-set—possibly an answer to the sharp down trend in the global economic climate that threatens the Philippine economy.


News
Is An Unsolicited Takeover In Your Company's Future?
As a corporate educator, you may need to start educating your board of directors about a looming danger—the unsolicited takeover.
Clues and Blueprints—Cool Tools for Training Pros
It's time you reframe your role from order-taker to trusted advisor. Are you up to the challenge?
Everything DiSC Pulse: Relevance of Training—A Result That Might Surprise You
What would you pick as your top three training courses?
Survey: Healthy Snacks Hard to Find in Workplace
Employees want more healthy options, produce selections
Will Going Green Help or Hurt Your Operations?
Retailers who pursue a green agenda have a substantial opportunity to simultaneously reduce costs, according to a new study by SSA & Company, a global operations consulting firm. The study, "Going Green in the Retail Industry," draws on more than 20 environmental projects with leading retail companies.
Behind the Book: Q & A Podcast with "The Three Laws of Performance" author Steve Zaffron
Whether they're reading an excerpt or answering questions get up close and personal with your favorite Training authors. Check back every week for some new insight and a new podcast.
Online Learning Conference 2009
Online Learning Conference 2009 is an interative, collaborative event, where you'll learn enterprise-level strategies and best practices for designing, deploying, and managing effective learning technologies.
Online Learning Conference 2009
Online Learning Conference 2009 is an interative, collaborative event, where you'll learn enterprise-level strategies and best practices for designing, deploying, and managing effective learning technologies.
How "Entrepreneurial" is America's Workforce?
A new report from the Junior Achievement Innovation Initiative (JAII) and Gallup shows that employers (those responsible for hiring decisions) and employees alike believe America's workforce needs to become more "entrepreneurial" for the country to remain competitive in the global marketplace, and that K-12 classrooms are the place to start teaching entrepreneurship.
How Engaged Are Your Employees—and Your Customers?
There are rewards to be reaped by cultivating an engaged workforce, and, by extension, an engaged and loyal customer base. According to The Economics of Engagement, a new report from the Enterprise Engagement Alliance, one of the greatest opportunities to increase corporate profits —and subsequently boost the economy —lies in motivating workforces to improve performance, drive greater customer engagement, and ultimately, increase revenue.
Measurements for Evaluation and Management of the Training Department (Part Four of Four)
You’ve heard of Kirkpatrick? He's not the last word on evaluation, according to one researcher. There's another way to approach evaluation that most of you have never considered.
 
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