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The Hare…The Turtoise…or the Hartoise

Nandi Shareef

From a practitioner’s viewpoint, the lesson in this post is for you to seek win-win situations when working with co-workers and managing up with supervisors. From a scholar’s perspective, your task is to ingest information until you’re 85 percent full ... More »

Developing an HRD Internship Program for Undergraduate Students

Tomika Greer

Last semester, I conducted the first internship class for the HRD undergraduate students at my university. Our undergraduate program is just under three years old, and we finally had students approaching graduation and in need of the required internship.  More »

Taking the Long Road to Grad School: A Decision Worth Taking Time

Jenn Oribello

Over the course of seven years I moved from a facilitator role to a mid-level management position responsible for hiring, training and managing a team, coordinating development projects, and managing budgets. I had no interest in moving up in my organization, so I consi... More »

Inner Change: Preparing Student Managers to be Effective Leaders

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Robert Toronto

A higher education leadership development course was designed to produce student behavioral transformation. More »

Making the Most of College—and the Start of Your Professional Journey

Cassandra Bartley

Why do we spend our time and hard-earned money on an education? Most students would answer something along the lines of “Because I have to.” I propose that there is a higher purpose for taking the educational plunge and committing 4+ years of your young adul... More »