Isolating the Effects of Your Program: An Offensive Play

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Some people will say that the step to isolate the effects of your programs when measuring and evaluating their results is a defensive move. This can easily be said for evaluation at large. Anytime the ball is being run toward your goal, youre on the defense protecting w... More »

Get ready for fall with the ASTD Handbook of Measuring and Evaluating Training

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Summer is drawing to a close, and, although I will miss summer produce from the farmer's market, I look forward to fall. Even more than January 1 does for many, for me fall represents a chance to start over, improve my skills and knowledge, develop as a person and a pro... More »

Can You Feed Your Leadership Pipeline?

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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal discussed the urgency of leadership training in today's economy. According to the article a lot of companies are increasing their budgets to deal with what they perceive to be a critical problem. The writer states: "Already, s... More »

“Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline is the most comprehensive, practical, and inviting book on the fundamentals of leadership development.” ~ Jim Kouzes

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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal discussed the urgency of leadership training in todays economy and cited research stating that approximately half of the companies surveyed planned to increase their leadership development budgets this year. Feeding Your... More »

Soundview Live Author Series from Soundview Executive Book Summaries presents FREE webinar: A conversation with the authors of Lead with Your Customer: Mark David Jones and J. Jeff Kober

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"If it doesn't work in the real world, you're wasting my time!" This is the motto of Mark David Jones and J. Jeff Kober, founders of World Class Benchmarking and authors of Lead with Your Customer. At this Soundview Live event you will learn in a very practical way how ... More »