Coloring the Ideal Business Transformation Solution

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Frank Slezak

Crayola, a Hallmark-owned company with headquarters in Easton, Pennsylvania, realized in 2004 that it needed to replace its aging legacy software systems. Its strategy was to implement an enterprise system that would be the single source of their manufacturing, inventor... More »

Trimming the Fat: Using a Practical Eye for an Academic Process

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Shawn Rosler

What makes good training? It's a question that is literally as old as training itself and one that has never been given a truly concrete answer. So often we are flooded with the things that we must do to design effective training. In my 10 years of training experience, ... More »

Brave New Role Leading Workplace Innovation and Change

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Nick Miller

"OK, let's get training involved and see how fast they can roll this out." These are the words from senior managers that (should) send chills through even the most responsive training departments. Trainers are usually the last to know of impending change because most of... More »

An Executive’s Support of Leadership Development: Determining What Is Necessary

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Mark Frein

The issue of executive support for leadership development solutions is far more complex than often acknowledged. Unfortunately, all too often, we hear generalizations ("We don't have executive support for this") without due consideration of the variables that must be ta... More »