2009 is one year that none of us will ever forget. We all had to shrink to squeeze through the eye of the storm, and we had to learn how to compete in a completely new game. Our competitors, we found, are no longer in our neighborhoods or on the other side of town. They... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Career Planning , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Leadership Development , Management Development , Measuring and Evaluating , Trends

For the past decade or so, new technology and systems have been prominent in performance improvement initiatives. Scorecards and performance measurement have been promoted as an answer for performance problems. Over this period,... More »

Government , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Coaching and Mentoring , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Intermediate-level Content , Leadership Development , Management Development

A tremendous amount of information and resources are available to today's project manager. Much has been written and documented about the craft and complexity of effective project management. If you conduct a search at a book retailer, you'll discover more than 2,500 pu... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Leadership Development , Management Development

Here's a sobering perspective: More than half of the respondents to a recent employee survey insist that they feel "stagnant" in their jobs, while an astounding 62 percent claim to have no aspirations to assume any leadership role within their organizations. So much for... More »

Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Leadership Development , Management Development , Skills Gap