A Leadership Tool for Smart Thinking

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Pierre Dube

Paula is a shift supervisor for a high-tech industry. Prior to her daily brief with her crew, she must sift through data on industry updates, changes in the work schedule, current plant performance, and a host of other documents to determine what to provide her crew so ... More »

Upskilling the American Workforce

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Ann Pace

On June 8, President Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia, to announce a major expansion of Skills for America's Future, an initiative that focuses on training and developing the skills of America's workforce through the collaborativ... More »

ROI: The Report of My Death Is an Exaggeration

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John Mattox

What do Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and return-on-investment (ROI) have in common? All have been reported dead, prematurely. Twain was quite resilient, and reporting was so inaccurate in the 19th century that he was reported deceased twice! Almost a century later, rep... More »

The Search for True Evidence

Paula Ketter

What is emerging in 2011 is the need for new metrics—those methods that measure quality of employee performance, or the intangibles that go along with leadership, communication, and teamwork. The new workplace is all about getting the most out of your employees, t... More »

Branded for Success

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Terri Horton

The concept of building a personal brand and executing a marketing strategy to promote it to a specific audience is a foreign concept for many outside of the world of marketing. Branding and marketing oneself in the same way as global brands like Nike, IKEA, Apple, or G... More »