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Ron Lippock

By providing managers—and the trainers who work with them—essential tools, resources, and content, ASTD helps them to develop and engage their staff, which drives employee productivity and retention. More »

Emotional Intelligence: Can It Be Taught?

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Golnaz Sadri

Emotional intelligence (EI) has generated a great deal of attention in recent years. Many researchers and practitioners feel that EI supersedes other forms of intelligence in determining success or failure in jobs requiring high levels of interaction with others (manage... More »

What Makes Tyson’s High-Potential Leadership Program Critical to Company Success?

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Mike Thompson

Like most Fortune 500 companies, Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest protein providers, is not immune to global economic challenges. However, Tyson is outperforming many of its peers, and has put together back-to-back record quarterly profits. As other companies are... More »

Learning to Behave for Better Performance

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ASTD Staff

The following story was described by Sylvia Lafair, president of CEO Inc., and author of Don't Bring It to Work. More »

EQ Boost

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Harvey Deutschendorf

Traditionally, the office is seen as a place where employees leave their emotions at the door. While it is now accepted that our emotions are part of who we are and that we cannot think or act without them, many organizations still expect employees to ignore their emoti... More »