Let’s Be Clear: How to Manage Communication Styles

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Jada Edmondson

There are four basic communication styles: expressive, systematic, sympathetic, and direct. Our communication styles affect how others' react to and perceive us. Knowing your communication style and knowing how to manage others' communication styles can reduce conflict,... More »

So You Want to Have a Rock Star Organization?

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Dan Lipson

I recently watched an Intel ad featuring one of the company's "rock stars" - the employee who invented the USB. He was cheered by his co-workers as he walked through the office. It was a very poignant picture for me since I'm in the business of making rock stars. How do... More »

Building Leadership and Organizational Capability at Agilent

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Teresa Roche

When measurement matters, engineers, scientists, manufacturers, businesses, researchers, and government agencies rely on Agilent tools and solutions. From home entertainment to homeland security, from food safety to network reliability, and from communicating wirelessly... More »

Filling the Leadership Pipeline

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Jeff Kristick

With the unemployment rate in the United States jumping to 8.5 percent in recent months (the highest it's been since 1983, according to the U.S. Department of Labor) the current recession is showing few signs of abating. Many blame a lack of government oversight in key ... More »

Enabling Employee Success

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ASTD Staff

A computer manufacturer finds out that transitioning talent into unfamiliar high-level roles requires a full arsenal of the right tools. More »