Growing Pains

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ASTD Staff

Leaders at a large hospital learn that they may be responsible for organizational conflict following widespread company changes. More »

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 »

Leaders As Teachers: High-Octane Teaching

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Ed Betof

Many organizations now use some form of a leaders-as-teachers approach as part of their training and learning initiatives. Whether deployed on a small or large scale, this approach helps organizations to drive business results stimulate the learning and development of l... More »

Leveraging Learning and Development During the Economic Downturn

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Kathy Oswald

As the financial crisis of 2008 becomes the recession of 2009, the healthcare industry not only struggles to manage the same unprecedented losses on investments as other organizations, it is also shouldering the financial burden of a rapidly growing population of uninsu... More »

How Learning Professionals Can Keep Technology Distractions at Bay

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Geraldine Markel

The opportunity to tackle a new, complex, and costly learning project is exciting, but it also means that the pressure is on. You try to get down to business, but find your senses assaulted by a horde of visual and aural distractions - ringing landlines, blaring cell ph... More »