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Herb Greenberg

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 »

Making the Most of Stretch Assignments

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William Macaux

When Peter Dorsman, senior vice president of global operations at NCR Corporation, decided to bring all of the company's manufacturing operations back inside to drive timely innovation, he called on high-potential leaders from around the world. He knew that an aggressiv... More »

An Executive’s Support of Leadership Development: Determining What Is Necessary

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Mark Frein

The issue of executive support for leadership development solutions is far more complex than often acknowledged. Unfortunately, all too often, we hear generalizations ("We don't have executive support for this") without due consideration of the variables that must be ta... More »

The Connected Employee: The 8 Networking Competencies for Organizational Success

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Anne Baber

These scenarios are networking choice points. What employees do and say at these and thousands of other junctures reflects their level of skill in relationship-building and their ability to contribute to the success of the organization. An enterprisewide networking comp... More »

Bridging the Skills Gap: New Factors Compound the Growing Skills Shortage

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Pat Galagan

"Bridging the Skills Gap" is the third report from ASTD to cover the growing importance of talent to organizational performance and the skills gap that threatens so many organizations today. This report updates the picture, including the role of job losses during the cu... More »