Leading a Sea Change in Naval Education

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Pat Galagan

Before retiring in 2009, Rear Admiral Gary Jones directed Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), the Navy's largest shore command that affects the mission of every naval command. During Rear Adm. Jones' tenure he was responsible for every naval schoolhouse except ... More »

Daring to Care

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Juana Llorens

If the recent debate over fixing the U.S. healthcare system has done anything, it has helped to reveal some of the complexities underlying the delivery of cost-efficient, high-quality, patient-focused care. For learning professionals at hospitals and other healthcare or... More »

When to Lead? When to Manage?

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Roger Plachy

Leadership - so desired, yet so misunderstood. The confusion is due to its juxtaposition, commingling, and blurring with managership. Managers simply don't know where one stops and the other begins. Thus, managers continue to misjudge the distinction between the needs o... More »

The Web 2.0 Police

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ASTD Staff

There may be a little irony in the fact that training and development professionals have taken so long to progress along the Web 2.0 learning curve. Even as other experts look beyond these technologies to the next stage, most learning professionals are still trying to c... More »

Critical Self-Reflection: A Primer For Leadership Coaches

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Mike MacPherson

For the last 20 years, there has been exponential growth in the number of leadership coaches in corporations and political organizations. The job of leadership coaches is to work with leaders to help them think through leadership and organizational issues and to hold le... More »