Working Together to Ease the Pain of Change

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Maudie L. Holm

Organizational development and human resources personnel complement one another during times of change, with OD providing a big picture view and HR taking on front-line challenges. When I left a Fortune 100 company in the middle 1990s, one of my colleagues commented, "W... More »

Curing Chronic Turnover

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James DeSena

Chronic turnover at companies isn't quickly fixed even when the problem is readily apparent. Of course, there are times when employee turnover is appropriate, such as unsatisfactory job performance, a poor job fit, or a shift in business needs. But that doesn't explain ... More »

Review: Viewlet Builder

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Deanne Dalrymple

Training Media Review asked a panel of 33 training and education professionals to rate the authoring tools they have used regularly. The review summarizes the comments of the panelists who have used ViewletBuilder. Best uses ViewletBuilder is part of a series of integra... More »

Defining and Understanding Virtual Worlds

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Karl M. Kapp

Virtual worlds just might be the future of e-learning. It is enough to make a learning professional's head spin. Every day there is a new story about online worlds providing new learning environments. Articles and books are describing how a generation raised on video ga... More »

Career Progress: A Search for Leadership Opportunities

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Mitch McCrimmon

Even the most empowered employees often feel it is up to management to tap them on the shoulders and offer them a new position. Because people think management holds all the strings, frustration leads the more vocal to complain, while the rest simmer in silent resentmen... More »