Change is Like a New Bathing Suit

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Jennifer Schmidt

People experience change in their personal and professional lives every day. Perhaps you must travel a new traffic route due to construction, or reschedule a meeting because your work priorities changed. With our years of experience in dealing with change, you'd think w... More »

The Product Life Cycle Curve Becomes the Human Performance Curve

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Carol Decker

As educators who teach marketing, management, and computer information systems, we can't even count the number of times we have conveyed the concept of the life cycle diagram. We've used it to indicate how consumer and business products move from development to decline,... More »

Factors Affecting the Acceptance and Application of Developmental Feedback from an Executive Assessment Program

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ASTD Staff

This award recognizes an outstanding dissertation that holds major implications for practitioners of workplace learning and performance. Factors Affecting the Acceptance and Application of Developmental Feedback from an Executive Assessment Program Tacy M. Byham Senior ... More »

Driving Innovation : A Leadershhip Imperative

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Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

I recently heard a senior leader of a global manufacturing company exclaim: "Why is this so hard? We go offsite, sit in meetings, create reams of white paper, and go back to doing what we have always done. What we need is new thinking and a way to apply new thinking." More »