Successful Business Alignment: Isolate the Effects of the Program

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Jack J. Phillips

As a first step in isolating a programs impact on performance, all key factors that may have contributed to the performance improvement should be identified. This step communicates to interested parties that other factors may have influenced the results, underscorin... More »

RESPECT in the WorkplaceA Blue Ocean

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In their book, Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim and Rene Mauborgne say that most companies exist in a red ocean of competition but would succeed far more by creating blue oceans of uncontested market space. The same change can be made in our workplaces. Yes, obj... More »

Building Successful Partnerships

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Terrence L. Gargiulo

There are a few simple strategies you can use to build strong partnerships within your organization. Seek to be an integral part of every functional area. Every functional area your training department supports has its own se... More »

East Meets West in Training

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More and more training and development programs are being exported from the West to Asia with little appreciation or accounting for the fundamental differences between Western and Eastern approaches to learning and development. Lets examine one re... More »

I Cant Make You Love Me

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The most valuable asset in any manufacturing organization is the people, and the most vital group is the production floor employees. Without people who are willing to work hard in the heat or cold, performing repetitive tasks at all hours of the day and night, n... More »