Navigating the Professional Worlds of the Consultant: Two Perspectives from Christina Gibson Williams and Kathryn Gaines

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Christina Gibson Kaster

Whether you are consulting internally or externally, with a large not-for-profit or a small startup, in manufacturing or sales, there are many commonalities. There are also differences in dynamics and experiences based upon the role in which you function as a consultant... More »

Looking Out the Window at the Future of Learning

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Jim Kouzes

The late Peter Drucker once commented, I never predict. I simply look out the window and see what is visible but not yet seen. In the spirit of Peters remark, Lisa Shannonassociate publisher at Pfeiffer, a Wiley Imprintand I sat down in the Wiley offices in San Francisc... More »

The Fundamentals of Adult Learning

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Linda Russell

Although learning has always been a part of the human experienceoften through necessity as much as desire or aspirationsome broad principles for guiding and facilitating adult learning in particular have emerged over the past 40 years. Drawn from the work of Malcolm Kno... More »

Trailblazing in Law Enforcement Training

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Lou Ann Hamblin

In 2003, I began a masters program in performance improvement and instructional design. On the first day of my human performance technology class, I introduced myself to classmates and discovered that I was the first police officer to have participated in the program. A... More »