October 27, 2009 - by Rex Davenport
The firestorm created by an independent filmmaker who documented some unsavory activities in a couple of offices of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - or ACORN - did not strike me as all that out of the ordinary in the day-to-day spitting match ... More »
September 27, 2009 - by Rex Davenport
Karl Albrecht, the author of the international bestseller Social Intelligence: the New Science of Success has devised the Social Intelligence Code for Business. He calls it a 10-point plan - and pledge - for building and sustaining what he calls a "culture of civility" ... More »
August 27, 2009 - by ASTD Staff
Succession: Are You Ready? Marshall Goldsmith Harvard Business Press We've said it before: little books can deliver powerful ideas. As part of its Memo to the CEO series, this book from Harvard Business Press compresses some of Goldsmith's most important thoughts about ... More »
August 27, 2009 - by David Berke
For the last 10 years we have heard that a war for talent was coming. In fact it was supposed to arrive right about now: 4,000,000 baby boomers would retire annually and there would not be enough people to replace them. Perhaps this would have occurred if defined retire... More »
August 27, 2009 - by Rex Davenport
It is difficult to imagine a company that is more diverse than Ingersoll Rand. From air conditioning units to deadbolt locks to golf cars to refrigerated display cases, Ingersoll Rand's 60,000 employees are involved in manufacturing and assembly operations in 47 plants ... More »
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