September 2008
FEATURES
FACILITATING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Big Talk
By John Ely
In the face of big changes, create a communication campaign to partner with employees, get them on board, and put customers first.
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FACILITATING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Compact Risk: Controlling the Perils of Change
By Merry Lee Olson
While successfully managing organizational change is not easy, three experts suggest that the issues influencing peoples’ acceptance of change are not only predictable, but manageable.
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IMPROVING HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Executive Development: An ASTD Research Report
By Mike Czarnowsky
Executive development is big business and a critical component to an organization’s long-term growth and survival; new research reveals what keeps it moving.
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Contradiction or Paradox?
By Irving H. Buchen
Can training and informal learning join forces and find happiness in the classroom and beyond?
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DELIVERING TRAINING
Training at Your Fingertips
By Don Vanthournout and Dana Alan Koch
Accenture’s latest learning solution delivers required corporate training via mobile devices.
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MEASURING AND EVALUATING
Why Follow Levels When You Can Build Bridges?
By Stephen Smith
Measurement and evaluation are at their best when they are applied outside the classroom.
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DEPARTMENTS
INTELLIGENCE
Sustained Efforts
A new study shows employees are taking corporate sustainability matters into their own hands.
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RE:SEARCH
What Would Employee X Do?
New numbers demonstrate that ethics and compliance training needs a boost.
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TRENDS
Retaining Women
Companies find smart new ways to draw and keep female talent for the long haul.
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FUNDAMENTALS
Real Blended Learning Stands Up
Moving beyond mixed offerings and building the best blended
learning.
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DEVELOPMENT
Successful Employees = Successful Business
Find success in the workplace by managing with kindness and respect.
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IN EVERY ISSUE
WHAT THINGS COST
What Does It Cost to Host Web Conferences and Webcasts?
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THE LONG VIEW
T+D profiles Donna McNamara, president of Donna McNamara Associates in Morristown, NJ. McNamara has a vast history of experience with organization development issues and has worked with high-profile companies such as Colgate-Palmolive and AT&T. McNamara is a recipient of ASTD's highest honor, the Gordon M. Bliss award, and is a member of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.
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Click here for an extended web-only version of the interview.
CAREER PATH
Dear Coach
What are your career aspirations? How are you going to reach those goals? This column will guide you to a new career stage.
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BOOKS
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