T + D back issues from September 2008:
Change Happens-It's How You Deal With It That Matters
Sep 01, 2008; ... Change can disrupt the status quo and cause stress on those whom it affects, so the first and most important step in managing change is to effectively communicate change to those involved. Employees will play a major role in delivering change within a workplace, so they should be involved in the ...
Mailbox
Sep 01, 2008; ... Creativity Gets Another Look "Imagination is more important than knowledge," said Einstein. He did not imply that knowledge was unimportant, for he knew how valuable it was, but he did maintain and experience the reality that imagination is even more important. What's missing ...
ASTD.ORG
Sep 01, 2008; ... TOP CAREER BOOKS Success for Hire: Simple Strategies to Find and Keep Outstanding Employees By Alexandra Levit Develop an effective hiring process to remain competitive in a talent-hungry market. From Average to Awesome: Lessons for Living an Extraordinary ...
Sustained Efforts
Sep 01, 2008; ... Employees are taking sustainability into their own hands Concerned about the amount of waste generated from the disposal of plastic water bottles at her office, Catherine Sanders took immediate action. Sanders is a project manager at the Chicago office of investment research firm ...
Back Burners
Sep 01, 2008; ... Do not attempt to adjust your office thermostat. If you work in an ultracompetitive Field, that sudden blast of heat might be coming from a fellow colleague. New survey data reports that half of advertising and marketing executives believe that a colleague has actively tried to make them ...
Not TOO Ready to Retire
Sep 01, 2008; ... // GENERATIONS // Employers should be encouraged to know that when the siren sounds for retirement, it does not mean that longtime employees are racing for the door. In fact, for many employees, it's a life transition that's made with caution and hesitation. The availability of ...
Pat a Techie on the Back
Sep 01, 2008; ... If you're waiting for an IT troubleshooter to help jumpstart a sluggish desktop, you are not alone. Many organizations are experiencing the same problem. The challenge of attracting and retaining IT workers is just as tough as it was in the past. Recruiters continue to say that there is ...
Shaky Confidence
Sep 01, 2008; ... CEO Confidence about Economic Prospects Business leaders are only slightly more hopeful about the economy than they were earlier in the year. According to The Conference Board's Measure of CEO Confidence, executives who rate the current economy favorably rose to 39 points in the ...
On the Run
Sep 01, 2008; ... // INFO GRAPH // Workers for North American technology companies are less likely to remain with their present employer than their counterparts in most industries, according to a survey of 3.342 employees by BlessingWhite. Asked if they plan to stay in their current job in the year ahead, ...
What Would Employee X Do?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Workplace ethics programs lack sufficient attention. The emergence of the next big corporate scandal seems commonplace these days. We live in an era of uproar surrounding business giants including Adelphia Communications, AOL-Time Warner, Enron, Merck, WorldCom, and Xerox, and that was ...
RETAINING WOMEN
Sep 01, 2008; ... Across industries, savvy companies develop new ways to attract female employees and keep them on board. Amid the furor and ballyhoo over the "brain drain," mass worker retirement, and an anticipated labor shortage, some visionary companies have learned that the very place to look for ...
Real Blended Learning Stands Up
Sep 01, 2008; ... Moving beyond mixed offerings to build the best blended learning. By Jennifer Hofmann and Manette Miner "Blended learning" is used so often among learning professionals that it has begun to lose its meaning. It means using the best delivery methodologies available for a specific ...
BIG TALK
Sep 01, 2008; ... How to communicate with and manage employees during change. Change happens. Okay, let me apologize in advance for using such a worn-out cliché, but realty, change is all around us-all the time! If we tracked and documented all the changes in our lives, we would be amazed. As I ...
Compact Risk: CONTROLLING THE PERILS OF CHANGE
Sep 01, 2008; ... WHILE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING ORGANIZATION CHANGE IS NOT EASY, THREE EXPERTS SUGGEST THAT THE ISSUES INFLUENCING PEOPLES' ACCEPTANCE OF CHANGE ARE NOT ONLY PREDICTABLE, BUT MANAGEABLE. In the best of times, new products, new technologies, and new initiatives bring exciting opportunities ....
Executive Development
Sep 01, 2008; ... Companies provide notable insight into what makes their executive development programs go. Executive development is a multibillion-dollar business endeavor and a critical component to an organization's long-term growth and survival. Organizations invest significant resources to develop ...
CONTRADICTION OR PARADOX?
Sep 01, 2008; ... The merits of exploring informal learning training. About two years ago, the Chief Learning Officer Business Intelligence Board was surveyed on the subject of informal learning. The survey generated a comprehensive and impressive list of 19 informal workforce learning activities, ...
Why Follow Levels When You Can BUILD BRIDGES?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Bingham and Jeary advocate WLP professionals to get to and stay at the table, "where all strategic and important business decisions are discussed." In reviewing Presenting Learnings lessons, it occurred to me that bridges could be built between WLP professionals, our measurement and evaluation ...
TRAINING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Sep 01, 2008; ... Accenture's latest learning solution delivers required corporate training via mobile devices. It's 3:30 p.m. when an email arrives on Julie's BlackBerry, notifying her of a new required corporate training course. However, at that moment, her priority is resolving a critical client ...
DONNA MCNAMARA
Sep 01, 2008; ... President, Donna McNamara Associates Morristown, New Jersey Donna McNamara has a vast history of experience with organization development issues. She has worked on global education and training for Colgate-Palmolive; on human resources, education, and strategic planning for ...
Successful Employees = Successful Business
Sep 01, 2008; ... Inspire employees to excel through honor, respect, and love. By Albert J. Weatherhead You may think that your business is merely a place of concrete, steel, machinery, and motion, but it is truly a living, breathing entity pulsating with energy and in possession of a soul. When I ...
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Sep 01, 2008; ... RENEWABLE RESOURCES Move to Greatness: Focusing the Four Essential Energies of a Whole and Balanced Leader By Ginny Whitelaw and Betsy Wetzig (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 296 pp. $29.96 price) Reviewed by Nancy Seebert There are many tools in the training and development and ...
Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay (Fourth Edition)
Sep 01, 2008; ... T+D EDITORS LOOK AT NEW WORKS BY INDUSTRY LEADERS. Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay (Fourth Edition) By Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans (Berrett-Koehler, 306 pp., $24.951 Even more relevant since the first edition was published in 1999, this international business ...
Inside Drucker's Brain
Sep 01, 2008; ... Inside Drucker's Brain By Jeffrey A. Krames (Portfolio, 257 pp., $22.95) Regarded as some of the most influential business principles of the last century, the doctrines and life work of Peter Drucker are no strangers to the printed page. However, in Krames' treatment (available October ...
Job Aids & Performance Support
Sep 01, 2008; ... Job Aids & Performance Support By Allison Rossett and Lisa Schafer (Wiley Publishing, 216 pp., $58) If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to understanding and using job aids and performance support (PS), look no further. Allison Rossett and Lisa Schafer expound on "all things ...
Dear Coach
Sep 01, 2008; ... What are your career aspirations? How are you going to reach those goals? This column will guide you to a new career stage. Dear Coach, This is an exciting time for me. I am graduating in December with a degree in instructional design, and I am eager to begin my career. I have ...
What Does It Cost to Host Web Conferences and Webcasts?
Sep 01, 2008; ... In today's global workplace, employers faced with environmental and economic pressures are turning to web-based products and services. Web conferences and webcasts are two readily available solutions for connecting to and communicating with audiences across the world, while also reducing travel ...