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AlliedBarton Security Services and Drexel University Partner on Learning Center
The new center is designed to provide convenient access to computers and study areas for continuous e-Learning opportunities through the AlliedBarton EDGE, the company’s professionally designed and executed approach to training and development.
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Report: Postsecondary Institutions No Longer Providing Skills for Jobs
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is beginning a campaign to get business leaders involved in postsecondary education reform. To launch the effort, CED is releasing a report with data that underscore this urgency.
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Social Media Lets End-Users Influence Learning Products
Learning software providers are monitoring social media to help drive enhancements and influence product roadmaps. Organizations should expect this and more from their vendors.
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Breathing the Same Air Is Not Enough
Access alone is not sufficient to pass along knowledge and know-how from experienced leaders to new ones. Structured mentoring has marked benefits for developing high-potential talent.
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Before Mentoring, Assess Candidates’ Performance Potential
In business, quality leadership is paramount to success. Yet, according to DDI’s 2011 Global Leadership Forecast, only 18 percent of HR professionals said their company had enough talent to meet its future leadership needs.
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Study: Majority of European Employers Cut Skills and Training Investments
Also, the survey of 500 senior decision makers from European businesses, government agencies and civil society organizations found that just 18 percent of companies and bodies plan to increase spending on skills and training over the next year.
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Survey: Lack of Communication Top Management Mistake
Forty one percent of CFOs said lack of communication between staff and management is the most frequent misstep companies make in managing their teams, according to a recent survey. Lack of recognition and praise was cited by 28 percent of respondents.
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Study: Short Term New Hire Performance More Valuable Than Retention
New professional and managerial level employees face a make-or-break “race for impact†as businesses demand more from staff during the tough economic climate, according to a global study from recruitment services firm Futurestep.