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To be effective and lasting, corporate social responsibility must complement an organization's entire business strategy - particularly staff development. With a focus on experiential learning, philanthropy-based training and development programs can ... More...

Nancy Nazer is the Director of Leadership Development at Bell Canada. The leadership portfolio includes all of the programs and courses they have for their managers - from frontline leaders to executives. Bell offers a suite of different programs, we... More...

China is among the easiest countries to attract expatriate executives to work but is also one of the hardest places for them to succeed, according to more than 140 international recruiters who completed the tenth edition of the quarterly Executive Re... More...

Many employers admit their leadership development programs are no longer competitive, according to a survey of 3,000 senior HR executives by Novations Group, a consulting and training firm based in Boston. One in three employers concedes its pr... More...

It s been a long time since I went on my first job interview. I graduated over 20 years ago. Since then, I ve been a chemical engineer in the nuclear power industry and a software engineer for several telecommunications companies. I ve changed career... More...

Dear Joan: I have an employee who is a bright, young woman but who is creating problems in the team. I promoted her to a lead position a few months ago, because she is a go-getter who gets a lot accomplished. She does very well with our ... More...

I attended a coaching workshop this past weekend where one of the themes was declaring our breakdowns-the place where we know we are incompetent. Everyone is incompetent in something. We don t want to admit it. Especially me. I thrive on ... More...

I want to tell you a story about a recent trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I travel a lot and sometimes for fun, my luggage and I have a competition to see which one of us makes it to the destination first. We had a quick connection in Chic... More...

In the last several years, in our intensive Manager's Boot Camp, we've trained thousands of managers/leaders from first level supervisors to CEOs and everyone in between. All of our programs focus on the basic techniques of management, but because we... More...

I recently gave a business talk at a swanky New York City hotel and got robbed by one of the attendees. Maybe I shouldn´t have been surprised: it was a gathering of entrepreneurs. There´s a price to be paid for going public I ... More...

Assessment Centers I would like to spend some time today talking about assessment centers and how they can be used for both selection and development purposes. Why did I pick this topic? Well, I had the good fortune of being a participant in an as... More...

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Social Responsibility as a Catalyst for Staff Development

Thought Leader Interview with Nancy Nazer: Bell’s Leadership Pathways: Taking a Different Approach

China Among the Easiest Countries to Attract Expatriate Executives to Work

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Networking 101

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Leadership Competencies

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The Manager's Boot Camp Part I

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