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50 Years of Diversity Training – How Far Have We Really Come?

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Diversity training formally debuted in the 1960s to ensure companies were policy compliant and protecting themselves. That’s according to the history of diversity training timeline from Elizabeth Lisican of Diversity Executive. 1979: McDonald’s Corp. 1979: McDonald’s Corp.

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Top 10 Servant Leadership Tweeters in 2012

Modern Servant Leader

This past year (2012) marked the third year I’ve compiled the Top Tweeters list (see 2010 & 2011 for more). Here they are, The top 10 Twitter accounts for Servant Leadership followers in 2012: 10. The landmark organization saw an uptick in 2011 but really jumped in with both feet in 2012. James Strock ( @jamesstrock ).

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The May, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Guy Farmer from Unconventional Training presents The Overlooked Leadership Tool. The old ways that leaders got to be in their position are being slowly eroded. The next edition of the Leadership Development Carnival will be on June 3rd, 2012, hosted by Laura Schroeder from Working Girl. Is that such a bad thing?

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April 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development: Earth Day Edition

QAspire

Welcome to the April 1st 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development. I’d like to dedicate this edition of Carnival to Earth Day 2012 , celebrated every year on 22nd April as a movement to protect the beautiful planet we all have inherited. This month, we again have a great line up of posts on leadership, management and talent development.

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Cutting Costs/Curtailing Services Can Produce Crappy Customer Service

Chart Your Course

To weather economic storms, businesses must continue to invest in their leaders and employees – and hire, train and retain the best people with greatness in mind. This means planning for training and setting realistic goals so employees can do their jobs and produce the best results for the company. Equip your staff.

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The Importance of Workplace Dignity

The Center For Leadership Studies

In our previous blog, Positively Impacting Workplace Dignity , we defined dignity at work as: “The self-recognized and other-recognized worth acquired from (or injured by) engaging in work activity.” Training/leadership development practices. 4 Lips-Wiersma & Wright, 2012. Why does dignity belong in the workplace?

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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates the average cost-per-hire in 2011 and 2012 was $5,100. The results were part of the NACE’s 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey. What if you have an introvert interviewing candidates for a sales manager position; or an extrovert interviewing people for an analyst’s position?

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