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Let’s Stop Pushing “Development” as a Cheap Replacement for Training

Great Leadership By Dan

Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage. There was even a requirement that every employee received 40 hours of training. But so is training.

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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

As an international speaker, mental health expert and author, I have been fortunate to travel around the globe throughout my career meeting with hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs about mental wellness. You can access the latest educational and training materials either digitally or in hard copy formats. The Bottom Line.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

More than that, we had confidence in the idea that we were truly going to be introducing a new kind of shopping experience to the fashion-forward customer. We did it because we knew we that we were ‘in the right,’ so to speak—that we had the skills, the knowledge, and the passion necessary for opening up an online retail business.

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Entrepreneurial Ideas for College Graduates

Strategy Driven

While some graduates will move straight into a chosen career, others will be exploring options like starting their own business. If you have a passion for fashion and want to be an entrepreneur, one lucrative idea is to start a clothing business. One notable skill that college trains you in is writing. Content Creation.

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August 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Art summarizes: “ The road to career success runs through a nearly endless string of challenging conversations. Learn to survive and thrive in the most difficult of communication circumstances and watch your career grow. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided A 5-Step Training Plan to Think like a Navy SEAL.

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LXP vs. LMS: What You Need to Know

The Center For Leadership Studies

Design thinking has changed in the training industry over the last several years. According to eLearning Industry, this is how LMS’s “focus on broad outcomes, presuming a standard level of knowledge and preparedness, adopting a formal, sometimes inflexible approach to the delivery of training.”. Social Learning.

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Change is What You Make of It

Lead Change Blog

My wife recently became a licensed real estate agent, a career for which she has been preparing most of her adult life and one that fits her like a glove, uses her considerable knowledge and skills artfully, and is simply the best work choice for her that I can imagine. This is NOT how the change process is supposed to work.