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Corporate Shift toward Mobile Learning

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94% said that e-learners prefer short form modules (10 minutes or less) for soft-skills training. . The survey results also pointed to a lag in the involvement of managers in the training function: . Specifically: . 65% said that the typical e-learning module presents too much information. .

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The Liberal Arts of Leadership

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Historically, the definition of a liberal art was a skill or craft practiced by a free citizen with time and means for study, a member of the elite, ruling classes of society. Liberal arts training meant training citizens to be society's leaders. He saw an important relationship between the two forms of training.

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Unbridled Capitalism

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By definition, the people I’ve described in this paragraph comprise our nation’s Capitalists. Rather, our economic and social framework must be modified to provide the training and jobs necessary to reduce the number of people living below the poverty line. The bottom 50% of all taxpayers now contributes less than 3% of total U.S.

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Interpersonal Dynamics @ Work

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Why is it that, in the age of expensive management consultants and ubiquitous leadership training courses , a whopping 70% of employees continue to self-report as disengaged and unhappy? More importantly: is there anything that can be done about it? They disengage.".

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What is Consultative Selling?

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Definition: The term ''consultative selling'' first appeared in the 1970s book Consultative Selling by Mack Hanan. Sales by Objectives training method by Signature, Inc. . ideally, the salesperson''s own. Learn how to adapt to different buying styles and secure a commitment. .

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Soft Corporate Cultures

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Recently, speaking to the Greater Ann Arbor Area Economic Club about tough love and discipline in both education and the business world, said "We trained a generation of your Americans that they get the "gold star" whether their stuff is any good or not. Frankly, we're turning out a bunch of functional illiterates.".

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Why Innovation is not "Invented Here"

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We have all been trained that the more control we have, the more successful we will be. Your acquaintances, on the other hand, by definition occupy a very different world than you. That''s why on Amazon every management book with the word "surprise" in its title is about how to avoid or prevent the phenomena.