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Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people.

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Developing Leaders: Why Training Interventions Fail?

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Companies spend considerable amount of time and money on developing leaders through training programs and workshops. My experience so far suggests that these time-bound and finite interventions fail over a long run in developing leadership capabilities.

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Insights and Lessons on Critical Thinking, HR and Leadership Development

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In American Management Association’s critical skills survey 2012 , respondents emphasized on 4 C’s ( C ritical thinking and problem solving, Effective C ommunication, C ollaboration and team building and C reativity and innovation) as their key priorities for employee development, talent development and succession planning.

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Announcing: The ASTD Management Development Handbook

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American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) recently released a fantastic collection titled “ The ASTD Management Development Handbook ”. This book provides current thinking on various management aspects by practicing management professionals. I am grateful to Lisa for inviting me to write in this book.

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April 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development: Earth Day Edition

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Welcome to the April 1st 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development. This month, we again have a great line up of posts on leadership, management and talent development. BIG Thanks to carnival leader Dan McCarthy from Great Leadership for allowing me to host this event.

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QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management.

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Last week, I had a short conversation with one of my colleagues in HR about the all important topic of employee engagement. When I train trainers, we discuss and practice the impact of storytelling on adults. I have noticed that in Prof.

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15 Key Lessons On Managing Change

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 15 Key Lessons On Managing Change Change, they say, is the only constant. We may not be ‘change management experts’, but having a set of thumb rules always helps when dealing with change (because at some point, we have to face/manage/lead a change). (so Let change be gradual.