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JULY 23, 2016

The term ‘management development’ means the same general thing is ‘management training.’ Ted Bauer, Management development is hot garbage ——————– So, for a Saturday morning, let’s ask again a question that is often asked: “Does… Read More Does Soft Skill Training Work?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 22, 2011

Only Steve Jobs can train himself to be the next Steve Jobs. Here is an article written by Donna Fenn for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. Ignore the dumb title. He remains a work-in-progress, exploring and embracing (sometimes celebrating) whatever intrigues and delights him in ways and to the extent his circumstances permit.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2016

Nassim Nicholas… Read More “You’ve got to take a journey without your ego” – Pondering the Challenges of Training Programs and People Slow to Learn. Metarules (such as the rule that we have a tendency to not learn rules) we don’t seem to be good at getting. We scorn the abstract; we scorn it with passion.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 30, 2012

The problem is simple. Too many employees are not fully developed. In fact, too many employees develop very little after they are hired. And this is a problem. So, how does a company do a better job at developing employees? Here is a line from the 2002 book that kind of launched the “Execution” discussion [.].

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JANUARY 15, 2012

The King had a speech deficiency. He spoke poorly. He stammered. He needed to speak well. His people needed him to speak well. And he took the steps (the many, many hours of steps!) to learn how to speak better. And then, he spoke better. Maybe not perfectly – but noticeably better. Yes, I’m [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2014

Recently, I was surrounded by about a dozen folks around a table who, in way or another, were tasked with hiring the right folks, and then turning those folks into the employees and the teams that would lead to greater organizational success. I started with three questions, which I adapted from the wisdom of a […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 16, 2014

Could it really be that simple? “The secret lies with Charlotte.” ” Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), in National Treasure ——————– We look for answers to questions/problems that vex us.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2013

(Note: I spoke to the members of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas today. What they have done with their many years of comitment to childen is — (this is not hyperbole) – awe-inspiring.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 23, 2014

We don’t think training people about ethics should be from a situational or conditional perspective. Karl''s blog entries certification Creative Communication Network ethics ethics training lawsuits Willful Blindness' We don’t believe in excuses or promises. We don’t believe in people sitting […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 25, 2014

That was the question a woman asked me at the conclusion of my two intensive days of presentation skills training. Because, no matter what I speak on, or train on, I always seem to mention my work in […]. “What’s the one book – only one – you would recommend to help me lead people better?” Randy''s blog entries'

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JULY 22, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accenture Adult Leadership Adult Training Advanced Management Journal Albert Einstein Allstate Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville Cadillac Caterpillar Chip R. He is also the author of Wired and Dangerous (with John Patterson) and Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service (with Ron Zemke).

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 23, 2015

I was fascinated when I received word of a book by Jan Jarboe Russell entitled The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II (Scribner, 2015). Were you aware of what happened? Have you ever heard of Crystal City, Texas? See the map below. […].

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MAY 30, 2014

John Cox is president of The Cox Learning Group and a highly-regarded authority on attracting, hiring, and training high-potential workers and then retaining them at a time when competition for talent is greater than ever before.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 14, 2011

the internationally recognized premier provider of Accountability Training® Services around the world. They have thousands of clients, and have trained hundreds of thousands of people, in over 50 countries. Roger Connors and Tom Smith are the founders and Co-CEO’s/Co-Presidents of Partners In Leadership, Inc.,

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

That question came from a Dallas Police Officer, who has attended some training sessions we’ve put on for the DPD through the Caruth Institute. Randy, could you give me a few books or maybe the best book on servant leadership that you have come across? It’s a very good question. I recently heard a student speech […].

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OCTOBER 14, 2012

In some of the training I do for organizations, I begin my sessions with “assumptions.” This is usually a list of “well, duh, common sense” observations, just to remind all participants of our common starting point. For example, in my Time Management training, here are the first two of a list of five assumptions: Assumptions: [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For a number of years, Karl Krayer and I have presented training sessions on “presentation skills” within companies and organizations. We are now offering a shorter, adapted version of this in a public training offering. This would be ideal for the professional who gives an occasional speech or presentation. It is a true “refresher.”…

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

from The New Yorker) ——————– We successfully train people all the time. People are trained to do graphic design; to fix… Read More Thoughts on Leaders – Insight from Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker. Joshua Rothman, Shut Up and Sit Down: Why the leadership industry rules.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 2, 2014

I teach Speech, lead Presentation Skills Training Sessions, and write frequently on speaking and communication issues. Here are a number of my blog posts dealing with speaking/presentation and communication issues.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Laura Putnam is an author and CEO of Motion Infusion, a well-being training and consulting firm that provides creative solutions in the areas of engagement, behavior change, human performance, and building healthier, happier, and more innovative organizations.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 26, 2015

She brings more than 20 years of corporate experience in human relations, leadership/ management, sales, marketing, and training. She has been a catalyst for change in the workplace ever since. She is certified as a New York […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 11, 2015

I’m spending two days of training with seven credit union professionals. For example, I cannot lead a training session and write a blog post at the same time). The subject — presentation skills. {a a side issue – I am reminded that I cannot do two things at once. Here are a couple of observations from […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 17, 2014

Take all the words you know – mentoring, coaching; training – and it all boils down to this. This is a short, but wonderful story about leadership development. A person at work needs to be more… more productive, take more initiative, be more responsible, be more creative, be more diligent… And, to get there, someone […].

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JUNE 8, 2014

Dubner Steven D. Levitt The Book The conventional wisdom is often wrong The Gambler Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Van Halen group William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Zappos'

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FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Every business wants employees who have world-class skills, who are well trained and eager to learn more. Trouble is, obedience, diligence, and competence are becoming global commodities.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 5, 2016

In addition to some training methods that… Read More Laboratories of Innovation – Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. But I have watched clips, and I have marveled at the records falling. The team at 538.com com wrote about the big breakthroughs that led to leaps in the record.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 13, 2014

Ed Savage is the head of Training and Development in a sizable company relatively near Dallas. He is also smart, and well-read — and, to make me even more envious, he remembers what he reads. And, he regularly attends our First Friday Book Synopsis, and has had both me and my colleague Karl Krayer do […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Steve Bistritz has more than 40 years of high-tech sales, sales management, and training management experience. He is a published author and lecturer in the field of sales, sales management and selling to executives who spent more than 27 years with IBM in sales and training-related positions.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 15, 2014

The Gazelle’s Coaching organization (Growing Leaders – Growing Companies) – an affiliation of trained, forward-thinking coaches, help their clients in many ways, but in this specifically: they help their clients make four key decisions.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Subsidized job-training programs […]. It’s hard to imagine what set of circumstances would reverse recent trends and bring large numbers of jobs for unskilled laborers back to the U.S. Our efforts might be more fruitfully focused on getting Maddie the education she needs for a better shot at a decent living in the years to come.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 12, 2016

In pretty much any area of human endeavor, people have a tremendous capacity to improve their performance, as long as they train in the right way. Want to improve your tennis game? Deliberate practice. Your writing? Deliberate practice. Your sales skills? Deliberate practice.

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Bob''s blog entries "The Crucible of War" A Life in Leadership Abraham Lincoln Adventures of a Bystander Alfred Sloan Andrew Grove Antioch College Boston University Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University''s Kennedy School Four score and counting [comma] while his insatiable curiosity explores and his sense of wonder delights George Washington (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 7, 2016

Erika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. She and her colleagues at Proteus support leaders at all levels to get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the future might bring.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 12, 2014

In addition to leading training sessions on Presentation Skills and Public Speaking, I also do some speech writing. People hire me to write a speech, or more, for them. Here is part of what I’ve learned through the process of writing for another speaker. Note: this is for the “everyday” speech giver – the CEO […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 29, 2013

In my speech and presentation skill training, I teach that you should state your thesis in a clear, […]. In the Writing Skills class that Karl Krayer leads, he teaches that you should write your point right up front. Put your key message, in a clear, understandable, short sentence, at the very beginning of your e-mail/memo.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 25, 2012

He has held a number of senior management, training and marketing positions and has trained managers in over 100 countries since beginning his international experience in Spain in [.]. Michael Marquardt is Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs at George Washington University.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 16, 2012

and was probably introduced when Edgar McVoy convinced Lowell Mellen to join him in Japan to properly install the Training Within Industry (TWI) programs in 1951. [.]. The Japanese term for continuous improvement is kaizen (??)

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