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Corporate Training for Your Company | 3 Step Plan

Career Advancement

She knew her employees deserved a top-tier speaker, and she wanted someone who would provide the follow-up needed to ensure their success. Since she wanted to get a great return for her investment, Patrice carefully outlined a strategy for planning the training. Corporate training – pre-event briefing. But is that enough?

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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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Extreme Dependability: Do What You Say You're Going To Do

Rich Gee Group

Being dependable and following through on your commitments is essential to building trust and credibility in your personal and professional life. Use a calendar or planner: Use a calendar or planner to keep track of your commitments, deadlines, and progress. It's better to decline a task than to commit and not be able to deliver.

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How To Hire The Right Talent For Your Team

Lead from Within

This not only affects team dynamics but also impacts the company’s bottom line, costing organizations up to 1.5 Leaders should hire individuals who are intrinsically motivated and committed to achieving results. Values alignment leads to engaged employees who are 51 times more likely to be committed to their work.

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The Importance of Negotiation in Leadership

Joseph Lalonde

Someone without negotiation skills will be a less effective leader because they step down instead of stepping up. Firstly, you need to be committed to personal development and the development of others. Achieving this outcome requires a lot of skill, understanding, experience, and training. . The Bottom Line .

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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

Productivity through well-trained, rewarded, and empowered front-line employees. Buried within the text, Peters and Waterman offer the bottom line of how to identify excellence in companies. However, treating the customer with love is the best way to boost the bottom line in the long run. A customer-first focus in all decisions.

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The Two Myths of Change

Lead Change Blog

Also regarding skills, merely teaching a team member a new skill is seldom enough—think of the average payoff for a communication training, for example: after two or three days everyone is behaving exactly the same way as before the training. The clue is getting them to commit to the intention to change their behavior.

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