T&D articles from July 2002

T&D archives from July 2002

T + D Online
July 1, 2002... Community At a time of economic slowdowns and uncertainty, across-the-board raises just aren't feasible for many organizations. Compensation concepts such as pay for performance are increasingly popular. My question is, does pay for...

Learning circuits.(top stories)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Here are Learning Circuits's top stories for July. The Model E-learning Customer THING Learning Solutions uses its experience as an e-learning developer to survey the customer-supplier relationship, warts and all, and attempts to...

Tooting. (Front Page).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... our own horn. We're celebrating a bit here at T+D because we won a national and a regional award for Publication Redesign from ASBPE, The American Society of Business Publication Editors. As you may recall, we launched the redesign with...

The Future of Work. (News You Can Use)
July 1, 2002... Where is work going in this world of rapid change? How will new paradigms and technologies affect people's jobs? It's time for another installment in what's becoming an annual update on workplace trends. Go To News You Can Use, May 2001...

How to decision making 101. (News You Can Use).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Stuck on a tough issue? Try one or more of these techniques for quicker and more effective decisions. Decide immediately. Determine what action you're going to take next, no matter how small. Transfer the action out of your head onto a...

The good news. (News You Can Use).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Seventy-five percent of employees surveyed in Dale Carnegie training worldwide said they'd blow the whistle on unethical management practices in their company. Is it Enron's legacy, or was the world always so ethical? You decide.

The bad news. (News You Can Use).(Workplace discrimination against Muslims)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Workplace discrimination in the United States against Muslims--and people of Arab and Asian descent assumed to be Muslim--is at an all-time high. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has received almost six times as many complaints...

Policy news. (News You Can Use).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... A snapshot of U.S. federal legislation and policy affecting workforce development and the HRD profession. House Passes Digital Tech Corps Act The Digital Tech corps Act of 2002 (HR 3925), introduced by Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), passed...

The Speed of Business: New Economy, New Methods for Training. (Training 101)
July 1, 2002... Scenario 1: A two-day training session on strategic planning and problem solving brings 17 executives together. During the lunch break, eight of them ask the regional group president to be excused. "I have urgent, pressing business piling up...

Cookie Crumb-Less. (@Work)
July 1, 2002... I don't like the thought of leaving a trail of cookie crumbs when I surf the Web, but I've come to accept cookies--little text files that Websites store on my hard drive and then access upon subsequent visits--as a necessary part of the...

Delta Force
July 1, 2002... At Cisco, three business units joined forces to keep information flowing and strategic skills sharp in preparation for the upturn. What happens when a high-flying, high-tech company suffers a comeuppance and has to work much smarter? At...

Before You Buy. an E-Learning System, Think Enterprise Wide
July 1, 2002... I sympathize with modern learning executives. In addition to handling traditional concerns such as recruitment and retention, they must incorporate into their working knowledge the technical expertise of a chief information officer, the...

A Cool Learning Space: Design Conveys Vision at the Center for Association Leadership's New Marriott Learning Complex
July 1, 2002... First, there's the wave table. It swoops around in the executive boardroom--or, "un-boredroom" as the architects refer to it--and can accommodate 25 or so people. The concept behind this continuous, curving form is that there's no power...

Shareholder Value: Is There Common Ground?
July 1, 2002... In reaction to the increasing shareholder pressure for short-term profit, training professionals can succeed while holding true to professional values. Imagine this scenario: You've just attended a technology training conference and...

Trainer, Assess Thyself! (Your Career)
July 1, 2002... Do it for you. This article is part 1 of a two-part series. Next month, career consultant Annabelle Reitman will suggest ways for trainers to develop themselves. Learning and performance professionals are expert at conducting needs...

Back at You: How to Be a Good Client. (Supplier Savvy)
July 1, 2002... Client: We like to think of ourselves as a good client, and we're really interested in a partnership. Salesperson: That's fantastic; we truly value partnerships. Client: Good. Given that you see us as a partner, can we have a 30 percent...

Military Maneuvers. (Trend Watch)
July 1, 2002... American flags wave from homes, cars, and highway overpasses. Operation Anaconda rocked, even if Osama Bin Laden isn't yet caught (or his body yet recovered). Such movies as Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor, and We Were Soldiers let us...

Conference and Meeting Centers: Regrouping after a Pause. (Advertorial)
July 1, 2002... No one needs to be told that since early 2001, there has been a general economic downturn. Those who work in sales at conference and meeting facilities are well aware of the effects of this downturn on the training industry. The terrorist...

Here We Go Again? (E-Finance)
July 1, 2002... On June 10, SmartForce and SkillSoft signed a definitive agreement to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction. That's the second potential marriage Smartforce has entered into in 2002. Its first was to Centra in January 2000, but that deal...

Leading Quietly. (Books).
July 1, 2002... Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. The tag line for Joseph Badaracco's book Leading Quietly reads "an unorthodox guide to doing the right thing." This book lives up to its packaging. Anyone struggling with a dilemma at work, not just people who...

On the night stand.
July 1, 2002... I read fairly continuously throughout the day to keep abreast of the changes and challenges facing the world of work. But bedtime is for indugence reading; it's my time to read only those books that delight and entertan, and that expand my...

Havana breeze. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Cool your office in the style of Hemingway with the Old Havana desk fan from Fanimation's Ernest Hemingway collection. Fan features three speeds, die-cast construction, and optional antique copper, pewter, or polished brass custom accessory...

Best light. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Designed by Robert Dudley Best in 1930, Best and Lloyd's Bestlite has been in continuous production since its creation and is on display in the Design Museum of London. Its Bauhaus-inspired design features a crooked arm with adjustable height...

Proustian plug. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Chances are you can't write like Marcel Proust, but that doesn't exclude you from sharing the author's extraordinary sensitivity to noise. Block out the office din with Boules Quies earplugs. Their wax-over-cotton construction has remained...

Real radio. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... One of the last designs of the legendary audio designer Henry Kloss, the Tivoli Model One table radio features a built-in FM antenna and state-of-the-art tuner technology for excellent FM reception. A robust, long-throw, three-inch speaker...

Media Reviews
July 1, 2002... Allen Interactions has taken a large step towards meeting the ultimate challenge in simulated learning with DialogCoach, a virtual mentor for customer contact. It offers a customizable simulation engine that can model many common customer...

You talkin' to me? (Working Life).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Well, are ya or aren't ya? There you were, standing right next to me in Staples and talking. No one else was around so I assumed you were speaking to me, and I responded. But you kept on talking and didn't even look my way. Puzzlement....

Get connected with ASTD Webinars! (Working Life).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... ASTD's Webinar Series was created to give you exactly what you need - convenience, value, and a top-quality educational experience. Participation is easy - all you need is a computer, Internet access, phone, and 60 minutes of your day....

Reality check. (Working Life).(traffic accidents and cell phone usage)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Percent of mobile-phone minutes used while driving: 60 Percent of accidents caused by driver distractions, including talking on a mobile phone: 20-30 States that prohibit handheld mobile-phone use while driving: 1 (New York) ...

Ergo, flying is safer.(humorous log entries from Qantas Airways Ltd. pilots)(Humor)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Here's a sampling of actual log items on problems reported by pilots and solutions taken by (humorous) maintenance engineers at Qantas, the only major airline that has never had a Class A accident (a mishap that involves loss of life or at...

Correction.
July 1, 2002... The source for the Ethics 101 piece in News You Can Use (May) was Jeff Wuorio, www.bcentral.com.

Value of belonging. (President's Page).(American Society for Training and Development)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... How do you define the value of belonging to a professional society? Many members tell me that they find great value in building strong relationships with like-minded individuals; others say they value access to information, experts, and...