T&D articles from March 2002

T&D archives from March 2002

T+D online.(employee training)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... ASTD Webinars for March The month of March brings Webinars from noted presenters Dana Robinson, Pat McLagan, and Michael Marquardt, as well as Arnold Sanow and Ethan Sanders. Titles include "From Training to Performance," "Keeping...

Lead on. (Front Page).
March 1, 2002... Welcome to the fourth annual special T + D issue on Leadership. This edition has quite an impressive line-up: We learn how leadership development is done at Boeing, General Electric (from GE's chief learning officer), and Xerox. We learn...

Mailbox.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... RESPONSES sent to Mailbox are considered available for publication and may be edited for length and clarity. Please send comments to Mail: T+D, 1640 King Street, Box 1443, Alexandria, VA 22313-2043 Email: mailbox@astd.org. Provide your...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2002... In the advertorial on page 62 in the February issue, the incorrect name appeared below the photo. It should have read Joe Ellis, CEO, TEDS.

The meet market: Online meetings are here to stay. Are you ready? (News you can Use).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Once upon a time, the term virtual meeting invoked images of jerky video, out-of-sync audio, sky-high prices, and system crashes. Slowly but steadily, however, technology has been improving and prices falling. Then came the terrible events of...

Executive update. (News you can Use).(interpersonal skills considered most important)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... When it comes to senior-level jobs, soft skills make the man or woman, says a recent poll by RHI Management Resources. Twenty-six percent of chief financial officers polled said interpersonal skills are their most important consideration when...

How to align performance management with corporate goals. (News you can Use).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... At a time when downsizing, acquisitions, and reorganizations run rampant, how can companies keep employees focused on business results? The key is in effective performance management programs, says Cambria Consulting, a Boston-based firm...

Info-Burst. (News you can Use).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... 83 percent of Monster.com users think that enhancing a skill or earning a higher degree will help their career development in the current economy.

Policy news. (News you can Use).(education and training legislation)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... A snapshot of U.S. federal legislation and policy affecting workforce development and the HRD profession. Bush Signs New Education Bill. Describing it as his top domestic priority, the President signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law...

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. (E-News).(SkillSoft Corp. first to comply)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... E-learning supplier SkillSoft has become the first large courseware provider to announce compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. SkillSoft recently upgraded 373 business-skills courses to be accessible by people with vision,...

GetEducated.com. (E-News).(business degrees guide to distance learning programs)(Brief Article)(Directory)
March 1, 2002... Are you thinking about getting an M.B.A. or other business degree? Are you trying to figure out how you'll fit classroom time into your already packed schedule? Then check out GetEducated.com's www.geteducated.com free guide to distance...

Lessons in smallness: How to make the most out of small-group activities. (Training 101).(problem solving method)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... As a conscientious university student at the University of Toledo, I vowed to try an instructional approach taught to me by Don Scott. With great anticipation, I posed a brief problem and asked participants to work in small groups to develop a...

Don't push that button. (@ Work).(Evaluation)(Bibliography)
March 1, 2002... In an episode of the 1990s MTV cartoon series Ren and Stimpy, titled "Space Madness," Stimpy is told to guard the History Eraser Button because pushing it will erase the duo's existence. Yet, the button is so shiny, so red, so tempting. ...

Crisis leadership: Since September 11, business leaders have been reassessing how well prepared they are to lead. (Lead On!).(Guidelines)
March 1, 2002... John P. Kotter, Harvard Business School professor and author of Leading Change, says that when a crisis develops, people tend to react immediately to try to solve it. "Conducting business as usual is very difficult if the building seems to be...

E-Leadership: A two-pronged idea; At xerox, leadership development is via the Web and about the Web. (Lead On!).(Electronic Leadership)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... At the Center for Creative Leadership, we've been asking such questions as, What is e-leadership? How does e-leadership differ from leadership? Does it differ at all? We believe that within the next decade, technology will be so ubiquitous...

Turn business strategy into leadership development: Boeing's seven secrets for capturing the development opportunities that pass you by every day. (Lead On!).
March 1, 2002... You have just returned from a leadership workshop, with grandiose plans about how you're going to improve your effectiveness as a leader and really influence the bottom line. But the first day back on the job, reality hits: New crises pop up, a...

Leadership development for small organizations: How can a small to mid-size organization create a leadership development program? The author taps GE's chief learning officer to help answer that question. (Lead On!).(Steve Kerr, General Electric Co.)
March 1, 2002... Nine months into a pilot program on leadership development, I'm meeting with my CEO. He's a brilliant guy, who generates ideas as fast as one plays pinball. "GE," he intones. "I want you to find our what GE does to develop leaders." ...

14 Leadership traps: Why many CEOs don't have the leadership bench strength they need. (Lead On!).(Chief Executive Officers)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Here's common scenario in many companies: A key executive job becomes vacant. Senior management sizes up the level of internal talent and tries to identify a replacement. There are many capable, hardworking people in middle management, but they...

Housekeeping 101: Clean your way to career development. (Your Career).(Guidelines)
March 1, 2002... Are you wondering how housekeeping can be an appropriate career topic? Don't fire off a letter to the editor just yet. The state of your house can affect your career options. I know of people who are reluctant to telecommute because they're...

How teams learn: Research uncovers the disconnect between how we think teams learn and how they actually do. (Passport).
March 1, 2002... The question arose during a workshop discussion with a group of training professionals: What do we know about how teams manage their learning? The group assumed there'd be lots of information available: We were wrong. Two initial literature...

Selling in tough times. (Supplier Savvy).
March 1, 2002... Last fall (after September 11), the Instructional Systems Association isaconnection.org surveyed its members--150 leading learning and performance consulting suppliers--to determine the impact of the economy on their businesses. The results...

LCMS, LMS--They're not just acronyms but powerful systems for learning. (E-Learning).(learning content management system)
March 1, 2002... When I first heard the term LCMS used widely, I cringed. Great. Another confusing e-learning acronym we have to explain--just like LMS, RLO, AICC, LRN, IMS, and SCORM, among others. When will we learn? Despite the silly acronym, LCMS is the...

Going inside the numbers. (E-Finance).(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... At press time, the three most prominent public e-learning infrastructure players--Click2learn, Docent, and Saba--had reported earnings for the fourth-quarter calendar period. We thought it would be interesting to go inside those quarterly...

Primal Leadership. (Books).
March 1, 2002... Daniel Goleman Richard Boyatzis Annie McKee What an odd pairing of words: primal leadership. Does a breast-beating, chanting tribal leader come to mind? Ordinarily, as a professional focused on improving workplace performance, you...

On the Night Stand. (Books).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... My nightstand's a mess, so I usually wander over to my dusty book-shelves when I'm in need of inspiration in my consultancy work. Instead of the usual work classics, what nabs my attention for this piece are other "classics." As a general...

In communicado. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Combine a cell phone and a PDA. It's a sensible idea that has eluded sensible application--until now. Handspring's new Treo fits neatly into a shirt pocket, provides all of the niceties of cell phones and PDAs, but also includes a built-in...

More plasma, please. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... You may not need it, but you know you want one. Boasting 1280x768 resolution and a 160-degree viewing angle, the 50-inch PDP 503-CMX is Pioneer's latest in XGA professional plasma displays. This third-generation display offers lower power...

Hot keys. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The new Office Keyboard from Microsoft is less like a keyboard and More like command central for your Office application. "In addition to its ergonomic design, the Keyboard offers a Single Touch Pad, 19 hotkeys for single-press access to common...

X-Rated. (In Gear).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Taking the show on the road doesn't mean you have to leave performance behind. Despite weighing less than 2 pounds, Lightware's V-1080 projector offers XGA resolution, built-in DVI digital interface for HDTV capability, picture in picture, and...

Media reviews.
March 1, 2002... Southwest Airlines's success has been explained as a shrewd business model paired with a smart operating strategy. The company avoids large, congested, and competitive airports for smaller ones. It flies only one kind of aircraft--lowering...

E-Course reviews.(XML programming courses)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Despite the similarity of the acronyms, XML isn't merely a better form of HTML. Rather, it's a logical markup language that allows documents to be read by a variety of vendor-independent applications. Appropriate benchmarks for XML...

Executive summaries.(reports available from American Society for Training and Development)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Crisis Leadership Ruth Palombo Weiss In times of political and economic instability, it's crucial for leaders to have a well-reasoned strategic plan. And though there are few easy answers when dealing with crises, there are numerous...

Mars and Venus: It's kind of an interplanetary upstairs-downstairs thing. (Working Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... True Tales From the Workplace This true tale involves a self-employed couple who work from their home. Man: I'll give you a ride to the train, but first I'll run out and fill the car with gas and then I'll be back to pick you up. ...

Bed potatoes. (Working Life).(European Space Agency researches weightlessness)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Some people are spending three months lolling in bed, and a lot of people are thinking they're performing a worthwhile activity. The European Space Agency is studying a number of volunteers to learn the effects of weightlessness on bones...