T&D articles from March 2004

T&D archives from March 2004

At C-Level.(leadership development)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... This marks the sixth annual Leadership Issue of T+D. You'd think everything that could be said or written about leadership would already have been done. In fact, the subject of leadership is more important than ever--how it's developed,...

Afraid of a label?(Mailbox)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... In her article (December 2003), Pat Galagan cites Pat McLagan, who states, "Calling [our profession] 'training and development' puts too much emphasis on what we do and not what on we're trying to create: knowledge organizations that release...

Impressed.(Mailbox)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I'm impressed by [Eva Kaplan-Leiserson's] call, "Are We OK?" (Intelligence, September 2003). Many changes are taking place in the marketplace and social setup. Globalization has heightened the process of change faster by surpassing the...

Recovery for whom?(economy upswing)
March 1, 2004... The U.S. and global economies are on the upswing, reports say. MSNBC, for example, cites as evidence increased consumer spending and investment growth in the United States, rising consumer confidence in Europe, and global expansion by China...

Leading indicators: leadership development in action.(Trends)
March 1, 2004... There is much to read and learn about leadership development theory. Scholarly opinions run the gamut; all make persuasive cases. But this month, I thought you'd enjoy reading about some real leadership programs that your real peers are...

Turn up the music: rev up participants' emotions through song.(Fundamentals)
March 1, 2004... Music is used as a learning tool primarily in one facet of life, childhood. When we were young, we learned many life lessons through nursery rhymes and children's tunes, demonstrating the powerful connection between learning and music. But as...

Technology kicks up leadership development: bam! Some basic technologies can help leverage leadership development in your organization.(Digital Beat)
March 1, 2004... Last month's column discussed trends associated with e-learning. In this month's Digital Beat, because T+D focuses on leadership development, I decided to run a parallel piece on leadership development's interrelationships with technology. ...

The Bronze Star: when leadership is a life-or-death responsibility.(Concept: a powerful, intriguing, inspiring, or perhaps odd idea distilled to its essential elements)
March 1, 2004... Our patrol left at dusk. It was my first ambush patrol since my year's tour of duty started in Vietnam, and I was 21. All I could think about while riding on the armored cavalry assault vehicle was whether I would be returning to base camp in...

Third-generation management development: managers are not created in a classroom, but practicing managers in a classroom can step back from work pressures and learn profoundly from their own experience. The International Master's Program in Practicing Management at McGill University in Canada and around the world is truly in-practice learning and an alternative to the MBA.
March 1, 2004... Managers can't be created in a classroom. Instead they should be engaged actively in their learning, which means it should relate to their personal experience. Unfortunately, most degree programs for such people rely on the first generation of...

Retention leadership: the fundamental assumptions that guided many of the philosophies, principles, beliefs, and teachings of leadership have been largely based on the availability of an ever-expanding and perpetually better-educated talent pool. Those assumptions are about to change in a big way. All of our weather gauges are buzzing.
March 1, 2004... Every organization, large or small, that expects to grow and prosper must make talent retention a top priority. Failure to do so may be at the least a form of organizational denial and, at worst, a recipe for steady decline. The documented...

Targeting the learning organization: working with an unchanging budget, Defense Acquisition University, the corporate university for the U.S. armed forces, managed to leverage its resources into a highly effective strategic transformation.
March 1, 2004... As a result of the war in Iraq, last spring Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced he wanted "an entrepreneurial approach to developing military capabilities--one that encourages people to be proactive, not reactive, and anticipates...

At C-Level interview: Ed Ludwig: a conversation with Chairman, president, and Chief Executive Officer Edward Ludwig of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company).(Interview)
March 1, 2004... This is the first in a series of conversations with top-level executives on the subject of learning. This month's interview is with Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Edward Ludwig of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). Among...

Leaders as teachers.
March 1, 2004... In 2000, BD celebrated its 103rd birthday. The year began with our new CEO Edward J. Ludwig assuming office in a carefully planned succession. Ed Ludwig became CEO when his predecessor, Clateo Castellini, retired at the end of 1999. In January...

Preparing for leaderful practice.
March 1, 2004... A number of alternative methods for managing teams have been proposed and placed into practice in recent years. Such teams claim to accomplish their tasks more effectively because they make use of the leadership of everyone instead of just the...

Distance degrees: update your skills without setting foot in a classroom (maybe).(Development)
March 1, 2004... You completed your college degree when overhead projectors were high tech. Now your boss wants you to motivate virtual teams, and your daughter needs help with her science homework--building a multimedia dissection lab on her PDA. Are your...

Star Achievement: a vendor-provided case study: Schwan Foods builds world-class administrative assistants with Office Dynamics Ltd.(Solutions)
March 1, 2004... Joe Curry, director of administration and development of Schwan's University, was convinced that world-class administrative support was essential to executive success. In conjunction with a focus on executive development, the Schwan Food...

Insightful, but rushed, advice.(Seeking Joy: The Real Truth About Work/Life Balance)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Seeking Joy: The Real Truth About Work/Life Balance By Rhonda Harper My first impression of Seeking Joy was that it looked similar to a women's studies 101 textbook. The cover invokes little or none of the excitement and joy that the book...

If this, then ...(Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life)(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life. By Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson (Wiley Books, March 2004, US$24.95) At one time success was defined by a big paycheck. But now, many achievers are "looking to build something...

Do-it-yourself diversity.(Just Be FAIR)
March 1, 2004... VisionPoint's Just Be F.A.I.R. is one of the best self-contained video programs I have seen. The first tape, Just Be F.A.I.R., is a good overview of diversity. It explains what it means to be "culturally competent" and introduces the F.A.I.R....

The marketplace/RSVP.(Directory)
March 1, 2004... Want to learn more about our advertisers' special services and products--right now? Open your Web browser and type in www.astd.org/freeinfo, follow the easy instructions, and get access to all of our advertisers--instantly. You can even link...

The naked truth: what goes around, comes around.(Working)
March 1, 2004... Apparently, streaking is back, and crime is still with us. Three young guys in Spokane, Washington, decided to resurrect the practice of streaking--which peaked as a fad before they were out of diapers. So, they entered a popular fast food...