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Schneider Electric: Global Awareness Enhances Communication Value
Schneider Electric is a global leader in electrical distribution, secured power and automation management. Business growth has created an operations shift from cost control to talent management, and this new focus has made it essential for the company to
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Talent in China: Developing Professionals to Fill Growing Demand
Despite a population of 1.3 billion, a growing number of global companies are experiencing significant challenges attracting and retaining talent in mainland China. Leading companies respond to this challenge by providing their people with extensive learn
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An Engaged Workforce Starts With Engaged Learners
Can enterprise learning help create more engaged workers? Many companies hope so, because the news lately has not been encouraging. In the most recent Gallup Q12 survey, for example, 73 percent of workers described themselves as disengaged or actively dis
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Unleashing Potential
The business culture we live and work in has “softwared” us for mediocrity. To be mediocre is to fall far short of our potential. The startlingly gifted “hardware” we each have—a body, mind, heart and spirit—is rarely called upon to do much more than fulf
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International Incidence
As someone who loves to travel and meet new friendly faces, I’ve been fortunate in my professional life. In addition to frequent-flying around North America more times than I can remember, I’ve walked on the Great Wall of China, sipped coffee in the shado
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Worldwide Recruitment & Executive Search
TWC is a unit of Time Warner, the world’s largest media company. TWC is the nation’s second largest US cable company after Comcast, and has 10.9 million subscribers including 4.2 million digital video customers.
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A Successful Outsourcing Engagement, Step-by-Step
To conduct a successful outsourcing engagement, learning organizations must devote considerable time and energy to pre- and post-planning. Jim Hanlin, Ph.D, chief operating officer of TrainingOutsourcing.com, describes the relationship between the learnin
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Leadership Development Is a Global Concern
Can good leaders be developed or are they simply born? A new global survey commissioned by the American Management Association and conducted by the Human Resource Institute said that while some people display a natural affinity for leadership, others defi
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Assessment Alternatives: Appraising Organizational Performance
Star employees know that improving their professional success requires asking for feedback and then taking action. While many companies rely on 360-degree assessment programs, there are many other assessment options.