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Myths of HR Metrics: The Obstacles to a Human Capital Decision Science
Leadership Development: The Never-Ending Journey
How to Keep Strategic Workforce Planning 'In the Room'
We've Got Your Business Case for Learning Right Here
Does Your HR Scorecard Help Your Organization Win?
Playing Not to Lose
Get Your Onboarding Act Together, Pronto
Fostering Intrapreneurship: Think Like a VC, Act Like an Entrepreneur
Schmooze Your Way to Knowledge Retention
Manage Performance, Don't Mangle It
Thank You for Being Irritating
Do People Drive Business? You Bet Your Assets
The Top 10 Talent Trends of 2010
Forecasts for the 2008 Workplace
The Contingent Worker Debate
Why Coaching Programs Fail
Embedding RFID in the Workplace
Getting the Most Out of International Assignments
Can Work Ethic Be Bolstered in Troubled Times?
The Time to Plan Is Now
Getting the Green Light
Fighting the Flu (and Other Challenges) Flexibly
The Evolution of Diversity: From 'The Right Thing' to Business Strategy
The Quest for Better Human Capital Metrics
Living Up to Your High Potential(s)
The Bigger Picture
Achieving High Performance with Leader Athletes
Gen Y, Which Will Rule the Global Workforce Tomorrow, Takes Lumps Today
Ode to Those Left Behind
Can Telework Cut Costs and Raise Productivity in Today's Economy?
Web 2.0 and Learning: Too Informal?
Letting Go: Outsourcing HR
Why Don't Most Companies Manage Performance Well?
What High-Performing Companies Are Doing Now to Retain Talent Later
Fixing Performance Management
The Long Era of Lackluster Leadership
CEO Pay in the Post-Meltdown, Pre-Obama Era
The Age of the Brain
High Performers Purge the Unproductive
Okay, Okay, We Get It About Talent Management! But Do We Really?
The Fiction Effect: Plausible Scenarios that Shock
Reviving Training's DOA ROI
Cutting That Training Budget Is a No-Brainer, Right?
Informal and Inexpensive: Learning's New Territory
The Five Domains of High Performance
Forget One-Size-Fits-All HR
On Shaking Things Up
Time to Tighten Your Social Networking Structure?
Does Your Firm Know What It's Getting from Corporate Giving?
Beyond Efficiency: The Keys to Future HR Success
Plato, Competencies and the Ideal Employee
Is Job Shadowing Ignored in Your Organization?
Soft Skills by Any Other Name
The Organization's Fault
Keep Layoffs from Killing Performance
The Collaboration Challenge
Do Your Knowledge Workers Really Want to Be
Don't Be Like Brett Favre
Getting Engaged: No Ring Required
The Empty Escalator
Workforce Planning Is the "Missing Link" for HR
Uncovering the Secrets to Higher Productivity
Is Twittering a Productive Use of Work Time?
Four Key Practices for Developing Global Leader
The Crummy State of Talent Management Metrics (and What to Do About It)
Are You Wasting Time and Money on the Wrong Retention Strategies?
Intimations of Mortality: What Happens When the CEO Falls Ill?
Are Your Health-Promotion Programs Really Saving You Money?
Do You Know the Quality of Your Widgets But Not Your Recruits?
So How Do You Really Feel About Management?
Real-World Application of the Strategic Business Partner Role
Thou Shalt Not Poach Competitors' Talent ... or Maybe Thou Shalt!
Ten Critical Performance Issues for 2010
In a Down Economy, Don't Ignore Culture Issues
Leading Amid Complexity
Swine Flu: From Pandemic Panic to Workplace Preparedness
Virtual Leaders: Born or Made?
Connecting with Non-Wired Workers
Strategies of Successful HR Executives
The End of Innovation
Digital Shadows: The Rise of New Workforce Productivity Issues
Customer-Driven Strategies: Everybody’s Game
Arrows in the Decision-Making
New Managers: Alone and Out of Their Depths
How to Get Employees to Behave Like a Bunch of 6th Graders
It's 2010. Where's My Jetpack?
Nine Keys to Performance Management
Asking the HR Practitioners
A Clear Path to Strategy Execution
Serious About Sustainability in 2010
Don't Plan Succession, Manage It
Inclusion Measurement - Tracking the Intangible
Emotional Dimwits Need Not Apply
M&A Bounces Back: What Have We Learned?
Social Media Goes to Work
The Leadership Competencies That Matter Most in Today's Trying Economic Times
Are You Too Nice for Your Job?
New Year's Evolutions
Stocking Stuffer
Information Underload
Compensation: HR's 21st Century Fuse Box
Pay for Performance: Show Me the Money
Beware the Shiny Objects
The Name of the Integrated Talent Management Game
Making Innovation HR's Avocation
Shedding the Standard Grey Wool Dress for Real Business Insights
Mobile Learning: Anywhere, Anytime
Dance With the One What Brung Ya
"Hey Baby, what's your sign?"
The Ironies of High Performance
Is there an "I" in Recovery?

  • "  This was a learning milestone in my career!  "

    Carrie Wilemsen
    Gibson Energy Ltd

  • "  The course was taught well by Dennis Fischer. He not only kept us awake and going for the two days, but made the class very enjoyable by making us participate and having us talk about our personal experiences and his.  "

  • "  Thank you John for sharing your knowledge, experiences and allowing us to share ours. Invaluable experience!  "

    Paolo Tuscano
    Canada Post Corporation

  • "  This course was very engaging and I found the instructor’s ideas and concepts intriguing. The emotional connection near the end was as if many light bulbs went off at the same time. I am looking forward to challenging myself and colleagues to excel in this area of communication.  "

    Maureen Napier
    Product Manager
    Canada Bread Company Ltd