Keeping You Connected

What’s the best way to develop talent? Authentically.

       You can’t get to where you want to be
  without knowing where you are starting from.


Read our white papers and articles to learn more about steps you can take today:

Measuring Return on Investment of Leadership Development Programs, by Kimberly R. Brinkmeyer, Ph.D., (March, 2005)

Measuring Inherent Personality-based Leader Risks Impact on Performance, by Nancy E. Parsons, 2005 ISPI International Conference Presentation Paper (available after April 15, 2005). This session paper presents analysis showing that personality-based risk factors describe reliable root cause performance information not explained or measured using contemporary 360 feedback instruments.

Leadership Development on Fast Forward – Find out how your company can put leaders on a fast-track to success and how CDR Assessment tools help you cut a year or more off of the normal development cycle time.

Cookie Cutter Competency Models – Learn why most well written executive competencies set false or unattainable frameworks for performance.

The Changing of the Leadership Development Guard – What has changed? The people. Most of the colorful, influential, innovative, risk taking and adventurous, free-spirited gang of the 1980s have moved on. What is specifically different about today’s internal Leadership Development group? Overall, they tend to be more operations-oriented, practical, and conscientious. Request this article to see what the data and findings show about today’s leadership development directors.

The Real Enron Risk: Energy Traders - This intriguing piece by Nancy Parsons was published in two parts by Risk Management Magazine. This article compares energy trader profiles to incarcerated felons.

Plus, we’ve included links to some great information that can help companies and employees get more out of their careers – and their lives.

Recommended Links
Organization Website Comments
American Psychology Association - Ethics www.apa.org/ethics The ethical philosophies that guide our practice
American Society of Quality www.asq.org  
American Society of Training & Development www.astd.org  
CEO Express www.ceoexpress.co Excellent for research & need to know business info
Harvard Business Review www.hbr.org Harvard Business School Publishing
Human Resource Planning Society www.hrps.org  
International Society for Performance Improvement www.ispi.org  
OD Network www.odnetwork.org Organizational Development Network - great link for resources and networking
SIOP www.siop.org The Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology
Society for Human Resources www.shrm.org  
Training & Development Community Center www.tcm.org  
Training Media Association; Digital Learning Organization www.trainingmedia.com An organization with a focus on Copyright Protection in the Training & Development Industry
Training Supersite www.trainingsupersite.com Lakewood Publications & Resources