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Keeping college affordable
from Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog by Dan McSwain
Claiborne Pell, a Rhode Island senator whose achievements brought about lasting change both at home and abroad, died on January 1st, 2009, at the age of 90.
In a statement, Vice President-elect Joe Biden honored Sen. Pell’s many accomplishments, noting that, “few Senators have done more [...]
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This excerpt from CIO.com:
1. Business is competitive. Deal with it.
Edelman interviewed Sam DiPiazza Jr., the CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers, for his book. DiPiazza had this to say about business, according to Edelman: “Business, whether we like it or not, includes competition. It’s challenging, aggressive and very demanding. Despite the perception of many, it can also be [...]
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Oakland Community College and the West Bloomfield School District last week announced the opening of Oakland County’s first “early college” high school, Oakland Early College. OEC is a public school open to all Oakland County students, regardless of district of residency. Early colleges blend secondary and post-secondary education, adding a year to high school in [...]
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By Steve Pavlina
Heuristics are rules intended to help you solve problems. When a problem is large or complex, and the optimal solution is unclear, applying a heuristic allows you to begin making progress towards a solution even though you can’t visualize the entire path from your starting point.
Suppose your goal is to climb to the [...]
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Marcus Buckingham Thinks Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/49/buckingham_Printer_Friendly.html
Marcus Buckingham teaches CEOs how to get the most out of their people and their organizations. His first lesson: Forget everything you think you know about being a leader.
From: Issue 49 | July 2001 | Page 88 | By: Polly LaBarre
There is a noble promise [...]
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After hundreds of focus groups and thousands of interviews with employees in a variety of industries, Gallup came up with the Q12, a 12-question survey that identifies strong feelings of employee engagement. Results from the survey show a strong correlation between high scores and superior job performance. Here are those 12 questions:
Do you know what [...]
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Appreciative Inquiry: Chapter 2
Appreciative Inquiry: Chapter 2
Read the above link for more information.
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Great Lakes HR Now Newsletter
The Reflected Best Self exercise, which originated as part of a relatively new movement called Positive Organizational Scholarship, is available through the Center for POS at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
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Great Lakes HR Now Newsletter
Boosting performance by building on strengths is a movement that’s gaining popularity in many companies, business schools, and other organizations nationwide – and it originated in our backyard.
Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) had its start about six years ago at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. It was [...]
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“The Reflected Best Self really taps into employee engagement,” Roberts says. “It hits people at a core level that really inspires them to develop. All of a sudden, they start to feel a greater sense of meaning and satisfaction from work.”
By performing the exercise, individuals gain self-confidence, motivation, and a deeper sense of clarity about [...]
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