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EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
The Boom in Business Coaching
By Michelle V. Rafter
Companies are investing in coaching in an effort to develop a new generation of leaders to replace retiring baby boomers. The ones that use it most effectively develop specific performance goals, financial measurements or other tools to determine what they want the end result of their coaching program to be.
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SUCCESSOR SEARCH
SHRM Looks Outside Organization for New CEO
June 24, 2008 3:58 PM PT
When it replaces outgoing chief executive Susan Meisinger, SHRM will not promote from within, the group’s COO says. A decision is expected by August 1.
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Training budgets are rising, but HR and chief learning officers still worry that if their companies hit hard times, their training budgets will be the first to get cut. Annual learning reports can demonstrate to top managers why training is important.
Despite a $34-million sales bonanza that made a training program at R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company look incredibly good, simple analysis showed that other factors may have deserved the credit. A series of statistical tests provided management with the answers it needed.
Training budgets are rising, but HR and chief learning officers still worry that if their companies hit hard times, their training budgets will be the first to get cut. Annual learning reports can demonstrate to top managers why training is important.
Evaluation tools are a good way for employers to understand if they are getting a good return on their investment in employee training.
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