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Chapter Website Recognized
"This recognition honors the Pensacola Chapter‘s best practice that demonstrates its commitment to managing a successful organization as well as advancing the learning and development profession at the local level. We are excited to honor the chapter with ASTD‘s SOS recognition."
- Lisa Downs, Chair of ASTD‘s Chapter Recognition Committee
July 26th Chapter Meeting
The Keys to Inspiring Client Loyalty
Brian Jones & Pam Bilbrey
A discussion of Patrick Lencioni’s new book, Getting Naked. Patrick is also the author of "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team." Brian and Pam will be presenting and leading a group discussion of the three fears that sabotage client loyalty, as found in ″Getting Naked."
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Weekly Words of Wisdom
"Being the head of anything, you have to set an example. You have to be firm about the things you want and the things you believe. But if you listen to your followers you will get better results. I don't think there is enough listening going on. As a leader, you don't want people who just say yes and feed your ego. You want people who contribute. The leader needs to let people contribute, and if what they offer works, he needs to give that person credit. If not (the leader) needs to take the blame. ”
-John Wooden, Legendary UCLA Coach
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Our Bookshelf
Read any good books that our workplace learning community should know about? Want to get your hands on the one to be given away at the next chapter meeting? Click out The Bookshelf!
Article of the Week
Were BP's People Trained on What Matters Most?
By Katherine Ratkiewicz
After almost 3 months of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, it seems that the well has been successfully capped. This is great news for BP, for the people of the Gulf, and for the administration working tirelessly to deal with this unprecedented crisis. I can’t help thinking about this disaster from a Learning and Development perspective, specifically about what BP could have done, and more importantly, needs to do in the coming days, weeks, months and even years ahead to correct for this obvious gap in their L&D approach...
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