Leadership Development

Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) has asserted its commitment to an intensive case management and consultative approach that supports business strategies and boosts productivity.

Continuing to build on its momentum throughout Europe, Plateau Systems has added strategic partners in Austria, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

Companies often overlook hiring and orientation programs as prime opportunities to reinforce corporate goals and motivate employees, said Ilene Gochman, an organization effectiveness expert with Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global consulting firm.

Cherie Booth QC, the wife of British Prime Minister Tony and patron of the charity Victim Support London (VSL), has launched VSL's new training suite of three training rooms and a breakout area at its offices in Finsbury Square, London.

Last year marked the tipping point in the fight against tobacco addiction, according to Free & Clear, a national leader in coaching-based tobacco dependence treatment.

As more and more baby boomers reach retirement age and leave the workforce, companies have scrambled to deal with the knowledge and skills that will exit, as well. Learning and development has played an integral role in this effort.

Despite the growing popularity of executive coaching, its effectiveness has been hindered by common misconceptions, said Gary Cohen, president of CO2 Partners, a Minnesota-based leadership development firm.

The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) has announced that Marshall Goldsmith has been appointed chairman emeritus.

Plateau Systems has announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded Plateau Systems an enterprise-wide talent management contract.

Flexible working can work for small employers, as well as their employees, but it is the business case - not legislative requirements - that will deliver change.

Team Builders Plus, a global team-building and leadership-development organization, recently received the Emerald Award from Inscape Publishing of Minneapolis for outstanding consulting achievements.

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More than half of managers have participated in workplace coaching in the past few years, according to a survey of 3,447 individuals, nearly all of whom are middle- to senior-level managers.

Strategies and business plans often are conceived without the financial culture of the company in mind — a misstep that can show up on the bottom line. Hiring individuals whose personal financial styles fit the company's can create a more successful finan