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By Linda Stewart, President and CEO, Interaction Associates Can you train for trust and drive strong business results in the process? Yes, you can, according to Building Trust 2013,the annual survey on workplace trust and business results by Interaction Associates and the Human Capital Institute (HCI) (http://www.interactionassociates.com/trust2013). Another important insight this year: How leaders lead matters more than ever.

By Dr. Drea Zigarmi, coauthor of “Achieve Leadership Genius” (2007) and “The Leader Within” (2005), and a founding associate of The Ken Blanchard Companies; and Jim Diehl, Dobie Houson, and David Witt, contributing authors and practice leaders of The Ken Blanchard Companies’ research into the factors that create a passionate and engaging work environment

By Stacey Harris, Vice President, Research and Advisory Services, Brandon Hall Group

By Sebastian Bailey, Ph.D., President, Mind Gym, Inc.

By Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA A productive leader knows the importance of effective delegation. Here are two delegation tips to make the process smoother and more efficient:

Research by the Temkin Group has uncovered several best practices for building employee engagement. The firm calls them the Five I’s of Employee Engagement:

By Bruce Tulgan

>> Capital Analytics, a consultancy specializing in human capital measurement, partnered withEdLink, a provider of tuition assistance program management services. Together, they will demonstrate the impact tuition assistance programs are having on corporations’ bottom lines.

>>Leadership IQ developed a new HR metric that links employee engagement survey scores with performance appraisal ratings. By identifying statistical relationships between engagement and appraisal scores, Leadership IQ is able to make predictions and recommendations about high-performer turnover, low-performer accountability, middle- performer development, and more.

By Joseph Grenny, Co-Founder, VitalSmarts, and Co-Author, “Change Anything”