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“Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.”—Josef Albers By Kristy Westfall Moyer, Training Account Manager, Signature Worldwide

By Tamra Chandler, CEO, PeopleFirm Maybe it’s a drawer at the office or a box in the garage, but chances are you have some place where well-intentioned work gifts are stashed away and forgotten. Peek inside and you’ll likely find a clock, a paperweight, or a branded polo shirt. Company gifts are well meaning but often impersonal or generic, providing no real value for the employee. The right gift, however, will generate goodwill for the holiday season and boost long-lasting employee satisfaction.

By David McNally Recently, my team and I team participated in a discussion with a client as we designed a leadership development program that we would be facilitating for 50 of its leaders. The audience would be a combination of experienced leaders and those newly appointed to a leadership position.

If everyone possessed the same personality characteristics, the life of a salesperson would be much easier. Sales representatives often fail to understand the uniqueness of each buyer. In his book, “Playing to Win,” author Allen Guy discusses the various interactions differing personalities have with one another. Here is an excerpt from Guy’s book that helps educate both veterans and beginners who want to broaden their success in sales. By Allen Guy

By David Brookmire, Ph.D.

Shoya Zichy, a former President of Myers-Briggs Association and creator of the Color Q System, is the author of “Career Match” and “Personality Power: Discover Your Unique Profile—and Unlock Your Potential for Breakthrough Success,”a new book to help each individual worker stay engaged and define their unique strengths to improve and manage their relationships in the workplace.

By Steven Katzman, Ph.D.,Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Performance Measurement, KPMG LLP Like most organizations committed to the continuous improvement of training, KPMG LLP highly values the post-course debrief. But in the past, when our content developers and instructional designers were asked about a program, their responses often were met with skepticism. Could a professional so deeply involved in the development of a course ever be truly objective about assessing its effectiveness?

By Brad Karsh “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things.” —Apple Inc.

By Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. Deception in the workplace becomes pervasive—and damaging to trust, collaboration, and productivity—when leaders create an environment that encourages or tolerates it. The strategy for reducing lies and increasing honesty is actually quite simple. It begins with a leader’s answers to these five questions: 1. What do you expect of the people who report to you?

By Lisa B. Marshall, Host, Public Speaker “What’s gonna work? Teamwork!” My kids love the show, “The Wonder Pets,” and this little theme song gets stuck in my head all the time. We learn from a young age that working in a team is important. Your team may have gotten a strong start. But what happens when you start running out of steam?