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Motivating Staff In Lean Times
Leaders are individuals who are able to see and articulate vision, pursue change through aligning people with resources, and organizing people and systems to accomplish objectives. They are influencers.

The true power-holders in leadership are actually the followers and collaborators. Motivate them towards goal achievement , and the reward will be accomplishments that could not have otherwise been acheived, especialy in times that are lean.

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How to "Ace" Strategic Planning

The strategic planning process is pretty straightforward—you must be clear about where you want to go, know what you want to be different once you get there, and have the right plan and partnerships to help get you there. However, your approach to strategic planning is what determines how painful it is (or not), how fruitful the process is (or not), and ultimately how successful your outcomes are (or not).
This article gives you the guiding principles of a simple and engaging process that will inspire collaboration, creative thinking, and forward-focusing.
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Shifting the Paradigm of Succession Planning
Yes, Succession Planning does take time, resources, and concerted efforts, but the long-term benefits to the organization most certainly out-weigh the short-term energies and expenditures. The payoff maintains leadership in key positions, ensures business continuity, strengthens your talent pool, increases employee engagement and retention, and develops a diverse workforce by enabling decision makers to look at the future make-up of the organization as a whole.

Succession Planning is simply the process of identifying high- potential employees, evaluating and honing their skills and abilities, and preparing them for advancement into positions which are key to the success of business operations and objectives: key to your success and your future as an organization.

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Gamification in the Adult Learning Environment
Gamification strategies are more than adding cleaver review games at the end of your training or facilitating a fun icebreaker as an introduction to your topic. Gamification is substituting one or more instructional formats with game elements in the delivery of content comprehension and /or skill building.
Recent brain-based research suggests a similarity between adult learning principles (andragogy) and the fundamental motivation triggers in games. Because of our success in linking these together in our learners’ classroom experience, trainers and instructional designers have asked us how they may do the same while maintaining the integrity of their content. This article provides techniques used by the University of Washngton in blending both classroom and gamification formats to increase adulting learning and retention.

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