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Investment in America Forum

In April, 2003, the Leader to Leader Institute, The Conference Board and the US Army partnered to bring together 30 senior leaders -- 10 from each of the sectors -- to the US Military Academy at West Point to exchange ideas, experiences, and concerns about leadership and building trust in turbulent times. The summary report details the three days of formal and informal working sessions and exchanges.

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Key Organizational Effectiveness Resources

Center For Effective Organization. University of Southern California's Marshall School's Center including such notables as Edward Lawler, Warren Bennis, and Jay Conger.

Center for Work Teams.  Online information on teams and collaboration.

Advanced Teknowlogy Pofessionals  offers a train-the-trainer workshop for adults seeking to teach technical material.

Pritchett & Associates   has over two decades of consulting experience to  help facilitate change to your organization's advantage. Their work in change management includes broad experience helping companies plan and implement various change initiatives including mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, reengineering and culture changes.   Read more.......


Center for Creative Leadership - An international, non-profit education institution founded in 1970 in Greensboro, NC.  Models of managerial practice and applies through training and development programs. Read more.....

Saratoga Institute.  Home page for the Saratoga Institute which provides information on metrics and measurements in the HR function.  Book by Jac Fitz-Enz How To Measure Human Resource Management (McGraw-Hill Training Series).

Work In America Institute.  Changing the way America works -- advancing productivity and the quality of working life.

The Fisher Group.  Kimball and Maureen Fisher - well know experts in work systems, change process, and elements of high performance work environments. Specialists in self directed work teams.

McKinsey and Company.  World Class business consultant in strategic planning, business analysis, etc.

Phillip Blount and Associates.  Phillip Blount & Associates, Inc. was established in 1996. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA the firm specializes in compensation programs; leadership development; and organization design, effectiveness and strategic implementation.


Michael Hammer.  Founded by Dr. Michael Hammer, Hammer and Company is a management education and research firm that focuses on cutting-edge issues in operations, organization, and technology utilization. The central themes in our current work are business processes and advanced information systems.

Ecology of Work.  Conference support suppliers focused on OD -- go to conference to reach Ecology of work.

Provant Associates.  Provant Associates (includes Novations, J.Howard and Associates) specializing in surveys, leadership development, training and assessment

Linkage, Inc.  Benchmark Reports and Best Practices

Tom Peters.  Tom Peters Consulting

IQPC.  Executive Development Seminars an best practices  sponsored by International Quality and Productivity Center.

Conference Board.  A major organization providing data on a variety of HR topics and business subjects.

Gary Hamel - Strategos Institute, London School of Business.  Expert on change.

Corporate Leadership Council.  Major research organization with information and best practices data on an array of human resource topics.

Human Resource Institute.  The Human Resources Institute at Eckerd College.  Major research on HR practices


HRPS.  The Human Resource Planning Society

Leader to Leader Foundation.  Formerly, the Peter Drucker Foundation for Leadership and Management for Nonprofits.

Malcolm Baldridge Award.  Requirement for the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award.

Covey Institute.  Stephen Covey and the Seven Habits of Effective Leaders

Juran Institute.  Information on the Juran method of total quality management

Kaizen Institute.  Help to introduce companies to the Kaizen method of quality.

Knowledge Management.  Extensive information on the topic and a listing of related web sites and information sources


 

 

 

 

Key  Reference Books from Center for Creative Leadership
  • Selected Research on Work Team DiversityAPA and CCL Press 1996.  Executive Summary

  • Managerial Promotion: The Dynamics for Men and WomenCCL Press 1996.  Executive Summary

  • A Glass Ceiling Survey: Benchmarking Barriers and PracticesCCL Press 1995.  Executive Summary

  • Developing Cultural Adaptability: How to Work Across DifferencesCCL Press 2003.   Executive Summary

  • Standing at the Crossroads: Next Steps for High-Achieving WomenJossey-Bass 2002  review n

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Talent Retention

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics at DePaul University used by members of the Ethics Officers Association

Benchmarking Best Practices

APQC  American Productivity and Quality Center - helping companies make changes to their work systems

Team Builders Guide to Work Design.  Guidelines for team building and work design

Report on American Workforce  Bureau of Labor Statistics 1999 study on the American Work force

Open Space Technologies

Human Resource Benchmarking

 

 

 

 

www.mediationworks.com: Mediation Training Institute International. Resources for managing workplace conflict.
 

http://hr.blr.com: BLR's HR Web Center contains news and feature articles, checklists, model policies, and white papers organized by more than 200 HR topics. The site also includes a weekly poll, listings of upcoming HR conferences, and links to HR Web resources.


Pacific Bridge, Inc. is a full service Asia focused recruiting and human resources consulting firm. PBI specializes in recruiting Asian locals and returnees. Asian returnees are Western-educated, bilingual, bicultural individuals who are interested in returning to work in their home countries in Asia.

 

 

 

 
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