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Central Oregon Consultant, Judith Hurlburt, unleashes TIGERS team development and team effectiveness resources to build scalable companies and highly effective and cooperative teams. She is also a contributing author, speaker and organizational development specialist focusing on leadership and personal effectiveness during change. Bend, Oregon (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Judith Hurlburt, CEO of Hurlburt Support Services of Bend, Oregon, has achieved formal recognition as a licensed TIGERS...

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate change agent Michael Krot has joined The Miles Group - an advisory firm to top global corporations - coming on as a partner based out of San Francisco. A specialist in senior management team effectiveness as well as executive assessment and development, Mr. Krot will expand the firm's suite of services geared to C-level leadership. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121114/NY12516LOGO ) "Michael has a particular strength in...

Cheryl Nickerson, long-time development specialist, has been hired by Meals on Wheels and Senior Outreach Services to help raise money for the organization hit hard by congressional budget cuts. Walnut Creek, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Meals on Wheels and Senior Outreach Services of Contra Costa County has been hit hard by sequestration and the economy. The only county-wide organization helping seniors with seven programs has hired a Director of Development. Cheryl Nickerson, the new...

Shawn Shewchuk will be teaching industry leaders the “Business of People” at the Energize Canada’s Energy Leadership Forum. Calgary, Alberta (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 The leveraging power of relational capital has more value to today’s business leaders than their ability to attract financial capital. Leaders who have influence are leaders who are successful. The simple truth is that people do business with people they know and trust which has never been truer than it is today....

“Go Global” Leadership Event to be Held May 7-8, 2013 in Ramat Hasharon. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Aperian Global, a leading provider of consulting, training, and web tools for global talent development, today announced that Anita Zanchettin, managing director of global talent strategy at Aperian Global, is scheduled as the keynote speaker at the 2013 Go Global Annual Leadership Conference presented by Gaya Consultants, being held May 7-8, 2013 in Ramat Hasharon, Israel....

Video game and augmented-reality game players can spontaneously build virtual teams and leadership structures without special tools or guidance, according to researchers. Players in a game that mixed real and online worlds organized and operated in teams that resembled a military organization with only rudimentary online tools available and almost no military background, said Tamara Peyton, doctoral student in information sciences and technology, Penn State. "The fact that they formed...

MIAMI, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joseph Taylor, a December 2012 graduate of the St. Thomas University School of Business Master of Science in Management program, has co-authored a scholarly paper that has just been accepted for publication in the Journal of Management Development. The paper, entitled "Beneficence as a Source of Competitive Advantage," examines the relationship between leadership actions and long-term wealth creation for organizations. "This paper...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IA Interior Architects has initiated an orderly process to transition its leadership and ownership over the next few years. David Mourning, CEO, who founded the firm in 1984, has begun selling his ownership interest to IA Senior Management and to an ESOP owned by all IA employees. In addition, he has appointed David Bourke and Tom Powers as Executive Directors, responsible for firm operations and growth strategies. Both will continue as...

Dr. Noel M. Tichy joins Dr. Cathy Greenberg and Dr. Relly Nadler on Voice America’s "Leadership Development News" to look at leadership in business and building trust with front-line employees. As one of the “Top 10 Management Gurus,” Dr. Tichy shares insights on why emotional intelligence is core to leadership development. Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) April 14, 2013 Leadership Development News, is recorded live with Dr. Noel M. Tichy, Dr. Cathy Greenberg, best-selling author...

Maintenance reliability professionals learn lessons about getting the most out of their "tribes" from Dave Logan. The conference is one of many put on by Reliabilityweb.com. Fort Myers, FL (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 Author Dave Logan gave the keynote address and taught a short course focusing on leadership and improving team performance during the Reliability 2.0 conference April 9 in Last Vegas. Logan, co-author of Tribal Leadership and Three Laws of Performance, said an...