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Thoughts on Leadership

Two items on leadership point to the importance of teaching and learning to develop our own—and others’—knowledge:

• A free podcast on “Learning as a Way of Leading” with Dr. Stephen Brookfield is online. He discusses ideas about leadership drawn from his new book, Learning as a Way of Leading: Lessons from the Struggle for Social Justice.
• A new report from the Society for Human Resource Management, Leading Now, Leading the Future: What Senior HR Leaders Need to Know, identifies eight business skills senior HR leaders need, with business knowledge ranked as number 1. See the summary and links to member access for the full report.

IO Scholar-Scientist-Practitioner

Bridging the scholar-scientist-practitioner gap is the theme of the current  issue of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology online publication, TIP.

ROI on Human Capital: From an Interview with Dr. Patti Phillips

How can return on investment in people be assessed? The ROI Institute helps organizations measure and show the value of human capital investments so all stakeholders have the information they need to make decisions. Dr. Patti P. Phillips, president and CEO of the ROI Institute, observes that ROI data can help make decisions about changing, expanding, reinvesting in, or killing a program. The ROI Institute methodology holds that to make the best decisions, it is essential to collect data about the success of the program from:

• Participant perspectives: people in the training class, involved with the project and, in some cases, consumers;
• System at large: the organization as a whole, including supervisors, or departments that support the implementation of the program; and
• Economics: costs and returns.

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Show Me the Money: Webinars with Dr. Phillips

Join Dr. Patti Phillips for webinars offered on March 19 at 5 pm CST or April 9 at 11:30 CST. Register for these free events; space is limited. Read the book, Show Me the Money: How to Determine ROI in People, Projects, and Programs and learn more about how to show ROI on your initiatives!

Connect with Experts through Webinars

Opportunities abound to interact directly with professionals in your field through free webinars this month. A few options are listed below; visit the Web sites for complete lists and registration information. Some allow you to view free archived versions after the event; others require membership to access the archive.

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