:: Global Events
Sharpen Your Human Resource Skills & Minimize Your Risks of Litigation December 10 to 12, 2007 Las Vegas, NV Web: http://www.hrtrainingcamp.com/	Benefits include:  Evaluate how employment law has changed and what the future holds.   Have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of colleagues and instructors.   Discover decision making skills that will help you avoid litigation.   Recognize how to make HR's case to management using cutting edge metrics and benchmarking tools.   Identify guidelines for interviewing, hiring, coaching, disciplining and discharging employees.   Practical HR information to apply immediately back in the workplace. And much more!
Training 2008 Conference & Expo February 4-6, 2008 Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, GA Web: http://www.trainingconference.com/ learninggroup/training /event_details.jsp	Join John Kotter, named #1 "leadership guru" in America by Business Week, and learn to turn change into tremendous opportunity; award-winning Simpsons writer Joel Cohen will help you inspire creativity in your team; and Stephen Dubner, co-author of the smash hit Freakonomics, will explore the hidden side of human behavior. Then, gain the power to change anything from Influencer author Joseph Grenny, and take charge of your time and escape info overload with Timothy Ferriss, author of the new buzzed-about book, The 4-Hour Workweek.
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:: Fast Fact
No big savings for outsourcing. Your company, which may be looking to save as much as 60 percent by outsourcing, might be in for a big surprise when it comes to bottom-line numbers. According to research by TPI, a Woodlands, Texas-based sourcing advisory firm, 15 percent was the average savings. The research is based on outsourcing contracts signed between 2003 and 2005. Source: Training June 2006
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:: Learning Nuggets
	By Larry Israelite, editor – ASTD Press “People from all walks of corporate life, from a variety of professional and educational backgrounds and interests, and with practically any organizational affiliation, can wind up in a training organization.”
	By Bob Powers and William J. Roth well - Pfeiffer                   “Instructors will perform with excellence if they are capable of performing the job.”
	Foreword by Tom Peters   Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior.                  Everyone knows how to run for cover, or if adequately provoked, step up to these confrontations in a way that causes the situation to quickly deteriorate. Crucial Confrontations teaches you how to deal with violated expectations in a way that solves the problem at hand, and doesn't harm the relationship—and in fact, even strengthens it.
Bites: Training Sept 2007
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