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Recent PodSpots
Communicating to Influence: Part 4Communicating to Influence: Part 3
Communicating to Influence: Part 2
Communicating to Influence: Part 1
Setting and Achieving Goals: The Metrics of Goals
Setting and Achieving Goals: Activities vs. Results
Setting and Achieving Goals: Negotiating Your Goals
Setting and Achieving Goals: STAR Goals
Transforming Team Conflict: Step 4
Transforming Team Conflict: Step 3
Recent knols
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Making the Business Case for Transformation through Training
What's Your Networking Quotient (NQ)?
How to Write E-Mail That Gets Results
Six Steps to Written Communication that Gets Results
How to Write Persuasive Business E-mail
Apologize--Do It Wrong and You'll Be Sorry
7 Secrets to Psych Yourself Out of Pre-Presentation Jitters
Recent blog posts
Attention All Managers!Catch Them Doing Something Right
The State of Happiness
THE BEST INVESTMENT IN TURBULENT TIMES
Work-Life Balance Becoming a Key Tool for Retention
Finding Leadership
The importance of Last Impressions
Taking the Plunge into Google Notebook
The 4-Hour Workweek - Part 2
Don't rush to judgment - Get the facts
Featured NetSpeed PodSpot
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Beyond 'Out of Order'
(Length: 2:13)
by Lynn Gaertner-JohnstonIn any business communication, think about the questions your reader may be asking. Then answer them
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Featured NetSpeed Knol
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Grooming Your Stars For Greatness

by Lynda Silsbee
Promoting from within is a sound strategy for most businesses. It’s a way to keep high performers in your organization, retain the company’s investments in human capital, motivate the staff to see that success is rewarded and fill top spots efficiently. But promotions can backfire if they’re handled incorrectly. Putting your stars into roles that they’re not suited for or moving them up before they’re ready can quickly erase all the benefits of promoting from within. By doing your homework before, during and after the transition, your organization and employees will get the full benefit of promotions.
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Featured Peer PodSpot
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Likeability Rules!
(Length: 00:47)
by Raven McElman
The simple act of being likeable allows everyone to win. (Recorded at the 2007 American Society for Training and Development International Conference)
Featured NetSpeed Insight Interview
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Love @ Work
Karen Fenstermacher
A look at the pros and cons of romance in the workplace, plus how to make your move while keeping your job
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