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Lean Leadership Institute a Leader in Lean Leadership Education and Training Resources
Bellingham, Washington training association Lean Leadership Institute is taking companies throughout the world from the red to the black in incredible timeframes, with a current average annual benefit per Certified Lean Leader student project of $44,400.

Church's Chicken Embraces Computerized Learning Programs from MindLeaders for Training Store Managers
The business and leadership development company specializes in training for food safety certification

Staroundtable and Hcareers Present The 2008 Hospitality Recruiting & Staffing Leadership Academy
Academy Offers Hospitality Professionals Highly-Specialized Leadership Training

The Gains of CMOE's Leadership Skill Training
There's an extensive scope of leadership development subjects from CMOE's Leadership Skill Training depending on the participants' requirements. Leadership Skill Training for new superiors may be made to help them make the transition from individual member to effective supervisor. For more experienced or knowledgeable audiences, Leadership Skills can tackle the circumstantial decisions supervisors are confronted to either involve their employees in decisions, or to depend solely on their own experience, expertise, and responsibility.

Authors Aim at Looming Leadership Shortage and Challenge Organizations to Focus on Leadership Development in New Book
'Practical Lessons in Leadership -- A Guidebook for Aspiring and Experienced Leaders' by Art Petty and Rich Petro offers professionals and organizations valuable tools and actionable concepts to strengthen their leadership development effectiveness. With leadership talent in increasingly short supply due to the rolling retirement of the boomer generation, organizations will be challenged to become great at identifying, developing and retaining the best and brightest leaders. Practical Lessons offers critical guidance for anyone or any organization focused on developing their leadership talent pool.

IT Leadership Group to Sponsor Unprecidented Simulcast Seminar for Volusia County Business Leaders
On April 29, 2005, the Maximum Impact Simulcast: The Influential Leader will include over 70,000 business professionals participating via satellite downlink in 500 cities across North America. IT Leadership Group and First United Methodist Church of Deland are participating as sponsor and local host site for this unprecedented Leadership event. This LIVE leadership seminar, broadcast from Atlanta, GA., has trained over 250,000 business professionals in the last four years.

Wharton Launches Executive Education Program for Top Leaders of FirstCaribbean International Bank: Modular Design and Focus on Current Initiatives
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania launched a new executive education program for senior leaders of FirstCaribbean International Bank, the largest, regionally-listed bank in the English-speaking Caribbean. The first cohort of 20 executives from FirstCaribbean's senior leadership and executive leadership teams came to Wharton's campus for The FirstCaribbean Leadership Program in November and January. They will return for sessions in May and August as part of the 18-month program.

National Survey Reveals Impending Leadership Crisis in Education
Preparing for an anticipated leadership shortage, U.S. school districts start using leadership development tools traditionally used by corporations. Former school superintendent partners with leadership development designer Discovery Learning to create a 360 assessment that evaluates skills such as 'instructional leadership' and 'service to students and stakeholders' - two important competencies not addressed by general population 360 assessments.

Succession Planning a Challenge, but Key for Family-Owned Businesses, says SDL
Effective leadership succession in family businesses involves careful planning, and considering leadership structure options

Impact Achievement Group Debuts Performance Advantage SimSeries™
Provides companies flexible leadership training for employee performance management