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The 15th annual PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual Global CEO survey revealed that 50% of CEOs indicated recruiting and retaining high potential middle managers" was their chief "talent" challenge.  Considering the drastic economic, technological, and cultural disruption evolving before our eyes, having the talent to adapt and lead organizations into the future is a critical component to any organization who wants to thrive where other institutions struggle.  

CEOs were very specific when indicating their talent constraint issues.  Some of the highlights from page 20 of the hyperlinked report are as follows:

• 31 percent "weren't able to innovate effectively"
• 29 percent "were unable to pursue a market opportunity"
• 24 percent "cancelled or delayed a key strategic initiative"

Employee development doesn't happen when organizations "hope" or wish it to manifest; it happens when organizations make employee development a major part of their strategic objectives.  Institutions who figure out that nurturing a knowledgeable, highly adaptable talent culture is the key to making flexibility and organizational agility competitive advantages in the marketplace will lead the future.  

This course was excellent for my teaching experience. I believe by understanding the difference between  soft and hard skills,  now I can implement and deliver the skills i have acquired to make me a better teacher, specially when dealing with such  a diverse population.

Great course gave me a lot of information I didnt know about. I would recommend all staff take this course

I am interested in assisting students to understand they have an active role in the classroom activity. There is a holdover from HS  of the passive receptacle approach while the instructor pours in the answers. They are not yet aware of their options and power to comment, direct into new ways of solving problems, and speaking up to share impressions and ideas. I want to co-create a learning experience for them and myself. this is not about the instructor shurking her work load, but giving adults ownership to generate positive energy in their classroom participation. i look forward to doing some reading on Andragogy-the theory that there are significant differences between how adults and children learn.

This training course has opened my eyes to the legal issues involved with employers, employees, and students rights in regards to compliance. It's amazing how politically correct we have to be in education at all times. Sometimes its easier said then done. This course has definitely been a learning experience for me.

This course was very interesting, learning about games to play and backwards chaining.  I will implement this into my classroom lectures.  So many good ideas here, this was a very informative couse.

I found the course to be very informative & helpful. 

The course was very helpful

How often do you get angry? Do you know what sets you off? Do you remember what you were taught about anger when you were growing up?  

Were you taught that it was unacceptable to feel angry? Did you learn to suppress angry feelings and stuff them down inside? Or were you taught, perhaps by example, that it was OK to explode with anger and attack others, verbally or physically? Or were you fortunate enough to learn that while it's OK to feel angry, it's not OK to hurt others, and it's not OK to blame them for how you feel?  

If you were taught to take responsibility for your emotions, to communicate feelings calmly and clearly, and to value both your own and other people's rights, you probably don't have much trouble with anger.  

Now the reason we just asked you what you were taught, while you were growing up, is that anger very seldom has anything to do with what is happening right now, because there are so many other ways to respond.  

People with high self-esteem aren't interested in blaming others for things that go wrong.

Instead, they accept accountability for their lives and know that if things outside them are to change, they must first change internally.  

For people with high self-esteem, change in themselves or in others isn't threatening to them. They embrace change because they believe they can handle it. So if you find yourself feeling a lot of anger, perhaps some work on your self-esteem is in order. 

I feel comfortable talking to students from OH, now that I know the rules and regulations of the state.  Very Informative.