Archive for the ‘Staff’ Category

Developing Future Leaders

Monday, March 29th, 2010

by Travis Himstedt, Corporate Event Interactive

An important part of business development involves leadership training because developing the right kind of leaders leads to profitability and sustainability for organizations.  With MBA programs offering classes on leadership, consultants at every turn and countless books about it on the shelves, leadership training is a billion dollar industry.   Obviously, there is a desire for organizations to foster the talents of their future leaders. But how do they do it?
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Balancing Business and People Capital

Monday, March 8th, 2010

by Kathy Miller, Total Event Resources

Over the years our production lead time has become laughable, what used to be a year lead time and planning has now turned into weeks and in some cases days.  How do we balance the business and our people?  It’s a really good question and just when I think the solution is impossible I find that in our case our “small but mighty” team steps up to the plate and I mean big time.
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