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    • Essential career skills for personal assistants at Office*

      Reed Learning | London |

      Reed Learning, the UK’s top provider of office management courses, will share its expertise and insight, with PAs, EAs and office managers, at the forthcoming Office* event taking place at London Olympia this month.

    • Why Cross-selling Fails: The Ultimate List

      Richardson | Philadelphia, PA USA |

      Why Cross-Selling Fails: The Ultimate List is a new blog post from leading sales training company Richardson that begins to build out a critical list of why reps struggle to cross-sell.

    • Mike Kunkle Joins Richardson as Director of Product Development

      Richardson |

      Richardson has announced that Mike Kunkle has joined the company as Director, New Product Development. Bringing over 25 years of experience in the sales profession, Mr. Kunkle is a training and organizational effectiveness leader with special expertise in sales force transformation.

    • goFLUENT sets out a best practice RFP template for companies seeking language learning programs

      goFLUENT | Geneva, Switzerland |

      As the business world becomes increasingly ‘global’, global businesses are tending to standardize on English as the global business language. According to goFLUENT - a leading provider of Business English training – some 90 per cent of the world’s current business skills language learning budget is devoted to teaching people English.

    • Which is best - Carrot or Stick?

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | London |

      What fuels motivation? The stick or the carrot? The answer is neither. A new science of motivation has identified exciting and effective alternatives to the traditional ways that people have been motivated in the workplace, alternatives that drive employed engagement, innovation and profit.

    • An Audience with The One Minute Manager

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | London |

      The ‘One Minute Manager,’ business guru Dr Ken Blanchard will take centre stage at The London Business Forum on 24th October.

    • A Manager’s Guide to the Emotional Workplace

      The Ken Blanchard Companies | LONDON |

      What is the best way to handle sensitive issues at work? Whether it is delivering feedback, dealing with conflict, or addressing performance issues, dealing with the emotional nitty-gritty of working life is something most business leaders would rather avoid.

    • Richardson CEO, David DiStefano Honored with a 2011 'Best in Biz Award'

      Richardson | Philadelphia, PA USA |

      David DiStefano, President and CEO of Richardson, has been named the silver winner in the Executive of the Year category in Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.