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		<title>Sing a song of Performance Improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be more accurate, capture training or performance improvement moments using song titles or tracks. Here are my examples:
Q &#8211; What a client that insists upon training that is not needed says afterwards?
A &#8211; “I can’t get no satisfaction.” Rolling Stones
Q – What to say to a client when you can see a performance problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T&amp;PI’s Link to the Economic Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the link between the training and performance improvement (T&#038;PI) and the current economic crisis? T&#038;PI was either part of the problem or part of the solution. Which, and what does that say for the profession?]]></description>
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		<title>WLP Professionals and Social Media?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Learning and Performance Practitioners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workplace learning and performance professionals are a missing species in corporate blogs and social media.]]></description>
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		<title>The Middle Ground of T&amp; PI Theory and Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the absence of theory a dumbing down of human resource and training practice?]]></description>
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		<title>Should WLP Professionals Blog</title>
		<link>http://ljdavis.biz/blog/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training and Performance Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge creation and sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is a late post, but here it is. Should learning professionals blog? My answer is yes. I am exploring the involvement of WLP professionals in corporate blogs as my dissertation topic. Because blogging is a grass-roots type of practice, WLP professionals may not recognize the need to blog. However, the reasons I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration in the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://ljdavis.biz/blog/?p=47</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning and Performance Practitioners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a number of years, we were warned about a talent shortage that would occur as baby boomers left the workforce. The challenge for workplace learning professionals was how to keep knowledge in the organization. In our current economic climate, the crisis of keeping knowledge in the organization is here. The crisis is emerging because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Management Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership communication as a critical process]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a manager or leader in your organization, how many times have you held a staff meeting, issued a memo, or made a phone call only to have your &#8220;message&#8221; misunderstood? It happens. It happens often. The reason? Too many leaders and managers fail to understand their role in the communication process.
Just like every other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Service and Performance Improvement</title>
		<link>http://ljdavis.biz/blog/?p=28</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
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 How does the field of performance improvement differ from lean service (sigma)?  I suspect if the question is posed to practitioners in each field, they would separate like oil and water (or Democrats and Republicans).  In fact, many of the same tools are in used in lean service and performance improvement practices.  Performance improvement professionals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continuous Learning &#8211; The &#8220;To-Learn&#8221; List</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Training and Performance Improvement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Learning for learning professionals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Workplace learning and performance (WLP) professionals understand that organizations are faced with ongoing change. Such organizations require a workforce that is engaged in continuous learning in order to remain competitive. Yet the saying, “Physician heal thyself” could apply to many WLP professionals. The “To-Learn” list for WLP professionals is broad and long. It expands beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Structure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorretta Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge creation and sharing]]></category>

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Practitioners in organizational development, organizational effectiveness, and other related consulting disciplines place great importance on organizational structure.  Organizational structure is often defined by management structure; hierarchical, flat, matrix, or some hybrid version.  Management structure influences the flow of information.  I am suggesting that neither information flow nor management structure define organizational structure.  What does?
 
In our [...]]]></description>
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