calvin2020, Author at Evoke Development

March 1, 2010

A Tour of Your Tomorrow: A Video Review

In a world full of choices, making the right career decision can be difficult. The career decision-making video, A Tour of Your Tomorrow (1993), by Rich Feller and Joe Vasos, allows individuals of all ages to see and understand many of the career choices available to them. The two-part video series divides the working world into six Holland type-of-interest categories: Crafts Scientific The Arts Social Business Office Operations Segments on each category encourage individuals to use their strengths and diversity […]

June 15, 2010

American Medical Association: Insurers File 1 in 5 Claims Inaccurately

One in five medical claims is processed inaccurately by commercial health insurers, often leaving physicians shortchanged, according to the nation’s largest doctor’s group. This article states that, “The AMA estimates that increasing the industry’s accuracy to 100% would save doctors and insurers up to $15.5 billion a year.” Read more about this example of how improving accuracy can increase the bottom line.

June 22, 2010

Center for Creative Leadership Adds WorkPlace Big Five Profile to Flagship Program

When the Center for Creative Leadership’s flagship Leadership Development Program (LDP)® rolled out in June in its revised format, it included a new broad-based personality assessment — the WorkPlace Big Five Profile 4.0™. This assessment, published by Paradigm Personality Labs (formerly CentACS – Center for Applied Cognitive Studies) of Charlotte, NC, relates to people’s personalities in their everyday jobs. Instead of using clinical or psychological terms like many current personality assessments, the WorkPlace Big Five uses work terms and work-related […]

July 8, 2010

Texas Hit with Fine for Food Stamp Errors

Federal officials have fined Texas $3.96 million for errors in issuing food stamp benefits, according to a letter to House Speaker Joe Straus. The penalty is for a high rate of overpayments or underpayments two years in a row, said the letter from U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon. Read the related article published in the San Antonio Express-News.