I am pleased to share with you an article from the June 2009 issue of Training Magazine. You may be interested in the comments and the “on-the-job” performance improvement experienced from one of our many satisfied clients. The program’s author also provides some additional insight on the program.
Being accurate with data is important not only in our professional lives, but also in our personal lives, as this recent news story clearly demonstrates. After taking the wrong medication, a woman who is six-weeks pregnant is nervously waiting to see if there will be permanent effects to her unborn child. She was erroneously given…
I continue to be amazed at the number of errors that consistently show up in Annual Reports and financial statements of public companies. An excellent example of this was highlighted in Todd Wallack’s October 4, 2010, Boston Globe article (In reporting pay, firms can err big: Figures on executives off by up to $500,000). The article reports…
Our personalities stay pretty much the same throughout our lives, from our early childhood years to after we’re over the hill, according to a new study. The results show personality traits observed in children as young as first graders are a strong predictor of adult behavior. Read more.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Evoke Development is pleased to announce that Accurate Data Transfer (now Accuracy in the Workplace) is featured in Training Magazine. If you are considering utilizing Accurate Data Transfer, you will be interested in reading the comments and the “on-the-job” performance improvement experienced from one of our many satisfied customers. The program’s author also provides some…
A typographical error in a jury’s verdict form convicting an Akron man of cocaine possession in 2005 has cut short the time he is serving in prison from 10 years to four years. Read the article in the Akron Beacon Journal.
