In accordance to Maslow's predictions related to the hierarchy of needs model, more and more people are entering an era where personal growth becomes a key factor. Learning, whether it is professionally or personally, means growing. Growth equates satisfaction and self-esteem. Yet, we may be learning more than we realize, or maybe less… Indeed, it is surprising how few people can actually reproduce the overview of their key leaning points of say, the last 6 months. So you might pause for 5 minutes before continuing to read this newsletter to answer that question for yourself.

 

Since 1990, we have been hearing how important learning is. It's indeed a big market. In 1998, the US companies spent 66 billion dollars on training. May 2000 was the month of ASTD, the American Society for Training & Development. Let me share the HR tendencies I noticed. The figures are base on the 1999 Industry Report from Training Magazine and various ASTD reports.

Livelong learning is here to stay. More and more money and time is spend on training people. In 1998, the training expenditures in the US increased to 2% of payroll. In Europe, the expenditures even reached 3,2% of payroll. This means 29 hours (US) to 49 hours of training a person. US Benchmarking participants projected a 14% jump in training expenditures between 1998 and 1999.

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Employees and organizations will experience inevitable change. Human resource development (HRD) enhances employee competence in their jobs by increasing knowledge, abilities, and skills. Pro-active career management and self-reliance will be the key to success in the 21st century. In this environment, the employee will be primarily responsible for career development but the company will also have responsibilities that include clearly stating the company's corporate strategy and providing information about its business.

Strategy
The business strategy must be linked with the human resource strategy. It is essential to consider the differing characteristics of people when setting a plan for an organization to follow. The stage of development - embryonic, high-growth, mature, or aging - that the company is in will determine the HRD goals.

Companies that are just starting out are interested in strong managers. The next stage is characterized by high growth. While vying for a place for their product in the market, they are also spending a lot of time developing their intellectual capital, i.e., their people. When at the mature stage, companies begin to put more limits on employee actions. Good managers at this stage can assemble employees to be able to perform tasks in the best way possible. Companies that are aging will be very concerned with economic survival and will need a staff that can revitalize it.

Organizational culture will be strongest when the company is ....

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Assertiveness is the ability to say yes or no when you want to; it's the freedom to be yourself in all circumstances. Here's how you develop this invaluable skill

What is assertiveness? Is it the ability to get what we want when we want it? Will it mean we get to be in control of the world around us? Well, yes and no.
An assertive manner certainly means that we'll feel more empowered, and more in control of circumstances. However, it is definitely not a strategy to get our own way more frequently.

Assertiveness is the courage to be ourselves and show the world who we really are: our likes and dislikes, our thoughts, feelings, and shortcomings. It's about communicating honestly with family, friends and colleagues. As we become more assertive, we drop the mask and show our true selves. We proclaim: "This is who I am, this is what I feel, and these are my needs."

Assertiveness skills are not easy to learn. Many of us grow up without learning how to use them effectively. And even when we do, we're tempted to use seemingly easier ways of communicating. We want to push others into behaving in ways that suit us, or we may be so afraid of conflict or disapproval that we feel it isn't safe to speak honestly. Being assertive means learning new ways of communicating that may initially seem uncomfortable.

Assertiveness offers many benefits:  ....

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"This article is inspired by the life principles of Corey Rudl - Genius Internet Marketer, Inspirational Leader, and Mentor to Thousands." who recently underwent a tragic car racing accident. His colleagues at IMC reinforced that he actually followed what he preached to others. Here are some useful lessons which we bring to you in this ezine. Hope you benefit from them as well." ...

Lesson #1: Failure doesn't "happen"; it's a choice.
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In Corey's mind, there were only two ways you could "fail." You could give up and quit. Or you could decide not to learn from your mistakes.

Corey believed failure was a choice. So Corey never failed.

He tested new ideas. He learned from what worked, and what didn't. Then he applied those lessons to his next test or idea, and he kept doing this until he got results he was satisfied with.

Sure Corey made mistakes... Yeesh, I still cringe when I think of a $90,000 mistake we made two years ago. And sure, Corey would get really ticked off when stuff went wrong.

But Corey was also always the first person to seek out the positive in every bad situation and say, "Well, what did we learn from this?"

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