September 19th, 2011 
Mary Hladio 
Women working together
Women account for 56 percent of undergraduate accounting majors and 36 percent of MBAs but only 9 percent of CFOs, and experts say the problem is that women lack the connections men make among each other informally. To counter this, companies have tried offering mentorship programs to …
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Tags: Career ladder, Chief executive officer, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, FUEL, Goal Setting, Interpersonal relationship, Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Talent Development, Women 
16 Comments » September 12th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Tackling the skills gap
Hiring managers in the energy sector have to deal with the fact that the national unemployment rate is 9.2 percent yet there are still positions that remain unfilled for months because of a lack of qualified candidates A recent Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP…
September 6th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Knowledge work is essential
A white paper published in February 2010 by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) found that 79 percent of surveyed companies said they had a skills gap. The report cited two chief reasons:
Posted in Ember Carriers, Employee Development, FUEL, Leadership, Management Skills, Organizational Development Tags: Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, FUEL, Leadership Development, Management Skills, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Training 14 Comments » August 22nd, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Great leaders never stop learning
Great leaders are also great learners and in order to lead other individuals successfully, supervisors managers and business owners need to take part in strong leadership training programs.
Such programs should address such topics as listening and communicating effectively, giving negative feedback in a way …
Posted in Company Culture, Employee Development, FUEL, Leadership, Management Skills, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Chief executive officer, Coaching, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Training, Vision 7 Comments » August 8th, 2011 Mary Hladio A recent paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology suggests that corporate training programs can be damaging to an organization if employees lack opportunities for advancement.
The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) estimates that American companies spent $134.1 billion on training and education in 2008.…
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Leadership, Management Skills, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: Chief executive officer, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Satisfaction, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Perception, Productivity, Talent Development, Training 13 Comments » July 25th, 2011 Mary Hladio
Good or Bad - Mistakes will happen; learn from them don't punish them.
Minor mistakes in the workplace can be something such as overwriting a file that does not affect others but wasted your time rebuilding; major mistakes are those that affect others or the bottom-line, such as overwriting …
Posted in Company Culture, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: business, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Failure Is Not an Option, Fear, FUEL, Leadership Performance, Learning, Organizational culture, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Talent Development 414 Comments »
