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Use Technology's Potential to Make Presentations Compelling
We have all been there. You're in a meeting; you look around the room to catch a glimpse of heavy eyelids slowly closing. Heads of participants are bobbing ...
Customer Service Vital during Difficult Times
Is it possible that there's a business out there that hasn't heard about the need for excellent customer service during a rough economy? You wouldn't think so, ...
Cataldo Named Vice Chair of Global Executive Education Group
The board of directors of the International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON) has elected Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive ...
Survey Ranks Smeal's Supply Chain Program No. 1
A survey of 126 companies and 19 academic institutions conducted by AMR Research, a research firm focused on the global supply chain and its supporting ...
Op-Ed: Corporate World Goes Back To School, Too
Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education, writes in an op-ed: "Talent development is the best way to stay ahead in the marketplace while ...
Cataldo Joins Board Of Leading Executive Education Organization
Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been elected to the board of directors of the ...
Smeal To Lead Marine Corps Logistics Training Efforts
For the ninth year in a row, the United States Marine Corps is turning to Penn State's Smeal College of Business to lead the Marine Corps Logistics Education ...
Op-Ed: Create Your Own Brand
Creating a personal brand is a way for each of us to distinguish ourselves in the marketplace of work. It all starts with this question: What makes you unique? ...
Pittsburgh Executive Education Program To Explore 'Leadership In The Global Economy'
Penn State Executive Programs, the executive education division of the Smeal College of Business, in collaboration with four Penn State campuses, will host a ...
Op-Ed: Business Etiquette More Than Right Fork
As the great modern management guru Peter Drucker once remarked, "Good manners are the lubricating oil of organizations." Of course, he also understood that ...
Op-Ed: Saying 'Thank You' Can Open More Doors Than You Think
Several workplace surveys conducted within the past year reveal the impact that an honestly expressed "thanks" can have on colleagues, co-workers, and clients. ...
Op-Ed: What Keeps Business Executives Up At Night?
The turn of the new year always brings both reflections and considerations for the future. "What's going to happen this year?" is one of the major questions on ...
Op-Ed: Charting A Prosperous Course In Uncertainty
Sure these are turbulent times. Headlines herald the coming year as a period that will be, at best, uncertain. Our heads spin from the prospect of a recession ...
Op-Ed: Helping Road Warriors Take Stress Out Of Travel
When Dorothy hit the Yellow Brick Road in Munchkin Land, she had one goal: Get home. Happily, she had those ruby slippers that took her there.
Bangkok, Dubai Programs Highlight Growing Global Reach Of Penn State Executive Programs
With recent programs and planning meetings held in China, Dubai, and Thailand, Penn State Executive Programs is expanding its international reach, bringing its ...
Gardner To Speak At Women's Leadership Conference
Patricia Gardner, director of executive education for Penn State Executive Programs at the Smeal College of Business, is scheduled to speak at her alma mater, ...
Financial Times Ranks Smeal Among Top Custom Executive Education Providers
The Financial Times has ranked Penn State Executive Programs fifth among public university providers of custom executive education programs and 17th among U.S. ...
Exec Ed Program For IT And Business Managers On Marrying Strategies
Penn State Executive Programs is offering a weeklong executive education program this month to explore how to better align IT strategies and infrastructures ...
Op-Ed: Workplace Equality Has A Way To Go
Isn't it a shame that in 2008, with nearly a decade gone in the 21st century, we are still coming to terms with issues of equity in the workplace? There needs ...
Penn State Executive Programs: Growing Leaders With Continuous Improvement
Penn State Executive Programs, the executive education division of the Smeal College of Business, works with Grainger, the leading broad-line distributor of ...
U.S. Navy Names Executive Education Alumnus 'Logistician Of The Year'
The U.S. Navy has awarded its 2007 Military Logistician of the Year honor to an alumnus of the Marine Corps Logistics Education Program (MCLEP), a series of ...
In Hard Economic Times, Take Care Of Customers So They’ll Take Care Of You
As I sit down to write this column, the stock market has lost 13 percent of its value, down some 900 points since April. Major indicators now point to an ...
Op-Ed: Customer Follow-Up Is An Art In Business
f business is an art—and much of it is—it's time to ask yourself what your company's portrait would look like if it were painted on your customer's canvas. Is ...
Op-Ed: Proper Destruction Important For Data
You may remember the old television show "Mission Impossible," which began every episode with the following admonition: "This tape will self-destruct in ten ...
Op-Ed: Keep Perspective In Dire Economic Times
Different Generations Call For Different Management Styles
When it comes to communicating with today's work force, one size does not fit all. A confluence of factors has led to the current generational mix. As the work ...
Persistence Pays For Job Seekers
Penn State Executive Programs Takes Executive Coaching To The National Institutes of Health
When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sought an external partner to help develop the leadership competencies of its managers and supervisors to enhance ...
Business Ethics Takes On Greater Import Amid Increasing Scams
Executive Education Program On Managing Global Supply Chains Scheduled
Penn State's Smeal College of Business is launching a new executive education program next month designed specifically for managers engaged in international ...
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