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Jet Blue University Uses Own Faculty To Test Social Media Tools

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 05|13|o  » 2 Comments

I have been giving seminars this past month on how companies are experimenting with social media to maximize knowledge sharing and collaboration and one theme is consistent across companies of various sizes and locations: they are turning to their training departments to be the test beds for using new social media tools like blogs and […]

Building Talent Internally Through Innovative Corporate/College Partnerships

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 05|06|o  » 3 Comments

Last week, I was interviewed at length by News & Observer, a regional newspaper operating in North Carolina for an article entitled “The New Work Study: Companies Invite Degree Programs, Employees Benefit.” The essence of the article was the growing trend among corporations to bring degree granting courses on-site at the company location. Actually, […]

Business Week 50 Best Performers: Is Your Company On The List?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 04|07|o  » 0 Comments

The annual Business Week survey of the 50 Best Performers is out on newsstands.
Here are a few things to think about: Is your company on the list? What are the companies on the list doing in terms of people development?
First the top list of companies:
1. Coach
2. Gilead Sciences
3. Allegheny Technologies
4. Verizon
5. Questar
6. Apple
7. Colgate-Palmolive
8. BJ Services
9. Abercrombie & Fitch
10. MEMC Electronic Materials
11. CB Richard […]