How has Motorola Inc. evolved into a model for training? First, there's the company's commitment to employee learning and development: Every one of its 150,000 employees is expected to have 40 hours of training a year, and Motorola University, the...
Scotland is home to some of the best and most challenging golf courses in the world. Many of these superb courses are located near some of the finest meeting and incentive resorts anywhere...
Todd Sherstad has been appointed director of sales and marketing, brand strategy, for Marriott Conference Centers. He will be based in Washington, D.C. A 20-year Marriott veteran, he previously served as resident manager with the St. Louis...
Recognition doesn't come naturally for everyone. Some managers (usually the best) systematically recognize employees when they do good work; others feel that recognition is unnecessary, perhaps even unimportant...
The Scots are in no doubt that it was they who invented golf, or 'gowf' or 'goff' as it was spelled in 1457. In that year King James II of Scotland declared that golf should be "utterly cryit doune and nocht usit" because it was distracting his...
What makes some meetings powerfully effective in creating long lasting results--while others quickly fade into memory? Those who want meetings to deliver a lasting rate of return on investment have to build into these events a high rate of...
Online Training at Wall Data: Content-driven and Interactive A couple of years ago, management at Wall Data was faced with a dilemma: how to quickly and effectively dispense training and information on a new product line to the company's employees...
Each year, IBM gives 36 corporate managers the chance to flex their mental muscles at one of the world's oldest and most prestigious universities--Cambridge University, England. What's interesting is that the five-week program offers everything...
The home of golf, Rob Roy, Edinburgh Castle, haggis, shortbread, Robert Burns, and some of the most stunningly rugged scenery in the world, Scotland has much to offer meeting and incentive executives. With a rich culture, friendly people...