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Are You Laying the Groundwork for Mediocrity?

Are You Laying the Groundwork for Mediocrity? Recently I started working with a firm who 5 years ago was at the top of their game, but is now struggling. They got beaten up in the market and haven't been able to regain their footing. To their credit, they realize that market forces aren't the only thing that has led to their trouble. As one VP put it, "I think we started to lose touch with each other and clients a number of years ago. Internally we had competing agendas and externally we weren't innovating. The net effect has been a growing mediocrity."Consider this: Posted Wed Jun 9, 2010 .. Read More

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Pam Dodd

Pam Dodd Pam has been a speaker, writer, and consultant on the dynamics of work groups for 25 years. She has consulted to clients in energy, healthcare, manufacturing, professional services, and Internet marketing, and also worked for seven years in global diversity and leadership development at Electronic Data Systems. Pam was an award-wining writer and Learning Organization Field Editor for Performance in Practice, a newsletter of the American Society for Training and Development. She also edited the booklet Pushing the Boundaries: Learning Organization Lessons from the Field.

Along with Doug Sundheim, Pam co-authored The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques, which continues to be a bestseller on Amazon and other online book venues. The book has also been published under foreign rights contracts in seven countries, including by Macmillian India Ltd., (in English) and by J. K. Wiley-UK for the British Commonwealth except Canada.

Pam has a B.A. in personnel administration from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters degree in social work from Marywood University, and a Ph.D. in organizational psychology and social work from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the American Psychological Association. the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Sociological Association.


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