California Training Cooperative Announces Publications for Free Download.Business Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003 The Cooperative Presents the Thought Leader Series The Thought Leader Series is a unique collection of paradigm-challenging perspectives on familiar leadership themes authored by Michael G. Beason. Red Hot Firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. Frogs A unique look at an age-old problem. The firefighting management style is examined through a series of filters and using the metaphor of boiling frogs The boiling frog story states that a frog can be boiled alive if the water is heated slowly enough — it is said that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will never jump out. . This is a fast-moving and entertaining piece with a message and some suggestions for how leaders lead themselves out of the firefighting management style. Also available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. are case studies from Baldrige award-winning companies, which include 3M, Boeing, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , and Solar Turbines. These publications and others like them are available for free download at http://www.ctcoop.com/promo/. About the Author Beason is the chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the California Training Cooperative. He is the founder and chairman of the Rapid Learning Institute, and cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of the Center for Continuous Improvement Technologies. He has served as the chairman of the California Awards for Performance Excellence, the state of California awards program organized under the Baldrige National Quality Awards program. The California Training Cooperative(TM) is a statewide association of employers and training professionals committed to developing a competitive California workforce. The Cooperative provides a world-class out-sourced training department with a proven track record for performance improvement. The Cooperative also provides state funding assistance to offset the cost of training. You may visit the Cooperative on the Web at www.ctcoop.com. |
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