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	Hiring for the Whole Person
	Starting the Work Revolution
	Upcoming Events

Hiring for the Whole Person: It’s Not Rocket Science, but It Matters to Your Organization

We can learn a lot from NASA…and not just about moon rocks. Hiring the right mix of technical skill, experience, and personal attributes to lead a mission to Mars may just be one of the most daunting selection and assessment tasks imaginable. NASA uses a whole-person approach to talent selection, an approach that can help any organization recruit, select, and develop the talent to achieve mission-critical goals here on Earth.

In this new article, DDI Sr. Consultant Mac Tefft offers advice and tips that can help your organization identify the talent with the “right stuff.”

Read the article.

Starting the Work Revolution
Armed with a video camera, DDI VP and regular blogger Barry Stern, Ph.D., sits down with friend, colleague, and former L&D director for Google Julie Clow to talk about her new book, The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All. Hear Julie’s enlightening and inspiring insights about “This thing we call work.”

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ASTD
	Going to ASTD? Visit the Expo on us! As a sponsor of the 2012 ASTD International Conference and Exposition, May 6-9 in Denver, CO, we’re pleased to offer our clients free passes to the exposition. While you’re there, be sure to stop by and say hello! Get your passes and learn more.

INNOVATION
	The Role of Leaders In the March T+D magazine cover story, DDI Sr. VP Audrey Smith, Ph.D., and Executive Consultant Ellie Hall explore Innovation Driven Leadership.

LEADERSHIP
	Preparing Middle Managers for the Future Modern-day middle managers are being asked to do more with fewer resources than their predecessors. In this recent Conference Board Review Article, DDI’s Tacy Byham, Ph.D., discusses how this impacts today’s organizations and what can be done to prepare middle managers for the future.

Fear of Failure: Lessons learned at Bersin Impact conference

WEBINAR
Nissan Test Drives the Virtual Classroom
The next best thing to being there
May 1 | 2-2:30 p.m. ET
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WEBINAR
Effective Leadership Development
May 10 | 2-2:30 p.m. ET
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WEBINAR
Erfolgreiche Führungskräfteentwicklung
May 15 | 9:30-10:00 (CEST)
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WEBINAR
Selecting Top Talent at Procter & Gamble
May 16 | 2-3 p.m. ET
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