Performance News

Dr. Paul Pierpoint
Dean, Community Education

The World is Flat: A Compass for the Future

If you read only one book this year, read Thomas L. Friedman's The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21 st Century .

OK, I know that's a hackneyed line from the jacket of too many over-hyped books. But in this case I mean it. The World is Flat just may be the most important book written in many years.

In the News

Friday, May 12, 2006
6:00 – 11:00pm
511 East Third Street
Bethlehem , PA

The old blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel will provide a dramatic backdrop for one of the largest and most unusual social events of the spring social scene: a black tie dinner dance celebrating the link between a proud past and a bright future on Bethlehem 's Southside. Northampton Community College will host the unique celebration in its Fowler Family Southside Center – the building that once housed Bethlehem Steel's plant offices and that now provides the setting for classes and training programs meeting workforce needs of businesses moving to the Southside and preparing area residents for promising new career opportunities.

"Is Globalization a Threat or an Opportunity?"

Point
by William Casey, President
SI Systems

High speed internet, convenient and relatively inexpensive air travel, immediate access via cell phones have all had an impact on business in economically advanced nations as well as to accelerate emerging third world economies into a highly competitive global marketplace.

Counterpoint
by John V. Cooney, President & CEO
The Cooney Group

Globalization is a complex phenomenon and any analysis of it being a force for good or for bad must consider not only its economic dimension but also its social, political and cultural dimensions, or what Tom Friedman calls “its ugly dark side.”

Leadership in Action - Relationships Matter
By Donna Goss & Don Robertson
Co-Directors, Leadership Development Institute

We read articles from time to time on corporate leaders and the personal traits they espouse that makes their leadership possible. Not too long ago, we read about a very successful executive who probably is not a name familiar to too many people. Jim Press is the president of Toyota Motor Sales USA. What is it about Jim Press that allows him to show up in this column about Leadership In Action?
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Wanted: Leaders for an Executive Journey

For executives seeking new frontiers in leadership, the Leadership Development Institute at NCC offers a high-level program called Xploring. During this program, 15 high-caliber senior leaders join together for a year, which enables participants to think about leadership in new terms and to offer resources to maximize the performance of their organizations and the roles they play in them.
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Performance Management: More Than an Appraisal
By Donna Goss & Don Robertson
Co-Directors, Leadership Development Institute

Definition
Too many people think about performance management as a yearly review that documents an employee's performance over a specific timeframe, usually one year. Certainly this review, normally called a performance appraisal, is a key part of managing performance, but it is simply one piece of several that make up the process of managing performance.

The Ideal Workforce: Focused, Committed and Competent

Success actually starts with an idea, a product or service that the marketplace wants. A focused, committed and competent workforce ensures that the delivery of that product or service is profitable.
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The Power of Partnership
Create a Corporate College with CBI's Help

Ever think that your company could use a chief learning officer? How about a dean of proprietary processes? In a world where intellectual property is becoming more and more the reason that companies succeed, keeping that intelligence in-house and providing the education internally to grow it makes a lot of sense.