Winter 2006
Volume 29 • Number 4
DEPARTMENTS
- Editor’s Notebook (PDF, 62 KB)
Round Peg, Square Hole - Educator's World (PDF, 108 KB)
Leading Faculty and Staff to a Baldrige-Based School
Janet Jacobsen
This summary of the sixth chapter of The Principal’s Leadership Counts! by Margaret A. Byrnes with Jeanne C. Baxter describes how leaders work to create a school environment of excellence based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria. - Creating a Shift (PDF, 67 KB)
One More Time, Why is PowerPoint® a Bad Idea?
Rick Maurer
No matter how artistic and high-tech your presentation, what counts is whether the people who need to buy into the change find your message to be compelling. - Resources for Success (PDF, 52 KB)
Books and articles/conference proceedings from ASQ’s Quality Information Center and other sources can provide more information on talent management. - This Issue in Summary (PDF, 60 KB)
Overviews of the key articles in this issue to help you prioritize your reading.
ARTICLES
Featured Topic: Right Person, Right Job
- Talent Management in the 21st Century: How to Help Your Company Find, Develop, and Keep its Strongest Workers (PDF, 77 KB)
Cindy McCauley and Michael Wakefield
The talented people in your organization are the backbone of its success. Learn how to attract, develop, and retain them. - How Do You Keep the Right People on the Bus? Try Stories (PDF, 91 KB)
Lori Silverman
Learnings from the new book, Wake Me Up When the Data is Over: How Organizations Use Stories to Drive Results, can help your organization get people connected and engaged. - Hiring by Competency Models (PDF, 72 KB) Open Access
Patty Grigoryev
Specifying the core competencies required for success and linking them directly to the organization’s goals can improve the success of the hiring process dramatically.
Special Perspective: Celebrating ASQ’s 60th Anniversary
- The State of Quality: 1947 and 2006 (PDF, 101 KB)
Paul Borawski with remarks from C. R. Sheaffer
As ASQ wraps up its 60th anniversary, it seems like a good time to see how the field has progressed and what challenges need to be faced in the future.
Of General Interest
- Getting the Best Out of People in the Workplace (PDF, 64 KB)
Les Landes
How can you get the best that people are willing and able to contribute to the success of the organization? Here are eight approaches for achieving that goal. - Teamwork Pays (PDF, 85 KB)
Bonnie Mattick and D. Glen Miller
Proving that teamwork is a wise investment for your organization if you learn how to measure its results. - Team Up to Fail or Fail to Team Up? (PDF, 74 KB)
Raj Parthasarathy
There’s no doubt that teams are a powerful approach for fostering collaboration and buy-in, but this author contends that they’re over-used at great cost to organizational success.
