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PDI's TalentWise™ Newsletter — May 2004
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PDI's Career Management Services Launches
Career Consultations
PDI's Career Management Services (CMS) has launched a new series of services, Career Consultations. Recognizing that career development doesn't just happen, Career Consultations helps individuals take charge of their careers in three ways: Career Coaching, Career & Life Assessment, and Career Management Programs.
Let's look at each service in more depth.
Individual Career Coaching pairs an individual with a PDI career expert to discuss job satisfaction issues, internal redeployment possibilities, concerns about job fit, and questions about career progression and planning.
Career Relocation Coaching uses PDI's customized approach to help couples create a new life in a new community. Companies use PDI career relocation experts to assist in attracting and landing high profile employees and their partners.
Companies who want a new approach to engage employees use PDI's in-depth Career Assessments and Planning. This works especially well for employees who are experiencing career challenges or life-changing events, for those who demonstrate high potential and want to evaluate career paths and options, or for those who have been overlooked for a promotion.
CareerPerspectives is a group program consisting of five modules that can be delivered consecutively or separately. Participants develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their options; develop goals and plans; learn how to leverage their resources; find ways to stay motivated, energetic, and visible; and commit themselves to long-term career management.
PDI also offers The ReFirement® Workbook as part of its career coaching and Career Perspectives programs when it fits the need. The ReFirement® Workbook is a positive, holistic, inspirational process for reframing and recharging your life. Individuals who use the ReFirement® Workbook rediscover their passions and what they really enjoy in life.
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Featured Consultant
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Pat Berg
Pat Berg is the General Manager of the Career Management Service (CMS) division of PDI. She is responsible for assuring that services and operations reflect the needs of our corporate and individual clients. Pat focuses her attention on providing high quality, customized, and cost-effective services that help clients achieve their goals in outplacement, career assessment and planning, and executive transition. She encourages innovation and attention to individual coaching. Her commitment to personalizing services for each client helps distinguish CMS from other career management players.
Pat has been consulting in outplacement and career development for 20 years. Prior to her career in consulting, she was a Human Resource Director for a Fortune 500 organization and a post-secondary teacher. She is a volunteer for the Management Assistance Program, providing strategic planning to non-profit organizations, and she serves on the Board of the Women’s Leadership League. She is a frequent speaker at local and national events and her articles on best practices in downsizing, career development, change, and outplacement have been frequently published and quoted.
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Outsourced Career Services
Many organizations find that maintaining a full-service career development area is difficult, time consuming, and requires specialized knowledge that they don't have and don't have the money to acquire. Recognizing this need, PDI's Career Management Services has developed a range of outsourced services, including On-site Career Center Management and Career Coaching, Career Research Resources and Technology, and Career Assessment and Feedback.
According to Pat Berg, General Manager of Career Management Services, clients appreciate having all the services under one roof. Instead of trying to cobble together a comprehensive program from many sources, organizations have a relationship with a single partner, attain measurable results, receive pricing advantages, and enjoy value-added services as a part of their agreement.
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New Publication From PDI: The ReFirement® Workbook
The ReFirement® Workbook
By James V. Gambone, Ph.D., Erica Whittlinger, MBA, Debby Magnuson, and
Personnel Decisions International
U.S. $17.95
To support PDI's career planning services and broaden Career Management Services’ offerings, PDI has teamed up with The ReFirement® Group to create The ReFirement® Workbook. A combination of life strategies, insights, and real-life examples leads readers through ReFirement® concepts, and gives them tools and exercises to reFire their careers, finances, relationships, health, and spirit.
We thought you might like to see some advance comments about the book:
"Hey, Baby Boomers! The old "retirement" concept no longer fits, does it! Let The ReFirement® Workbook support you in a vital transition from "work" to a wiser, healthier, and more active time than you've ever experienced—the ability to find what you are passionate about and create a life that demonstrates it."
Thomas Crum, author of The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work into a Work of Art and Journey to Center: Lessons in Unifying Body, Mind, and Spirit
"Life is our biggest do-it-yourself project, yet most of us spend more time planning for Christmas. This ReFirement® Workbook is exactly what is needed to clarify what is important in life and to bring forth a plan that will help to fulfill one's purpose. The thoughtful and reflective questions make ReFirement® a powerful process for the reader."
Bernadette Scharpen
Vice President Education and Performance
Ingenus Management and Consulting
"The ReFirement® Workbook helps you take charge of your life and create a plan to get what you truly want. The exercises take you from theory to real-life action. It is a very useful tool for creating your future based on what you want to do rather than what you think you 'should do.'"
Ruth L. Hayden
Educator and author of Start Where You Are: Retirement Planning in a Changing World
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Upcoming Events
Chicago, IL
May 11, 2004 - 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
HR Functional Excellence
We invite you and your colleagues to attend this interactive showcase to learn some of the unique approaches for addressing the issues the HR function faces in today’s challenging business world.
For more information or to register, contact Joanne Turner at 312-251-4462 or email Chicago.Seminars@personneldecisions.com.
San Francisco, CA
May 18, 2004 - 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Implementing a Powerful Succession Management System
Join Personnel Decisions International and HRSoft for an engaging presentation and roundtable discussion on aligning your technology platform with your succession management process. For more information or to register, contact Guiomar Downey at 650-372-3010 or email her at Guiomar.Downey@personneldecisions.com.
Houston, TX
May 25, 2004 - 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TalentView® of Performance™
Are you able to identify the high potential performers in your organization? Are you making the right decisions about your organization's talent? Join us for an informational luncheon to learn ideas about your own organization's talent management system. For more information or to register, contact Valerie Hutson at 713-499-7505 or email her at Valerie.Hutson@personneldecisions.com
Golden Valley, MN
May 26, 2004 -7:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Generations Colliding in the Workplace
This briefing is designed to help organizations understand the differences between generations in the workplace and to introduce proven tools for leveraging the collective power of all generations. For more information or to register, contact Debbie Daline at 952-915-7619 or email her at Debbie.Daline@personneldecisions.com.
Irvine, CA
June 8, 2004 - 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Achieve the Summit
Personnel Decisions International and Visionary Selling invite you and your colleagues to a one-day interactive skill-building seminar for experienced sales professionals who need to build relationships with customers and prospects. For more information or to register, contact Kathleen Petersen at 651-220-2404 or email her at Kathleen.Petersen@personneldecisions.com.
These events are for current and prospective clients only.
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~ And The Oscar Goes To ~
Congratulations to PDI's Mark Amon who was recently recognized by Lexmark for providing outstanding customer service and exceeding their expectations. Lexmark awarded Mark with one of their "Make It Happen" awards–an award that's typically given to internal Lexmark employees whose behavior exemplifies their vision and values.
Gary Millsap and Barry Touringy of Lexmark wrote the following in a letter to Mark that accompanied the award:
"Over the last 18 months, both Gary and I have marveled at your service excellence and your ability to exceed our expectations. You have in many ways unknowingly acted as an extension of our function and provided an unparalleled level of customer service that has made our jobs easier. It is for these reasons we would like to have you join a very elite Lexmark community of associates.
We have a vision: Customers for life. To earn our customer's loyalty we must listen to them, anticipate their needs, and act to create value in their eyes. "Make It Happen" awards are given to individuals whose behavior is a good example of Lexmark's vision and values.
It is an honor to extend our congratulations to you as a recipient of the Lexmark "Make It Happen" award. We both thank you not only for the fantastic job you do, but for making us shine every day."
Congratulations Mark! PDI acknowledges and appreciates your outstanding work with clients!
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What Would You Like to Read?
Have you ever wondered, "Why doesn't someone write a book about . . . ?"
Send an e-mail to PDI Publishing and tell us what topics would help you do your job more effectively, and help the people in your organization excel.
If PDI were to write a book on the following topics, which ones would you want to buy for yourself or for others in your organization?
- Developing a Learning Organization
- Motivation: A Process, Not an Attitude Problem
- How to Leverage the Development Pipeline
- Finding and Leveraging Talent
- Leading Global Organizations
- HR: Becoming a Strategic Business Partner
- Strengthening the HR Function
- Managing Change
- Developing Leaders to Execute Strategy
- The Coach’s Handbook (addressing types of people or types of business challenges)
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