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Written by Jim Steele, Ed.D.,
Assistant Professor of Management at George Fox University

Feedback is a gift. That is an important lesson I want each of my graduate students to take to heart.  To that end, each learner in the Executive Track MBA at George Fox University is provided the opportunity to use a Clark Wilson 360 degree feedback survey from Booth Co.

The George Fox Executive Track MBA (mba.georgefox.edu) attracts sophisticated mid-career adults looking for a learning experience that is both academically challenging and relevant to their professional lives.  As leaders and executives in a variety of organizations ranging from technology to healthcare to not-for-profit agencies, their learning needs are often driven by the unique characteristics of the working environment.

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End of Year Reminder

A friendly reminder that pre-paying for surveys in batches of 26 or more participants can net meaningful volume discounts.  And you don't have to use these pre-paid surveys until the end of 2009!  This is our way of making it easy for you to use your '08 remaining budget dollars by year end -- before they disappear.   What better way to spend it than on employee career development?

Contact Hank Curtis, or your TBC project manager, for more details.

Book Review...

Written by Stephen M.R. Covey.
New York:  Free Press (2006). 322 pages.
Reviewed by Diane Byington, Ph.D.

Don't mistake this Covey with his father, author of the 7 Habits series. He is his own person, and has written a book that could revolutionize our view of trust in organizations. I highly recommend this book; it is deep and thorough and not to be read in a few evenings. The information and wisdom it possesses should be savored, pondered, and integrated slowly for the greatest impact. When corporate scandals, terrorist threats, and betrayal by our leaders have created low trust on nearly every front, Covey maintains that the ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders is the key leadership competency of the new global economy.

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