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Mentoring Programs - Attract and Retain High-Quality Staff

By Ron Gavrin

Mentoring Background
What organizations today aren't challenged to attract and retain skilled knowledge staff? The aging work force is retiring, and the challenging economic climate is intensifying competition for the remaining staff. This situation is causing a resurgence of people-focused programs to mitigate the erosion of knowledge. Not least among these is the "ancient" art of mentoring.

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Training Plans Made Easy

Just in time for 2011, here are the ten steps to follow when laying out your annual training plan. Keep in mind the underlying precepts for any plan: to have the right resources, at the right

...• Has operations / production determined a gap in performance that technical training can address?

New Standard Institute awarded Connecticut Quality Innovation Prize

Milford, CT - New Standard Institute of Milford, Connecticut, has been selected to receive a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Innovation Prize in the category of Education and Training. Other award recipients in this category are Fairfield University, Norwalk Community College, Praxair, and the University of Hartford.

United Infrared, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of MoistureFindIR™.

MoistureFindIR^TM is a network of infrared thermographers who provide moisture investigations.

The MoistureFindIR^TM module training class will teach you how to provide comprehensive, unbiased moisture investigations for residential and commercial clients. These surveys can save your customers time and money because they can pinpoint problem areas by mapping moisture to its source - clearly revealing problem areas that need to be addressed, before they become more severe.

ISA Announces Recipients of 2010 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships

The International Society of Automation (ISA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2010 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation, instrumentation, and control. The scholarship awards support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives.

Datastick Systems Announces Machine Vibration Seminar in San Jose July 20-23

A four-day Machine Vibration seminar with hands-on practical experience will be held on July 20 through 23 in San Jose, California, announced Penny Melrose, CEO of Datastick Systems, Inc. Seminar attendees can become certified as Level I Vibration Analysts by taking a test on the last day.

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Improve Performance by Turning Your SME’s into Effective Trainers

A company’s most competitive advantage is its employee’s ability to learn, grow and change so that they can meet the challenges of today’s dynamic marketplace. Top businesses understand this - they embrace learning and encourage continuous improvement. Join Tara Denton as she introduces ideas to motivate SME’s and leaders to transfer learning and inspire change in their organizations.

Life Cycle Institute Introduces New Guide to High Impact Learning

The Life Cycle Institute, Life Cycle Engineering’s (LCE) education group, has introduced a new resource, Introduction to High Impact Learning, for executives, managers and supervisors determined to improve the ROI of their training initiatives.

TPC Training Systems Updates the Maintenance Management for First-Line Supervisors Training Series

Managers constantly need to acquire new sets of skills to perform well. This is the reasoning behind TPC’s Maintenance Management (http://www.tpctraining.com/c-256-series-900-maintenance-management.aspx) for First-Line Supervisor’s Series. By gaining strong supervisory skills early on, new supervisors will have a head start on building the confidence they need to supervise and motivate their crews.

Life Cycle Institute Shares Training Best Practices in New Train-the-Trainer Course

The Life Cycle Institute, Life Cycle Engineering’s education group, has added a new Train-the-Trainer (TTT) course to its list of high-impact learning offerings. The Train-the-Trainer course was developed by the Institute’s Learning Consultants to help organizations transform their subject matter experts into compelling facilitators of learning - trainers who engage people in learning and motivate individuals to change their behavior to achieve results.

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Yogi Berra, Change Consultant

Early in his change management career, Yogi Berra was advising a professional sports organization in New York on some of the finer points of managing change. At the executive briefing, Yogi

Step 2 - Identify the specific changes that are necessary to accomplish the business results identified in Step 1. Again, this list should be detailed and fairly extensive. Each item listed in Step 1 may have three to five or more specific changes. Examples would be 'perform root cause analysis on 100% of failures' or 'maintenance schedule compliance of X%.'

... - Identify the specific behaviors that are associated with the changes identified in Step 2. This will also include behavior changes for executives, managers, supervisors and employees. Again, there will be multiple behavior changes for each specific change identified in Step 2.

Enroll Now for CPMM Classes

CPMM Classes…a cost-effective way to learn how to do your job better—and make yourself more valuable to your employer. AFE is accepting registrations for the Certified Plant Maintenance Manager programs to be conducted virtually during the month of March 2010 through a series of eight interactive virtual seminars beginning March 2.

Forward to the Basics, Using Education to Create Real Partnerships

In the current downturn, many have been doing less with less from a Maintenance and Reliability perspective. With cost reductions and in survival mode, many Maintenance groups have worked to get the last useable life from failing equipment; often deferring Maintenance for the short-term to help achieve those goals. Maintenance in the New Normal or the Reset economy will be more challenging than ever. Interestingly, businesses have gotten used tomaking do with less so don't look for the pendulum to swing the other way in the recovery. Furthermore, recognize the recovery may actually be a non-employment recovery which will be slow to replace jobs eliminated in the downturn.

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Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Conference Experiences

The Reliabilityweb.com team is busy preparing for the Reliability 2.0 conference (www.maintenanceconference.com/reliability) so we thought it would be a good time to bring you some tips to get that might help you get the most out of this and other learning events.

The Basics

Turn your cell phone off or set it to vibrate. Relate to folks

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competency-based learning

Mentoring Programs - Attract and Retain High-Quality Staff

Training Plans Made Easy

New Standard Institute awarded Connecticut Quality Innovation Prize

Edmonton Hosts 2nd Training Class To Support Facility’s High Sample Volume Growth

United Infrared, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of MoistureFindIR™.

How to read Uptime Magazine’s digital issue

ISA Announces Recipients of 2010 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships

SMRP Certifying Organization (SMRPCO) Attains Approval for Reimbursement of Exam Fees Under GI Bill

Datastick Systems Announces Machine Vibration Seminar in San Jose July 20-23

Improve Performance by Turning Your SME’s into Effective Trainers

Life Cycle Institute Introduces New Guide to High Impact Learning

TPC Training Systems Updates the Maintenance Management for First-Line Supervisors Training Series

The 27th International Pump Users Symposium Held in Parallel With 40th Turbomachinery Symposium

Life Cycle Institute Shares Training Best Practices in New Train-the-Trainer Course

Yogi Berra, Change Consultant

Use of Video to Share Training

Enroll Now for CPMM Classes

RSES Announces Upcoming Seminar Schedule

Forward to the Basics, Using Education to Create Real Partnerships

Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Conference Experiences