Here’s a heads-up on next Wednesday’s webinar:

Emotional Intelligence:
Increasing Leadership Capacity & Performance
presented by Dr. Travis Bradberry, co-founder of TalentSmart & author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific

Register www.ecornell.com/apr18

Can’t make it? Download the whitepaper High Performance Leadership: Converting Potential into Execution from www.ecornell.com/hiperf.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is responsible for more than half of workplace performance, and is the #1 predictor of leadership and personal excellence. Better understanding the “science of emotion” can help you to increase the effectiveness of your leadership development initiatives.
In this 1-hour webinar, you will learn about proven solutions to maximize the effectiveness of your training and leadership development initiatives. Your guide for this interactive webinar will be Dr. Travis Bradberry, the award-winning author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and co-founder of TalentSmart.
During this interactive session, you’ll interact with Dr. Bradberry as he shows you:

• What EQ is, how it works and why it’s a skill we’re all hard-wired to rely upon.
• How to measure EQ and integrate EQ assessment into coaching and training programs.
• How various organizations have used EQ to increase the capacity and performance of their leaders.
• Proven techniques for increasing EQ.

Register today! Attendees of this webinar will be eligible to win an autographed copy of Emotional Intelligence 2.0.
We hope you can join us for this educational event.

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Dr. Mike Goodboe, SVP and Regional HR Director for G4S Secure Solutions. G4S is the largest security company in the world, with over 650,000 employees. eCornell and G4S developed a 12-course custom certificate program that features MBA-style training for the company’s High-Potential Manager Program.

Mike was a presenter at eCornell’s Breakfast Briefing Roundtable Event in New York City, February 23, 2012.

“Through eCornell we have created a unique management development program, a mini-MBA of sorts, that is focused on developing the core leadership and management capabilities of high-potential team members from all G4S companies in the US and Canada. Achieving business results ultimately rests on the quality of our leaders and their strategic agility, understanding of the marketplace, ability to handle and effect change successfully, make informed decisions, and lead through creativity and innovation. The eCornell solution is the ideal combination of executive-level learning content and a flexible, compelling delivery model.”

What’s the outlook for HR jobs in 2012? Not bad at all, in fact.

Check out April 2012′s ELearning! Magazine.

“People are more motivated than ever before, which has unquestionably led to improved delivery of the missions’ mandate.”

Staffing Field Missions Around the World
The United Nations Department of Field Support (UNDFS) manages personnel, finance, logistics, information and communication technology for United Nations’ field-based peace operations around the world.

There are currently 464 DFS staff at UN Headquarters in support of 33 field operations involving over 100,000 military, police and civilian personnel. Among other things, the UNDFS is charged with providing human resources training and certification for 600 United Nations HR personnel, particularly in developing and strengthening HR practitioners’ core capabilities so that performance is consistent with UN objectives.

Solving a Global HR Training Challenge
However, the UN had discovered core-skills competency gaps in a large contingent of global HR practitioners. There were also specific deficiencies in leadership and strategic management skills among higher-level supervisors and managers. Because HR practitioners and supervisors face all manner of social, political and physical challenges in the field, establishing UN-standardized practices and protocols for human resources is particularly vital. Ensuring a global standard, however, was proving difficult within the UN framework for HR training.

Read the full case study here.

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“eCornell provides a quality, solid learning experience. The best part about the courses is that they are case-study based, which gives you a platform for lateral learning. I highly recommend the HR Management Certificate Program.”

If you missed the eCornell webinar titled Building a Global Talent Management Strategy and would like to view it, or would like to share with colleagues, the archive is available at www.ecornell.com/mar14archive. The presentation slides are at www.ecornell.com/mar14ppt.

In today’s marketplace, going global is more necessity than luxury, as businesses regularly find customers, suppliers and partners from all over the map. That broader focus for business requires a global talent management strategy to properly support a global initiative.

We’ll show you what a global talent management strategy consists of, how to build one that delivers measurable business outcomes and how to deploy to a diverse global workforce. During this interactive webinar, Heidi Spirgi, co-founder and president of Knowledge Infusion, will walk you through the process and steps organizations need to go through to build and deploy a global talent management strategy:

• How to tie your talent management strategy to business initiatives.
• The importance of developing a long-term talent management strategy to have better business results.
• How a successful talent management strategy is one designed for the workforce, not the HR department.
• Why HR departments cannot focus on “go live” when deploying talent management solutions, but rather must focus on user adoption and outputs, ensuring the new system is driving outcomes aligned with the business, not HR goals.

eCornell is excited to announce a realignment of our Human Resources Certificate Programs. Working HR professionals can earn an advanced credential from Cornell University’s prestigious School of Industrial & Labor Relations—100% online.

Depending upon your career goals and experience, eCornell now offers three distinct certificate programs:

Executive Certificate in HR Leadership for the executive or aspiring executive (SVPs, VPs & directors)
Master Certificate in Human Resources for the operational leader (specialists & generalists)
Advanced Certificate in Strategic HR Management for the strategic leader or aspiring leader (directors, managers & supervisors)

• Earn an Ivy League credential that sets you apart from your peers with the advanced HR skills needed to drive organizational strategy and change.
• Get up-to-date, in-depth instruction in several focused areas of study, depending on your expertise and career goals.
• Earn PHR/SPHR certification or choose an elective track for focused study.
• Enjoy the flexibility & convenience of 100% interactive online learning.
• Take advantage of multiple payment and tuition reimbursement plans.

Samuel Bacharach is an eCornell faculty author, Cornell Professor and Director of the Industrial and Labor Relations School’s New York City-based Institute for Workplace Studies. On the Bacharach Blog he discusses The Micro-Political Skills of Change Leadership as it relates to his work with eCornell:

You can write, you can teach, you can lecture, you can train, but in the final analysis the test of your ideas is in the hands of the practitioners.

At this point in my career the highest point of flattery is to hear someone say, “Your leadership model works,” “It makes a difference,” or “It’s of some use.”

On top of that, having put such emphasis on the micro-political skills as an essential aspect of leadership, what is especially flattering is to have a real world political leader make use of my leadership perspective.

Read more here.

Network with members of the eCornell team, as well as faculty from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and School of Industrial & Labor Relations.

Tuesday, February 28
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Hilton San Francisco – Financial District
750 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA
RSVP Online

Are you attending this year’s HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo in San Francisco? If so, we invite you to join us for a cocktail reception at the Hilton San Francisco following the conference. Join your peers at the bar, meet eCornell’s Hospitality Group and make connections with faculty and staff from Cornell University’s world-famous School of Hotel Administration and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

We’ll provide an open bar for the first hour and appetizers throughout the evening. We hope you’re able to join us for this unique networking opportunity at this year’s HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo.

RSVP Online

Network with members of the eCornell team, as well as faculty from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and School of Industrial & Labor Relations.

Tuesday, February 28
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Hilton San Francisco – Financial District
750 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA
RSVP Online

Are you attending this year’s HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo in San Francisco? If so, we invite you to join us for a cocktail reception at the Hilton San Francisco following the conference. Join your peers at the bar, meet eCornell’s Hospitality Group and make connections with faculty and staff from Cornell University’s world-famous School of Hotel Administration and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

We’ll provide an open bar for the first hour and appetizers throughout the evening. We hope you’re able to join us for this unique networking opportunity at this year’s HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo.

RSVP Online