February 2009
Welcome to the February 2009 edition of New@Cambria – a newsletter designed to inform our clients and the broader world of business about new developments, share white papers on best human resource practices, press releases, upcoming presentations, and webcasts. New@Cambria provides an opportunity to highlight innovative solutions that address our clients’ needs and interact with our audience on the latest trends and leading edge approaches to building high-performance organizations through people.
As always, we value your feedback and suggestions. – The Partners of Cambria Consulting, Inc.
Of Immediate Interest
- Smart Downsizing: Reducing Costs while Increasing Competitiveness
- Dealing with Change in Uncertain Times: Tips for Leaders and Others
New@Cambria
- Diana Sullivan Joins Cambria
- Cambria Announces Strategic Alliance with Exec|Comm
- Cambria and BusinessWeek Celebrate 10 Years of a Great Partnership
- Leadership Skills Assessment Simulation (LSAS™) Released
Upcoming Presentations
- Developments in Innovative Technology-Based Assessments
- The Coaching Relationship: How Clients View Coaches and Their Impact
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Traditional and Technology-Enabled Development Programs
- It’s Your World: Building Realistic Simulations for Complex Jobs
Smart Downsizing: Reducing Costs while Increasing Competitiveness
The realities of the global economic crisis today have led to dramatic reductions in the workforce at many companies. Whether one calls it “downsizing or “rightsizing” (or, less euphemistically, “layoffs”), the dilemma in doing any of these things is how to salvage the investment in people for the long term despite short-term pressure to reduce costs, and not cut into muscle while trimming the fat. This paper presents a systematic, data-based process for making the right talent decisions when time is of the essence and retaining talent needed for the future is critical.
Go here to obtain a copy.
Dealing with Change in Uncertain Times: Tips for Leaders and Others
At the recent Human Resource Council Conference in Boston, Ellen Kumata, Cambria’s Managing Director, shared insights learned from helping embattled executives as they fight for their companies’ viability. The tips and resources in this paper were selected with senior leaders in mind and were shared with conference attendees; however, many of these tips are also applicable to all employees, even if your company and its leaders are confident about the future.
Go here to obtain a copy.
We are pleased to announce that Diana W. Sullivan has joined the firm as a Principal Consultant. Diana brings over 20 years of general management and leadership development experience ranging from business and leadership strategy alignment, to working with organizations, teams, and individuals on leader development and business impact. Before joining Cambria, Diana was co-founder and head of Lee Hecht Harrison’s Leadership Consulting practice. Prior to LHH, Diana was a senior manager in national sales with AT&T Computer Systems Division. Diana will be based in our San Francisco office.
Go here for the complete announcement.
Cambria Announces Strategic Alliance with Exec|Comm
Cambria is now working with Exec|Comm, a full-service communication consulting firm, to extend our talent development offerings. Based in New York City, with faculty across the country, Exec|Comm addresses key skills in group settings as well as through individual coaching. Exec|Comm has more than 25 years of experience working with senior professionals from Fortune 500 companies on a wide array of communication skills. That breadth of experience and depth of knowledge allow Exec|Comm to work effectively across the entire spectrum of professionals, new managers, and CEOs.
Go here for the complete announcement.
Cambria and BusinessWeek Celebrate 10 Years of a Great Partnership
For the 10th year, BusinessWeek has turned to Cambria to design and implement its Best B-Schools survey for 2008. Cambria surveyed more than 16,000 graduates from over 100 schools around the world. The results appeared in BusinessWeek’s November 24, 2008 issue.
Our work with BusinessWeek continues to expand. We are currently completing work on the Best Undergraduate B-School Programs report to be published this spring; this summer we will partner with BusinessWeek on their Best Places to Start a Career study; and later this summer, Cambria will work on the Best Executive MBA Programs survey, to be published in the fall.
Go here for the announcement celebrating Cambria’s relationship with BusinessWeek.
Cambria Leadership Skills Assessment Simulation (LSAS™) Released
Designed for front-line managers and leaders, the LSAS™ is Cambria’s interactive simulation of a manager’s workday, featuring the most significant real-life challenges. The experience includes information presented via voicemails, hallway conversations, and emails, with interactive questions that allow participants to respond to critical issues and priorities. Participants receive feedback providing a detailed, competency-based skills assessment, together with suggestions for addressing development needs.
Go here to learn more.
Developments in Innovative Technology-Based Assessments
Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing 2009
Westin Mission Hills Resort, Palm Springs, California
February 24, 2009
This session brings together a panel of assessment experts, including Cambria’s Tim Kroecker, who will draw on their diverse real-world experiences and research to examine new technology-driven assessment models, applications, challenges, and future trends.
For more information about this session and how to attend, go here.
The Coaching Relationship: How Clients View Coaches and Their Impact
24th Annual SIOP Conference
Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
April 2, 2009
Derek Steinbrenner and Barry Schlosser, co-authors of Cambria’s Coaching Impact Study™, will share follow-up data from six organizations on the impact of coaching and client perspectives. Included will be the results of our Coach Competencies Assessment (“CCA”), based on research conducted with coaching practice leaders and both external and internal executive coaches. The presenters will also comment on the possible practice-related implications of our findings.
For more information about this session and how to attend, go here.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Traditional and Technology-Enabled Development Programs
24th Annual SIOP Conference
Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
April 4, 2009
Tim Kroecker will discuss the most salient decision factors regarding the uses of learning technology and some of the potential features associated with them, with case examples to illustrate a variety of approaches. The session will emphasize that innovative, technology-enabled development programs do not necessarily have to be costly, and often the most creative approaches come in response to challenges of cost and time to delivery.
For more information about this session and how to attend, go here.
It’s Your World: Building Realistic Simulations for Complex Jobs
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Institute & Workshops
Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, Florida
April 19, 2009
Creating realistic, engaging, and low-cost simulations of jobs and job situations is now a reality. In this session Tim Kroecker will address strategies for creating realistic, complex simulations, rapidly designing and deploying customized simulations, and determining key considerations for selecting technology-based platforms for use in simulations.
For more information about this session and how to attend, click here.
Cambria Consulting, Inc. is a human resource management consulting firm specializing in pragmatic, sustainable talent solutions that impact individual and organizational performance. Through our Consulting, Coaching, Survey, and Interactive divisions, Cambria helps our clients achieve their strategic objectives more effectively by designing, developing, and implementing HR solutions in the areas of workforce and leadership development, performance management, succession planning, competency development, 360 degree feedback, coaching, selection systems, organizational surveys, and integrated e-HR applications.
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