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Contact: Hope Katz Gibbs
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WHY MANAGERS WON’T MANAGE — AND WHAT HR CAN DO ABOUT IT

WASHINGTON DC, May 4, 2009 — On May 12 from 2–3:30pm Dr. Alice Waagen, president of the leadership training company Workforce Learning, will lead an important webinar: “Why Managers Won’t Manage—and What HR Can Do About It.”

The event is being hosted by BNA, the largest independent publisher of information and analysis products for professionals in business and government, (sign up here).

“Image a restaurant where chefs can choose whether or not they will cook, or an airline where pilots can decide that they do not want to fly planes,” Dr. Waagen says. “In almost any job, if a person doesn’t want to perform basic job functions, they are fired. And yet, in the world of business, managers can elect not to manage their direct reports, sometimes with few to no consequences.”

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN OTHERS ARE NOT MANAGING?

HR professionals can easily spot weak management: it is embodied in that line of employees at the HR office door, complaining that their performance review is weeks late, that they are not treated fairly or equitably when given projects and assignments, that they are being micromanaged, that their boss does not return phone calls or emails…. The issues seem endless. As Dr. Waagen recounts, “One HR colleague said to me, ‘If my managers actually managed their staff, my workload would be cut in half.’”

Skills training alone will not produce high-performing managers, emphasizes Dr. Waagen, who has been delivering management development programs for more than 20 years. “Creating a strong management team requires three components: training, time and accountability.” In the webinar she will discuss each of these components and how they can be handled more effectively to improve any company’s management strength.

IN THIS 90-MINUTE WEBINAR YOU WILL LEARN:

• The key knowledge and skill areas needed in management development programs
• How managers should allocate their time to most effectively manage staff
• How to create a system of management accountability that recognizes and promotes leadership excellence
• How to create a business case for building management strength in your organization

SIGN UP HERE: http://hrcenter.bna.com/Conferences.aspx?confOwner=HR

ABOUT DR. ALICE WAAGEN

Alice Waagen, PhD, is president and founder of WORKFORCE LEARNING LLC., a leading provider of learning programs that support business strategies. Since earning a BS in Art Education from the New York State College at Buffalo, and MS and PhD degrees in Art Education from Pennsylvania State University, Alice has been providing leadership development and executive coaching for numerous organizations in the metro Washington area. Since 2007 alone, more than 100 leaders from 22 different organizations have graduated from Alice’s unique leadership development workshop series. Giving back to the community is also important to Alice. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity, Northern VA, as well as on the Advisory Board for Marymount University Reston Campus Graduate and Adult Education Programs. For details visit www.workforcelearning.com.

ABOUT BNA

BNA is the largest independent publisher of information and analysis products for professionals in business and government. We publish—in print and electronic formats—more than 350 daily, weekly, monthly, and up-to-the-minute news services covering the full range of legal, legislative, regulatory, and economic developments that impact the business environment around the nation and the world. Specialty areas include corporate law and business; employee benefits; employment and labor law; environment, health and safety; healthcare; human resources; intellectual property; litigation; and tax and accounting. BNA’s full-service research and data division offers custom research, data, and document retrieval services that augment the value of BNA publications. For details visit: www.bna.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, or to arrange an interview with Dr. Alice Waagen of Workforce Learning, contact Hope Katz Gibbs, Inkandescent Public Relations: www.inkandescentpr.com /
703-346-6975 / hope@inkandescentpr.com