Change Management http://www.akgmag.com/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:01 -0500 By Betsey Upchurch. While the economic news is not good, there is no need for us to participate in this recession. We participate by feeling fearful, hoarding resource, and cutting back on the very things that will help us survive and even thrive. When things are bad, it is more important than ever to not participate in fear, hoarding, and doing without at the expense of long term economic health. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Four_Reliable_Ways_to_Not_Participate_in_the_Recession.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Four_Reliable_Ways_to_Not_Participate_in_the_Recession.htm By Jim Morris. The Idea in Brief: Fifty to eighty percent of all managers fail to achieve the expectations of those who promote them. Why is this so, and what can you do about it? Across industries and across North America, we have found that successful managers use the practices outlined in this article, as a minimum, to guide them. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Practices_of_Successful_Managers__Thriving_Between_a_Rock_and_a_Hard_Place.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Practices_of_Successful_Managers__Thriving_Between_a_Rock_and_a_Hard_Place.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. We hear the phrase "think tank" quite often in regard to today's public policy environment, more than any other time. But how much of the public realizes what the term refers to or why it is even important to us? In layman's language, a think tank is simply a human organization which develops specific ideas, depending on the type of think tank involved—especially important for any much-needed political change. Research on a certain type of problem facilitates specific interaction among intellec http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Importance_of_Think_Tanks.htm Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Importance_of_Think_Tanks.htm