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	<title>The Happy Curmudgeon &#187; Training and Consulting Business</title>
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		<title>The Tyranny of Middle Class Values and How Some Think About Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote on the human resources discussion list, a short piece that was stimulated by one consultant&#8217;s praise for the employment engagement concept, one that, by the way, I abhore for a number of reasons. The gist is that pretty &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/the-tyranny-of-middle-class-values-and-how-some-think-about-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bacal&#8217;s Law of Consulting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bacal's Laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;m the author of The Complete Idiot&#8217;s Guide To Consulting, which is now out of print. I&#8217;m still interested in the consulting business, and recently came across a conversation with a &#8220;consultant&#8221; stating that organizations &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/bacals-law-of-consulting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want to have a radio show on organizational development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing and Organizations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got a phone call out of the blue asking me if I was interested in hosting a regular radio show (I think it&#8217;s a radio show) on org. development. While I would jump at the chance to do something like &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/do-you-want-to-have-a-radio-show-on-organizational-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning To Say No, Important To Training/Consulting/Speaking Business Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[human resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my travels, talking to trainers, consultants, and most importantly, customers and consumers of those services, a clear pattern emerges about one of the most common reasons training and consulting fail. On one level it&#8217;s simple. Training and consulting interventions &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/learning-to-say-no-important-to-trainingconsultingspeaking-business-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting and Interpreting of Workplace Research Data &#8211; Atrocious!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can it get any worse? Probably not. Mainstream news outlets are often reporting on research about the workplace &#8212; about what works, what doesn&#8217;t work. This year twitter and social media research is in the limelight. Last year employee engagement &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/reporting-and-interpreting-of-workplace-research-data-atrocious/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Want To Market Your Training Business? #trdev #cti #astd</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/how-do-you-want-to-market-your-training-business-trdev-cti-astd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a choice. One Choice: Donna Kozik, who charges quite hefty fees to teach people how to complete (write) a book over a two day weekend says: Now I&#8217;m excited to announce a central location where you can ask me &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/how-do-you-want-to-market-your-training-business-trdev-cti-astd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Some ASTD Comments (or, My God, You let these people train others?)#astd #trdev</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/comment-on-some-astd-comments-or-my-god-you-let-these-people-train-othersastd-trdev/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may know that the ASTD Conference concluded last week (American Society For Training and Development). A few people took the time and made the effort to either inform during the conference, or write up their impressions after &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/comment-on-some-astd-comments-or-my-god-you-let-these-people-train-othersastd-trdev/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Attempts to sabotage creating a training/development community of practice</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/attempts-to-sabotage-creating-a-trainingdevelopment-community-of-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trdev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I announced the creation of a twitter hashtag, #trdev so people wanting to create a training and development community of practice on twitter could find each other, and interact. We have additional plans to make this work. However &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/attempts-to-sabotage-creating-a-trainingdevelopment-community-of-practice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bacal&#8217;s Law of Multicausation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 02:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For any phenomenon there will be a multitude of factors that caused the phenomenon. Therefore, any attempt to explain that phenomenon by invoking a single variable will always be wrong, and worse, misleading. This is an exceedingly important element. We &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/bacals-law-of-multicausation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Openx Hosted Ad Serving &#8211; Cautionary Alert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a user of openx software for a long time, and gone through several name changes of their&#8217;s while hosting the ad serving software on my own servers. For a long time I&#8217;ve had a desire to unify all &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/uncategorized/openx-hosted-ad-serving-cautionary-alert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ignoring The Law of Unintended Consequences &#8211; Common Managerial Mistakes Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the most experienced managers, supervisors, or executives forget about the Law of Unintended Consequences, which says that for every change or action, there are both positive consequences (which, obviously the manager wants), and negative unintended consequences (which the manager &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/ignoring-the-law-of-unintended-consequences-common-managerial-mistakes-series/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Difference Between Self-Managed and Self-Directed Teams &#8211; Food For Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m embarrassed to admit that it had never occurred to me to distinguish between self-managed and self directed teams. I found this reprintable article that makes a case for making the distinction, so I&#8217;m putting it up here. Enjoy! Difference &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/difference-between-self-managed-and-self-directed-teams-food-for-thought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bacal&#8217;s Laws: From 20 Feet Away Everyone Seems Normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a deceptively simple concept that affects much of our lives. It explains that from a distance, or with people we don&#8217;t know well (and we may not know many people well) everyone seems psychologically intact, or &#8220;normal&#8221;. Until &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/bacals-laws-from-20-feet-away-everyone-seems-normal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Augment your revenue with new sources &#8211; Partner with Bacal &amp; Associates</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/uncategorized/augment-your-revenue-with-new-sources-partner-with-bacal-associates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next while we&#8217;re going to be &#8220;unveiling&#8221; some new ways for you and I to diversify revenue streams, through some partnerships. If you are interested (overviews below) please sign on to our partnering discussion group at this location. &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/uncategorized/augment-your-revenue-with-new-sources-partner-with-bacal-associates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Augmenting Your Professional Income &#8211; #1 Sell our products</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've never made an effort to develop a network of reseller partners (or affiliates), but we have the infrastructure to set up partners so they automatically receive commissions from the sale of our product. We want to do so now to improve our sales, while helping colleagues improve their revenues. In the past we've paid 20% of sales price to reseller partners, but we are now willing to pay as high as 50% for partners who are both serious and successful. <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/uncategorized/augmenting-your-professional-income-1-sell-our-products/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On trainers getting no respect &#8211; Take a look in the mirror</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rediscovered something I wrote on the ASTD board. Recently there&#8217;s been some posts expressing how trainers or training departments are handcuffed or interfered with by HR, or executives, or managers or other powerful villains, and that trainers do not &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-wisdom-or-training-foolishness/on-trainers-getting-no-respect-take-a-look-in-the-mirror/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pro Bono Work For Training/Consulting Business Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a question about the value of doing free (pro bono) work to market a consulting or training business, Robert responds: I agree that some feel pro bono work is a poor way to generate business, but I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/training-and-consulting-business/pro-bono-work-for-trainingconsulting-business-marketing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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