Lately everything I read or see is related to the power of a story.  Dan Pink, who links motivation to achievement, wrote a blog about Story1. Don Miller wove the power of story into his book about making a movie about his life.2 My minister used a personal adoption story to bring home a sermon. The McKinsey Quarterly published an article this monnth on the power of storytelling. Since I am focused on facilitating learning, the story behind these messages has become clear. Ba

Can your employees individually relate their job to your mission statement? Do your consider knowledge critical to your success? Do you offer employees a career plan that includes learning or growing new skills? Will your product or service be leapfrogged by competitive technology advances? If your employees don’t have an answer to a problem, do they know what to do? If your answer to all these questions is absolutely, then you don’t need to read any further. If not, a CLO ma