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Biggest Mistake You Can Make Managing an Assessment

WARNING: Failing to heed this warning and reduce or reorganize this assessment will likely diminish both you, and 4-D Systems, in the eyes of your clients. The biggest mistake you can make in setting up a Team Development Assessment (“TDA”) … Continue reading

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Important Update on Assessment Dashboards

To: 4-D Network Providers I was recently working on a Learning Tool for the Assessment Dashboard that we provide free to 4-D Network Providers. (We have chosen to replace the term “Network Members” with “Network Providers.”) I found a number … Continue reading

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4-D Network Provider Submissions

Good morning Charlie, I wanted to share my excitement with you.  My husband, Joe, is a manager at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Rocketdyne make the Space Shuttle Main Engine and other rocket engines and the company is going through tough times … Continue reading

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A Special Team Development Opportunity (No Kidding!)

Are you a member of, or working with a team that would like to experience the full 4-D Team Development Assessment (TDA) process? As a special promotion, we are providing select teams the following for free. A full Team Development … Continue reading

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4-D Network Member Communication 2'9'2011

Big News on Multiple Fronts Out third “Learning Tool” is now operational! We urge all Network Members to use these. Access the tools from  the “Learning and Resources” tab at http://www.NASAteambuilding.com. Overview: We now have 4-D Network Members using Team … Continue reading

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The Leanest and Most Effective Team and Individual Development Processes in Existence

The Leanest and Most Effective Team and Individual Development Processes in Existence is a presentation I gave at the Training 2011 Conference yesterday – the slide notes should help you understand the slides. I selected the title because the claim, … Continue reading

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Eliminating Future Challenger Explosions

Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the tragic explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger. As NASA’s Director, Astrophysics I was, of course, shocked to hear about the Challenger accident. I had a “Spartan-Halley” payload on Challenger and for a time worried … Continue reading

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Why I Blog about Scary Futures

While the response my Blogs about preparation for massive and unpleasant change has been overwhelmingly positive, I received one critical e-mail from a 4-D client. He referred to my blogs as “bizarre” and “survivalist.” I thought I might tell you … Continue reading

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4-D Network Members and Friends

A lot of time has passed since in communicated with you. I have been waiting for the launch of our “Learning Tool” which, like all things that involve software, has taken longer than we thought. It provides an easy way … Continue reading

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A Guest Offering – More on Supervisor Feedback

My friend and 4-D Certified Coach, Diane Brennan offered me this blog to post I appreciated Charlie’s point that the behavior of providing honest feedback is not a matter of knowing how to do this task but rather a mindset … Continue reading

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