COUNTDOWN, less than one week to American Society of Training and Development Global Conference

astdThe Refinery is going to be attending the largest training and development-oriented conference in the world this year. The ASTD Global Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas. Along with Terry Dillon, VP of Practice, and Isabelle Eaton, Manager of Practice Development, I will be hanging out with fellow T&D industry folks for a few days in downtown Dallas.

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Leadership Voices – Lori Triolo, Taking Full Breaths

LVLori Triolo’s final video “Taking full Breaths”, in her three part series, is up for your enjoyment. Be sure to engage in conversation with us.

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Tad’s Story by Mark Frein

When I announced a couple of weeks ago that we would be doing a piece of work with a major international natural beauty product retailer, it sparked some curiousity in our office. We have a pretty diverse set of clients, but beauty and health retail was a new industry for us.

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Getting motivated for the Sun Run by Krysty Wideen

I recently completed a 10K, something I’ve never done in my life, and not necessarily for lack of trying. When I’ve started new exercise programs in the past, I’ve never with it; I tend to stop before ever really seeing or feeling any change.

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