Administrative Assistant Creates “Blind Spot Safety” Campaign and Drives Away with AMA’s 2009 Innovation Award
10/5/2009
Julie Irving, an administrative assistant at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho, received American Management Association’s (AMA) 2009 Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals. Ms. Irving was on hand at the 17th Annual Administrative Professionals Conference in Orlando, Florida, to receive a plaque recognizing her innovative contributions to her company and to the larger community. She also received a free trip to the conference compliments of AMA.
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Charles R. Craig Elected Chair of American Management Association Board of Trustees
7/17/2009
American Management Association (AMA) is pleased to announce that Charles R. Craig, senior vice president, Science and Technology, Administration and Operations, of Corning Incorporated, was elected chair of the AMA Board of Trustees during the 86th Annual Meeting of Members. Mr. Craig succeeds Teresa E. McCaslin, executive vice president of Human Resources and Information Systems of Continental Grain Company, who had served as chair since 2004.
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American Management Association Expands Portfolio of Training Programs to Include Live Virtual Seminars
6/29/2009
American Management Association (AMA), a world leader in talent development and performance-based learning solutions, will offer live, instructor-led Virtual Seminars starting in October 2009. Customers will be able to access AMA’s world-class training seminars online via an Internet connection and browser, delivered directly to their office or home PC.
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American Management Association Now Offers FranklinCovey’s 7 Habits Workshops in U.S.
2/6/2009
American Management Association (AMA) and Franklin Covey Co. (NYSE: FC) have formed a strategic alliance to provide management training based on Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to organizations throughout the U.S.
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American Management Association Receives Two Best of Elearning! Awards
1/14/2009
American Management Association, a world leader in talent development and performance-based learning solutions, has received two 2008 Best of Elearning! Awards from Elearning! Magazine.
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AMA President & CEO Edward T. Reilly Selected to Lead USO Board of Governors
12/1/2008
Edward T. Reilly, president and CEO of American Management Association, has been unanimously elected by the USO’s Board of Governors to become its next Chairman. In his new role, Mr. Reilly will work closely with the other members of the Board, and the USO’s newly-appointed president and CEO, Sloan D. Gibson, to help the organization meet the historic challenges it now faces, as it strives to serve the men and women of our military fighting on two fronts overseas, as well as their families here at home.
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Daiichi Sankyo's Administrative Development Initiative Earns AMA's 2008 Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals
New York
11/13/2008
Brooke Wiseman, executive associate to the president and CEO of Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., headquartered in Parsippany, NJ, received American Management Association’s (AMA) 2008 Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals. Wiseman attended the 16th Annual Administrative Professionals Conference in San Antonio, Texas, to be recognized for her innovative contributions to her company, the U.S. subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., a leader in pharmaceutical innovation since 1899. Wiseman also received her trip to the conference compliments of AMA.
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American Management Association Survey Shows How the Boss's Character Affects Employee Productivity, Retention
The Performance Premium of Kindness
New York
10/1/2008
If you feel that your boss is kind, chances are you look forward to going to work every day, you’re more likely to put in a little extra effort, and you might even delay that search for a new job. But if you work for a boss who is a bully, all bets are off. That’s according to a new survey conducted by American Management Association (AMA) that examines how a boss’s character affects employee performance and retention rates.
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American Management Association Offers On-Demand eCoaching
Live online support extends learning beyond the classroom and provides instant solutions to real-world workplace challenges
New York
9/3/2008
American Management Association (AMA), a world leader in talent development and performance-based learning solutions, is offering live, one-on-one eCoaching services for its seminar participants to extend and reinforce learning beyond the classroom. This new online service supports AMA’s instructor-led classroom experience and further expands its blended-learning platform.
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American Management Association Celebrates 50 Years in Saranac Lake, Dedicates New Call Center
Local Action Global Impact
7/30/2008
AMA purchased the 66-acre Saranac Lake campus from the Trudeau Foundation in 1957. The site originally had served for two dozen years as the Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium, the first sustained, successful sanatorium for the scientific treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in the United States. It was AMA’s then-president Lawrence Appley’s vision to make the site a remote retreat for classroom training. AMA used the campus as a conference center until 1971. Then it was converted to AMA’s operations support center.
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New Global Study Tackles What Really Works When It Comes to Coaching Employees
American Management Association and the Institute for Corporate Productivity Provide In-depth Look at Successful Coaching Practices
6/17/2008
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AMA's Green Leadership Seminar Helps Organizations Link Green Business Practices to Improving Corporate Performance
6/9/2008
In today’s “green” business climate, environmental and social performance are becoming as closely scrutinized as financial performance. A new American Management Association (AMA) seminar focuses on how companies not only can comply, but actually turn sustainability into a competitive edge.
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From the Experts at American Management Association, The AMA Guide to Management Development
5/27/2008
Perhaps better than any other professional training and development organization, the American Management Association THE AMA GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT by Daniel R. Tobin and Margaret S. Pettingell (AMACOM; May 27, 2008; $34.95 Hardcover) distills into one authoritative volume the “best of the best” in management development.
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American Management Association Offers Summer Leadership and Career Development Program For Young Adults
Operation Enterprise will be held on the campuses of UCLA, Columbia University and the University of Texas at Austin
5/19/2008
High school and college students from across the United States and from around the world will participate in Operation Enterprise, American Management Association’s (AMA) leadership training and career development program for young adults. This intensive, eight-day residential summer program helps students learn about business, management, negotiation, conflict resolution, strategic planning and ethics, and improve their leadership, communication and presentation skills.
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AMA Seeks Nominations for the 10th Annual Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals
4/21/2008
In recognition of the contributions made by administrative professionals, American Management Association is soliciting applications for the 10th Annual Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals. The application deadline is July 18, 2008.
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American Management Association Opens New Executive Conference Center in Arlington, VA
3/24/2008
The state-of-the-art facility includes 10 meeting rooms and three break-out rooms that can accommodate meetings for five to 90 people. The facility also includes a business center, bookstore, beverage stations and lounges, and is available for businesses and organizations for off-site events.
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2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey
Over Half of All Employers Combined Fire Workers for E-Mail & Internet Abuse
2/28/2008
From e-mail monitoring and Website blocking to phone tapping and GPS tracking, employers increasingly combine technology with policy to manage productivity and minimize litigation, security, and other risks. To motivate compliance with rules and policies, more than one fourth of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and nearly one third have fired employees for misusing the Internet, according to the 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute.
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Are Political Discussions Heating Up in Your Office?
AMA Survey Shows Political Discussions in the Workplace are Not Always Welcome
2/1/2008
With a tightly-contested and historic presidential election under way, political discussions are expected to heat up at water coolers in offices around the country. But according to a new survey from American Management Association (AMA) on politics and the workplace, employees are decidedly mixed about sharing political views with their colleagues and bosses.
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American Management Association Honored by Elearning! Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards
AMA Recognized for Leadership Development and Soft Skills Training Programs
1/24/2008
AMA won in the Best Leadership category for its Leadership Development Blended Learning platform, described as having “a perfect mix of classroom content with well-designed Web-based support and assessment materials.” AMA also won in the Best Soft Skills category for its Business Skills Blended Learning programs. The programs were described as “training you can measure,” “helped us figure out which program met our needs,” and “the pre-session preparation made time in the class more valuable.”
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AMA Expands Blended-Learning Opportunities by Offering Virtual Sessions and Online Communities for Seminar Participants
1/15/2008
“We’ve had great success with coupling Virtual Sessions with AMA’s customized on-site seminars and we are looking forward to launching our first public seminar programs this spring that combine classroom and online sessions. Our obligation as an educational organization is to provide the best mix of content and delivery formats to support the kind of change our customers trust us to provide,” said Pat Leonard, AMA’s executive vice president for U.S. Management Education.
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New AMA Global Study Reveals Secrets To Building A High-Performance Organization
Survey Identifies the Top Five Characteristics That Separate High-performance from Low-performance Organizations
12/5/2007
A consistent strategy, customer-focused approach, strong leadership, processes that reinforce strategy and well-established values are the five characteristics of a high-performance organization. That’s according to a new global study commissioned by American Management Association (AMA) and conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity.
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AMA Selects Verse Group for New Branding Initiative
12/4/2007
AMA is a world leader in professional development and performance-based learning solutions, supporting leading corporations and hundreds of thousands of executives every year. AMA has evolved its experiential learning approach to fit the needs of today’s business. But the image of AMA has not evolved as quickly as the reality. “We have selected Verse Group to help us shape a new AMA brand story,” said Laurie Broderick, director of Customer Relationship Marketing, “because of their innovative approach in transforming customer insights into effective marketing metaphors.”
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American Management Association Delivers E-Learning With SumTotals’ ResultsOnDemand
11/28/2007
“This system gives us a substantially enhanced ability to manage and guide customers through an effective learning experience,” said Nicholas Igneri, director of learning technologies at AMA. “This system will provide AMA a mechanism to deliver a wide variety of content to our customers, so we are sure new skills and behaviors are applied back on the job.”
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American Management Association Forms New Association Agreement with APICS The Association for Operations Management
APICS members to receive complimentary AMA benefits
11/12/2007
The new agreement provides APICS members with access to all business education products, services and resources offered by AMA. APICS members will receive special pricing on all AMA seminars, customized programs, Web casts, executive forums and books, as well as access to AMA research, and articles and other editorial resources from AMA newsletters and the Members-only Web site.
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Robert Gulick Named Executive Vice President of Global Operations for American Management Association
10/29/2007
AMA maintains operations and interests in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan and China. Other organizations of AMA’s global network operate in Istanbul, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Seoul.
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AMA to Host Training Magazines Top 125 Best Practices RoadShow
10/12/2007
Training magazine, working exclusively with American Management Association (AMA), kicked off registration for its first-ever Top 125 RoadShow series taking place in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco between October 31 and November 29, 2007.
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AMA Offers New Curriculum on Strategic Alliances and Partnerships
Three new seminars are endorsed by the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals and will prepare alliance managers for ASAP certification
9/13/2007
“Essentially, there are three ways to grow your business: build, buy, or ally,” said Pat Leonard, Executive Vice President for U.S. Management Education at American Management Association. “Each has its own challenges, but the alliance path affords the opportunity to gain new or expanded capabilities that your core business lacks without permanent commitment of organic investment or external acquisition and integration. Surveys of senior management indicate that alliances are increasingly a more preferred growth strategy for a host of reasons: cost effective means of product development, speed to market, enhancement of brand, alternative sourcing of talent and talent management, and the ability to share the risk of growth and innovation.”
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AMA and Enspire Learning Develop New Simulation-Based Business Acumen Seminar
8/13/2007
During this highly-interactive seminar, participants are divided up into teams and assigned functional roles within a fictitious organization with a fixed set of resources. Each team is then given tasks to accomplish and participants must react quickly and effectively to the situations and scenarios generated by the computer.
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Pamela Grunder Sheiffer, James H. Wall and Diane C. Yu Elected to the American Management Association Board of Trustees
6/14/2007
“We are pleased to welcome three outstanding trustees whose breadth and diversity of experience will help guide AMA in its achievement of excellence in the field of management education,” said Teresa E. McCaslin, Chair of AMA’s Board of Trustees and Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Information Systems, ContiGroup Companies, Inc.
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The Consulting Survey Reveals Client Satisfaction and Predicts Growth for the Industry
Consultants Rank Higher in Trustworthiness Than Sales Representatives, Corporate Executives, Attorneys and Journalists
6/4/2007
The majority of executives, 82 percent, who retain consultants as part of their job rated the client-consultant experience as positive. This is according to a new survey co-sponsored by American Management Association (AMA) and The Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and conducted by Consulting Intelligence (CI).
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American Management Association Launches Free Podcast Series
5/23/2007
Produced by AMA’s New Media team, the AMA Edgewise Podcast Series will present regular 20-minute programs where listeners will hear fresh insights from recognized thought leaders across a wide range of business topics. The podcasts will be available on AMA’s Website as streaming audio as well as audio files that can be downloaded to an iPod or other MP3 players.
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American Management Association and the Institute of Management Consultants Present ConsultingWorld, the Premier Event for Consultants to Management
5/9/2007
“Managers need to be able to find competent and ethical consultants and use their talents and experience effectively. As the complexity of challenges facing our society grows, so does the need to coordinate expertise from many consulting professionals,” says IMC USA National Board Chair Mark R. Haas, CMC. “ConsultingWorld provides a place to discuss what executives need most from consultants and how consultants can best meet their needs.”
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American Management Association and Leader to Leader Institute Announce New Scholarship Program for Employees in Nonprofit and Social Sectors
5/4/2007
Managers and executives in the nonprofit and social sectors can benefit from a new scholarship program developed in partnership between the American Management Association (AMA) and the Leader to Leader Institute. AMA is providing up to 75 yearly scholarships administered by the Leader to Leader Institute to qualified recipients beginning in 2007.
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Most Companies Are Only Moderately Successful Or Worse When It Comes to Executing Strategy, Executives Say
New Global Survey Sponsored by American Management Association Reveals the Keys to Strategy Execution
NEW YORK,
3/19/2007
Few executives (3%) say their companies are very successful at executing corporate strategies, while the majority (62%) admit that their organizations are only moderately successful—or worse—at strategy execution. That’s according to a new global survey commissioned by American Management Association (AMA) and conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI).
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American Management Association Expands Scholarship Program for International Students Studying in the U.S.
Joint Program with the Institute of International Education Exposes Students to American Business Practices
NEW YORK,
2/14/2007
International students and scholars studying in the United States are invited to participate in management education and professional development programs offered by American Management Association (AMA) as a result of a joint program between AMA and the Institute of International Education (IIE). AMA will provide up to 300 full scholarships to qualified students in IIE-sponsored programs to attend AMA seminars in 2007.
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Chief Learning Officer Magazine Taps AMA for Intelligence Board
NEW YORK,
1/19/2007
Nicholas Igneri, Director of Learning Technologies for American Management Association (AMA), has joined the Business Intelligence Board of Chief Learning Officer magazine.
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AMA’s 2006 Agility and Resilience Survey Reveals the Effects of Change on Business
NEW YORK,
11/20/2006
More than 80% of executives say that the pace of change is speeding up in organizations all over the world. And seven out of 10 say that their organizations experienced disruptive change during the last year.
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IT Coordinator Makes a Difference at PPG Industries and Earns AMA’s Innovation Award
10/18/2006
Jerrilynne A. Jankowski, an IT coordinator at PPG Industries, Inc., in Pittsburgh, Pa., received American Management Association’s (AMA) 2006 Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals. Jankowski was on hand during the 14th Annual Administrative Professionals Conference in Orlando, Fla., to receive a plaque recognizing her contributions to her organization. She also received a free trip to the conference compliments of AMA.
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American Management Association to Offer New Curriculum on Fostering Innovation; Inaugural Seminar Developed with futurethink
Curriculum focuses on leadership role in effective workplace innovation; AMA and futurethink research identified corporate climate as key to innovation success
New York,
9/12/2006
“In order to remain competitive in a global marketplace, U.S. companies must look at innovation as a business process that influences every aspect and segment of their organization,” said Edward T. Reilly, president and CEO of American Management Association. “Through our use of futurethink’s practical, hands-on tools, AMA members and other interested organizations will understand the importance of taking ‘intelligent’ risks, develop the climate necessary to sustain innovation, and have the resources to put that into practice,” Reilly said.
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American Management Association Names Keith Dalton Senior Vice President of Corporate Learning Solutions
New York,
8/14/2006
“We are delighted to have Keith join us at AMA. Over the next few years, we expect a significant part of AMA’s growth to come from improved client management services, providing solutions in either our open enrollment programs or corporate site-based education events. The assessment, development and delivery of our unique, superior and highly customized services and content for businesses and governmental agencies are a key part of our future growth,” said Pat Leonard, AMA’s Executive Vice President, U.S. Management Education. “AMA is particularly well positioned to take advantage of this growing segment of the market, and we are confident that Keith will provide the leadership and strategic skills to accomplish this.”
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2006 Workplace E-Mail, Instant Messaging & Blog Survey: Bosses Battle Risk by Firing E-Mail, IM & Blog Violators
New York,
7/11/2006
E-mail mismanagement continues to take a hefty toll on U.S. employers, with costly lawsuits—and employee terminations—topping the list of electronic risks. As recent court cases demonstrate, e-mail can sink businesses—legally and financially. Last year, the inability to produce subpoenaed e-mail resulted in million dollar—even billion dollar—lawsuits against U.S. companies. In fact, 24% of organizations have had employee e-mail subpoenaed, and 15% of companies have gone to court to battle lawsuits triggered by employee e-mail. That’s according to the 2006 Workplace E-Mail, Instant Messaging & Blog Survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute.
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Douglas W. McCormick, Charles R. Craig Elected to American Management Association Board of Trustees
New York,
6/27/2006
“The addition of these two gentlemen to our strong and dedicated Board demonstrates our commitment to the future and our continuing plans to ensure outstanding governance of AMA in the years to come,” said Teresa E. McCaslin, Chair of AMA’s Board of Trustees.
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American Management Association Seeks Nominations for the 8th Annual Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals
New York,
6/20/2006
In recognition of the contributions made by administrative professionals, American Management Association is soliciting applications for the 8th Annual Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals. The application deadline is August 18, 2006.
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American Management Association Offers Summer Leadership Training and Career Development Program for Young Adults
Operation Enterprise will be held at the UCLA, Columbia University and George Washington University
New York,
6/6/2006
High school and college students from across the United States and from as far away as China, Greece, Trinidad and beyond will participate in Operation Enterprise, American Management Association’s (AMA) summer leadership training and career development program for young adults. This intensive, eight-day residential program helps students learn about management, negotiation, conflict resolution, strategic planning and ethics, and improve their leadership, communication and presentation skills.
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American Management Assocation Announces Launch of the Federal Learning Institute
Government Agencies to Benefit from AMA's Proven Corporate Best Practices
Washington, D.C.,
5/4/2006
In recent years, tens of thousands of government professionals have attended AMA’s public and customized seminars. Bringing 80+ years of success in the business world to the federal arena, AMA’s launch of the Federal Learning Institute is a major commitment to offering specialized solutions designed specifically for these government professionals.
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American Management Association Survey Shows U.S. Firms Risk Losing Ground on Innovation
AMA’s Global Innovation Survey Shows Most U.S. Firms Do Not Have Formal Processes To Foster Innovation
New York,
4/20/2006
More than two-thirds of businesses consider innovation to be very important, but less than a third of American firms have a formal policy to review and evaluate innovative ideas, according to American Management Association (AMA). The results, revealed in an AMA global survey on innovation, showed a gap in the way that U.S. firms approach innovation versus counterparts abroad, where more than half of the companies have a formal structure in place to reward and develop innovation.
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Pitney Bowes Selects American Management Association for Leadership and Management Education
New York,
4/14/2006
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI), a provider of the world’s most comprehensive suite of mailstream business services and solutions, and American Management Association (AMA), a world leader in professional development and performance-based learning solutions, have entered into an agreement to provide leadership management, and professional skills education to Pitney Bowes employees.
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Pressure to Meet Unrealistic Business Objectives and Deadlines Is Leading Factor for Unethical Corporate Behavior, New Survey Suggests
American Management Association and Human Resource Institute Provide In-depth Look at the Ethical Enterprise
New York,
1/16/2006
Pressure from management or the Board to meet unrealistic business objectives and deadlines is the leading factor most likely to cause unethical corporate behavior, according to a new survey on business ethics. The desire to further one’s career and to protect one’s livelihood are ranked second and third, respectively, as leading factors. That’s according to a global survey commissioned by American Management Association (AMA) and conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI).
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The Ethical Enterprise: Doing the Right Things in the Right Ways, Today and Tomorrow
American Management Association and the Human Resource Institute Provide In-depth Look at Business Ethics
New York,
1/16/2006
If you think business ethics is crucial in today’s scandal-ridden era, then just wait a few years. The reasons for running ethical businesses are only going to get more compelling—as well as more complex—over the coming decade, suggests a new global survey commissioned by American Management Association (AMA) and conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI).Why should companies behave ethically? The top-ranked reason is to protect a company’s brand and reputation, closely followed by the desire to “do the right thing,” according to survey respondents. Their responses highlight the fact that business ethics has both bottom-line and moral implications for business professionals.
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