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June 30, 2007
Novations Group In the News — Winter/Spring 2007
Novations Group, a Boston-based training and consulting
organization, surveyed more than 3,000 United States human
resources professionals about the level of coaching their
organization provides to women. While an overwhelming
majority of respondents (74.5% said that women receive the
same level of coaching as men, nearly one-fifth (19.9%)
reported that women do not receive the same amount of
coaching as their male counterparts.
T + D, January 2007
The survey of 3,100 corporate human resources executives,
conducted by Equation Research for the Boston-based
consulting firm Novations Group, found that people of color
and women were proportionately represented in only about one
third of organizational succession plans.
Minority MBA, January 2007
In a survey of more than 1.241 employees in the U.S. and
Britain, two-thirds of respondents cite job performance as
the most important reason for promotion in their
organization. 20% of American and 14% of British
respondents say "who you know" is still the key.
Source: Boston-based performance improvement provider
Novations Group.
Training Magazine, January/February 2007
According to a study conducted by Novations consulting
group, women tend to receive less coaching than their male
counterparts, in part because women are less assertive in
seeking career guidance.
The American Nurse, January 1, 2007
More than 20% of employers aim to increase the money they
spend on diversity and inclusion training in 2007,
according to a survey by Novations Group.
Chief Learning Officer, January 15, 2007
Women ask for help differently than men do, says Verna
Ford, Novations executive consultant in Atlanta, Women seek
help with tasks, while "men often take the initiative.
They’ll walk up (to a manager) and talk about their
excitement (with the company) and how they fit in,"
she says
Human Resource Executive Online, January 16, 2007
"The focus used to be primarily U.S.-oriented and had
to do with EEO compliance," said Novations Senior Vice
President Gerry Lupacchino. "But as the work force
demographics of U.S.-based companies change organizations
face complex new challenges in all regions and D&I
training has to keep pace, if not lead the way."
MSNBC.com, January 16, 2007
Diversity Spending (color chart) Percentage of companies
reporting 2007 spending for diversity and inclusion
training.
Workforce Management, February 12, 2007
Black and Hispanic employees are more skeptical than their
white colleagues that performance on the job will lead to
career advancement, according to a national telephone
survey by Novations, a global consulting organization based
in Boston.
Talent Management, February 13, 2007
According to a survey by Novations Group, a Boston training
consultancy, nearly 63% of white employees adhere to the
belief that performance is the most critical factor in
career advancement, compared with about 57% of Hispanics
and 58% of blacks.
Workforce Management, February 20, 2007
Men were twice as likely as women to hear all types of
workplace disparagement, said Tom McKinnon of Novations
Group, the consulting firm that conducted the national
telephone survey.
WashingtonPost.com, February 28, 2007
Nearly half of U.S. employers plan to spend more time and
money on supervisory and executive-level development next
year, according to a survey of more than 2,046 senior HR
executives by Boston-based consultancy Novations Group.
Training Magazine, March 2007
As excited as you may be to start a new job, you
won’t be unusual if—in less than a
year—you’ve already left it, the Novations
consulting group says.
Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2007
"Learning to manage inclusion is the most reliable
method for getting a diverse workforce engaged," said
Mike Hyter, president and CEO of Novations Group Inc, who
was a speaker at the 2007 Conference Board Diversity
Conference.
Workforce Diversity News (SHRM), April 2, 2007
Minorities more skeptical that promotions are based on
merit (color chart). Source: Novations Group survey of 688
employed Americans conducted by International
Communications Research, Margin of error +/- five
percentage points.
USA Today, April 4, 2007
Boston-based organizational development and training
provider Novations Group has announced "Embracing
Inclusion" new online modules designed to help create
an inclusive work environment.
Training Magazine, April 2007
Training and Development professionals are reporting more
reliance on e-learning, shorter classes and on-the-job
training, according to a survey by Novations Group.
IACCM.com, April 18, 2007
"Leadership development professionals have long known
that top management is sometimes ambivalent when it comes
to any type of training," said Paul Terry, Novations
Vice President for Talent Management.
Management-Issues.com (U.K.), April 20, 2007
The study by U.S.-based global consulting and training firm
Novations Group, found that while 90% of first-line managers
will receive training this year, only 59% of senior
executives will do so.
trainingzone.co.uk (U.K.), April 20, 2007
A significant number of organizations lose as many as a
quarter of their new hires with the first year, according
to a survey of 2,000 HR and training executives by
Novations Group, a global consulting firm based in Boston.
Credit Union Management, May 1, 2007
65 – Percentage of HR professionals who ranked the
transition from a seasoned professional to a
supervisory/managerial position as the most difficult,
according to a survey conducted by Novations Group.
Las Vegas Business Press, May 7, 2007
"Nevertheless, the rate at which senior-level people
get development support is probably greater than at any
time in the past," says Paul Terry, Novations senior
vice president for talent management. "Organizations
are more concerned about bench strength and retiring
boomers."
Workforce.com, May 8, 2007
Offensive comments were overheard during the last year by
about one-third (34%) of 610 employees polled in the annual
workplace-ridicule survey by Novations Group. (with color
chart)
Human Resource Executive, May 16, 2007
A recent survey by Novations, a human performance
improvement company, showed about one in four organizations
frequently suffers delays and cost overruns with projects.
talentmgt.com, June 2007
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