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Climate change poses a range of threats to communities around the world. Despite the strong consensus in the scientific community about the issue, many leaders and citizens remain skeptical. As a result, more immediate problems facing local communities tend to take precedence over longer-term planning for potential climate change. Todd Schenk discusses how communities can manage the risks posed by this complex issue.
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CBI has developed a customized 3-day “Negotiation & Influence Skills” curriculum for Capital One’s senior executives and middle management.
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CBI assisted the World Bank Compliance Advisor Ombudsman team to address concerns raised regarding social and environmental impacts of the Allain-Duhangan hydroelectric project in India. Issues and concerns included: quality and quantity of village drinking and irrigation water; worker safety near the construction site; assurance of women’s and children’ safety; excessive dust from project activity; and introduction of HIV/AIDS induced by migrant laborers.
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An initial one-day course catalyzed an organization-wide commitment to build the negotiation skills of all American Cancer Society staff and volunteers. With training and ongoing support from CBI, a team of ACS trainers is now providing their own negotiation skills workshops throughout the organization and around the country.
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Over the past three and a half years, CBI has served as consultant to the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) on a GCI project to improve heritage professionals’ knowledge and skills in constructively engaging stakeholders around the sustainable management of cultural heritage places.
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Since 1997, CBI has assisted the Alberta Environmental Appeal Board (EAB) to develop and refine their mediation program through training, policy analysis, and evaluation.
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What is organizational capacity? Business journal McKinsey Quarterly defines it as "anything an organization does well that drives meaningful business results." The traditional method of developing capacity is to invest in off-the-shelf training for individual employees. CBI's Hal Movius and Professor Lawrence Susskind, co-authors of Built to Win: Creating a World Class Negotiating Organization, argue that this approach not only wastes millions, but by treating strengths, such as negotiation, solely as individual skills rather than as core organizational capabilities, companies lose out. Find out how leaders can implement cost-effective change programs that target both individual competencies and organizational capabilities.
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