Antonio Coffield

Good managers are good for business. Taking them to the next level of effective managers to grow your business takes training. Good managers possess the ability to lead and communicate. They are your key to inspiring your line level teams toward the corporate vision and the organizations business goals. Effective managers, on the other hand, possess a specific skill-set. They have a range of knowledge and demonstrate behaviors that are not always present in managers that evolve into leadership positions. There are some managers with whom these qualities are a natural fit. Those are not the ones we discuss here today as while they are great; they are also the extreme minority. The goal is to select leaders beyond just strong characters or showing dedication to work. The goal is to have a skill-set that comprises a toolkit of qualities (some through training) that will drive the best results for a business. A few primary key characteristics lacking today are the ability to com...

With Baltimore's speedy decline came the lack of employment, or decent employment, in the city. More and more of the best and brightest residents are leaving because they cannot afford to stay in the crumbling economy of many struggling neighborhoods in Baltimore City. What exactly can be done to help counteract this decline? Construction training Recently, parts of California were ablaze with wildfires. They needed a lot of manpower just to contain the enormous devastation and did not have adequate resources to combat it. One of the unique strategies that they used was to allow inmates to help with the firefighting efforts. These inmates then learned individual employable skill sets and supported the expanded community tackling this enormous disaster in their home state. When they are released, this training can help them to land jobs, and further help rebuilds economic capacity in their communities. This idea is also helping many people in Baltimore. Demolition, recla...