As CRG ASSOCIATES continues to grow, it is my firm commitment to partner with professionals who share my personal and professional values of integrity, dedication, and excellence in all they do. I am pleased to introduce to you two outstanding associates who are now a part of our training and consulting team...

Joining CRG ASSOCIATES this month is Russ Sabia, President of Sheerline Associates of Belmont, Massachusetts. Russ specializes in helping organizations successfully overcome workforce issues that commonly derail the achievement of business results. He has held numerous senior training and organizational development roles in the financial, internet, manufacturing, retail, and business services industries, and is known for his highly interactive, engaging, and relevant approach to training and performance solutions. He has a proven track record in premier organizations such as Monster.com, Fidelity Investments, and UniFirst Corporation. Please join me in welcoming Russ, a former client, to the team of CRG ASSOCIATES ! To learn more about Russ...

Coming on board as well this quarter is Karen Stacey, President of Kreative Learning Solutions, based on the shore in Hull, Massachusetts. Karen's experience over the past twelve years has been in designing, developing, and facilitating training and consulting to organizations in management and leadership, team building, performance management, change management, customer service, presentation skills, personal skills development, competency development and implementation, as well as training the trainer. Karen is known for her creative approach to training and her ability to tie the learnings to business results. We are proud to have Karen as part of our growing virtual team! To learn more about Karen...

Join us for the first in an exciting new workshop series!

Are you or your team members faced with one or more of the following challenges:

• New to the trainer and / or facilitator role?
• Serving in a job that has been expanded to include training and development responsibilities?
• Leading a team and must train on day-to-day job skills?
• Responsible for training but have no "formal" trainer development?

If the answer to any of these is "yes", then this workshop series is the solution for you!

HPI comes to New England! The Center for Business and Industry at Worcester State College has partnered with the Central Mass Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (CMASTD) to present the only New England offering of the Certificate in Human Performance Improvement (HPI).

The goal of the HPI program is to help professionals transition from a classic training environment to one that encompasses a variety of human performance improvement interventions. The HPI program delivers cutting-edge information that no other program covers as thoroughly. Upon completion of the program, practitioners will be able to identify the training and non-training interventions needed to close performance gaps in their organizations. And, for those practitioners who continue on in a classroom training capacity, this program will enable them to make recommendations about non-training activities that will further their classroom efforts and increase the value of those training efforts to the organization.

Chris is pleased to announce that she is co-facilitating this premier National ASTD HPI series along with her colleague, Debbie Bercume, of Bercume Associates.

Another round is scheduled to begin this fall, so contact either Chris at chris@crgassocs.com or Dan Nicholes at dnicholes@wsc.edu at Worcester State College to hold your space!

We are very pleased to announce the addition of two new strategic alliances to our growing collaborative network: Career Planning and Management, Inc., and GeoLearning.

Career Planning and Management, Inc., designs and implements career development strategies that align individual visions of career success with organizational performance objectives. Dan King is the Principal and founder of Career Planning and Management, Inc. With over 20 years experience in counseling, training and career development, he supports both individuals and organizations in planning and managing a wide range of contemporary worklife and workplace issues. Particular areas of expertise include: professional development coaching, workforce planning, and change management.

Our second new Alliance Partner, GeoLearning, is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning technology. The company's products and services are used by corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations to manage human capital development, accelerate critical business processes and drive organizational performance.

In June of this year GeoLearning was named "Most Innovative Company" at the third annual American Business Awards in New York City. Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post, The American Business Awards are the first national, all- encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace.

A new feature of the CRG ASSOCIATES e-newsletter is our "Collaboration Corner"... In each edition you will find forward-thinking options made available to you through collaborative and creative approaches to value-added services for you and your workforce.

At this time, we would like to offer you the opportunity to "try on" one of our workshops - at no charge to you. In exchange, we ask only that you provide the facility and some refreshments for the group.

You may choose one from the following options:

• Who Moved My Cheese? A Change Awareness Program
• DiSC ^®: What is Your Workstyle?
• Team Dimensions Profile: Team Roles and Your "Fit"

This opportunity is for a group of up to 12 participants and may be scheduled during Q4 of this year or Q1 of 2006. Give CRG ASSOCIATES a try... we think you'll be very pleased with the process and your results! Contact us at chris@crgassocs. com

Wishing you a wonderful summer season,

Chris Gatti