Jim Battin, MA, (Organizational Psychology) is President, Strategic Consulting Group, Inc., Columbus, Indiana, where he has been working in strategic workforce development planning for a ten-county initiative in southeast Indiana which is the recipient of a $35M grant to create a regional learning system in the areas of manufacturing and healthcare. At previous venues Mr Battin developed and implemented a wide range of HR initiatives including Global HR Standards (45 manufacturing centers), HR audit & measurement system, HR curriculum (50 courses), 'train-the-trainer' implementation techniques...