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Company chalk talk: human resources practitioners foster productivity and creativity.

Publication: Utah Business
Publication Date: 01-DEC-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1108 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Company chalk talk: human resources practitioners foster productivity and creativity.(Focus)

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Children's sidewalk chalk isn't the first thing that comes to mind when executives are facing a workforce crisis--but it was the creative use of jumbo sidewalk chalk that helped one human resources professional resolve a tricky problem that had been sabotaging productivity.

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Human resources professionals are charged with fomenting productivity and creativity in the workplace for the overall success of the organization. With budget cutbacks, today's human resource practitioners must rely on inventive and downright ingenious methods to reach the goal.

Deborah Stone runs Evolutionary HR, a one-person management, training and consulting business based in Salt Lake City. Recently, she was inspired toward an HR solution by her own children's chalk drawings on the family patio.

Stone was consulting with a Utah-based company that had purchased several smaller companies. The executives were especially thrilled with the purchase of a company known for its productivity. Unfortunately, although corporate leaders wanted the productivity, they were having a hard time integrating the smaller company's culture. The...

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