http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/employee-programs The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2008/07/01/learning-line <img src="http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/files/articles/learning_4.jpg" alt="" title="" width="125" height="125" /><br /> <p>by Lucy Hyslop</p> <br /> There is a decade-old story – told by an adult literacy worker in a small industrial town in northern B.C. – of a supervisor demanding that the name of an employee being helped with his reading be revealed. Why? So he could fire him and put in his place someone with higher skills. <br>Fast-forward to 2008 and this lack of sympathy would cut no ice with Marlyne Harrison. Today the 10-year veteran at Teck Cominco Ltd. is happily opening up to me – and management – about her learning curve through a much-acclaimed scheme to help the 1,500 employees on-site in Trail, B.C. <br /><br /> <p><a href="http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2008/07/01/learning-line">read more</a></p> http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2008/07/01/learning-line#comments Top Stories basic skills basic skills test BC bc jobs communication skills employee programs july 2008 top 100 leadership skills learning on the line life skills literacy lucy hyslop Marlyne Harrison skills vancouver bc Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:11:09 -0700 <p>by Lucy Hyslop</p> 2770 at http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca