Training expert, Theresa Hummel-Krallinger, and former senior executive, Jim Yoakum, draw from several decades of experience to define just what skills are needed to "get-a-seat-at-the table," and how these skills can be developed. Hummel-Krallinger and Yoakum sound a clarion call to the training profession: training consultants need a strong presence and clear, resolute voice in the executive suite. They offer a simple 3-step model practitioners can employ to develop these critical sk