Dirk Hughes, Luminant Academy Director, likes to tell a story about a LAuminant employee who came to him one day and said she'd like to be a supervisor. He told her that there were only two questions she needed to answer. "What was the company's most important asset?" "People," she said. "Right answer," he responded. "Now for the second question: Do you really believe it?"rnLuminant management had an objective: To found a new academy to provide technical and leadership training for Luminant's 3,500 employees. The initial challenge was to create a physical training center, with curriculum, tor new employees at three of the company's new power plants with a target opening date of March 2008. According to Hughes, that project would be the answer to his second question.
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