Leadership Development

According to a recent survey conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp - formerly HRI), two-thirds of organizations with formal succession planning programs intend to change them in the coming years.

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) announces the appointment of John R. Ryan as its new president and chief executive officer.

SilkRoad technology inc., a provider of talent management solutions, announced today that the company achieved record growth, revenue and customer acquisitions in 2006.

Albany, a provider of global contingent workforce management services, has acquired eWork Services Inc., a specialist in contractor payrolling services and 1099 compliance.

The demand for coaches has helped more than double membership in the International Coach Federation in the last five years, according to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times.

New York - Feb. 28 Michael C. Fina has expanded its sales efforts in key markets across the country to capitalize on an increasing demand for successfully implemented employee recognition programs.

Good vendors do research — how else can they provide the products and services CLOs need to build effective enterprise education? New research from Softscape, however, uncovered that a very real disconnect still exists between learning and HR.

Succeeding in a company as the new CLO takes more than finding your place in the corporate ranks. It also takes determining learning's place in the C-suite's priorities. Finding this position requires, above all, asking lots of questions.

Lawson Software has partnered with Enwisen to integrate on-demand workforce communications applications into the Lawson Human Capital Management suite.

Trend Integration, a provider of telephone-based job candidate screening solutions, has launched the InterviewDirect Hourly Hire solution.

In a partnership with the corporate training company Novations, Stevens Institute of Technology will offer United Technologies Corporation (UTC) personnel the chance to earn project management master's degrees online.

In an unusual human resources development, leadership-consulting firm Kaplan DeVries Inc. has been awarded a patent for their 360 feedback tool, the Leadership Versatility Index (LVI).

Plateau Systems, a provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational talent, has acquired Nuvosoft Inc., a privately held provider of Web-based compensation management software.

Training Synergy, a training solutions provider that holds "investor in people" (IIP) accreditation, is developing its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy and encouraging some novel CSR activities from its staff.