Leadership Development

With 5 million independent representatives worldwide, Avon Products Inc. must meet the varying needs of a diverse workforce. To address these needs, Avon's learning and development organization came calling with corporate training techniques, a multilevel

Whence leadership? The question surely predated enterprise education, but it's taken on new importance as organizations look for ways to develop this crucial competency. Explore how — and whether — leadership can be cultivated through learning.

Research shows that gender biases can play a significant role in how junior and senior managers respond to leadership development initiatives. With these biases in mind, learning professionals might want to alter their approach to the design and delivery

Today's knowledge workers frequently have to take on new job roles and responsibilities for which they were not trained. The key to ensuring easier adaptation and productive cooperation is using a blend of informal and formal training that keeps the &

The move from private to public can be a scary one for an organization's workforce. Targeted investments in education can ease the transition and ensure the workforce has the knowledge it requires to perform to new expectations, rules and standards in the

Corporate career development programs fail to meet the needs of more employees than they actually benefit, according a new study.

A new study suggests as many as half of managers have received some sort of coaching in the workplace in recent years.

The Perth Leadership Institute, a provider of business acumen assessment and development programs, has announced the availability of its white paper into the innovation styles of executives.

A little more than 10 percent of employees say they ask their supervisor for advice on workplace issues, according to an Internet survey of 3,447 individuals by CO2 Partners, a Minnesota-based firm that focuses on leadership development and executive coac