Leadership Development
Leadership development encourages the planning, creation and management of training programs and skills building needed to become a successful leader — from top executives to managers.
How to Design Leadership Development for Immediate Gains
Leadership development is generally seen as a long-term investment, but this doesn’t have to be the case. It can deliver short-term business performance improvements.
ADP and Cornerstone OnDemand Agree to Extend Relationship
Under the agreement, ADP will continue to offer employers performance, succession management, learning, compensation and enterprise social networking, along with reporting and analytics for talent management, powered by Cornerstone OnDemand.
Chally Group Worldwide Promotes COO to CEO
After more than 38 years building Chally principals Howard and Sarah Stevens plan to turn their attention to other initiatives, including the Sales Education Foundation.
ASTD Presents Lifetime Achievement Award, Honors Five Others at Conference
The awards ceremony recognizes organizations that use L&D practices to advance business goals. This year 18 companies were presented with Excellence in Practice Awards.
Learn to Be Influential
Learning leaders must enhance their influence skills so they can act as strategic leaders and create value for the organization.
Intelladon Unveils Cloud Connector at Conference
Intelladon Cloud Connector aims to enable companies to seamlessly and simply integrate their LMS with the Citrix GoToTraining virtual classroom service.
Study: Most Global Employees Not Prepared for Today’s Work Requirements
The survey also found that working across time zones rivaled communication and other culturally based challenges for being the biggest hurdle facing corporate workers.
The CLO as Chief Change Officer
Change is a big part of business, but organizations don’t always manage it well. Here’s a chance for learning leaders to build best practices directly into their companies’ transitions.
Learn From Failure
Learning leaders should not be scared of failure — they should embrace it. Not doing so could quell the potential for innovation and increased performance.
Avoid Playing The ‘Blame Game’
Failures, both individually and organizationally, while inconvenient in some situations, are not always bad. There are many reasons for failure.
AlliedBarton Security Services and Drexel University Partner on Learning Center
The new center is designed to provide convenient access to computers and study areas for continuous e-Learning opportunities through the AlliedBarton EDGE, the company's professionally designed and executed approach to training and development.
Report: Postsecondary Institutions No Longer Providing Skills for Jobs
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is beginning a campaign to get business leaders involved in postsecondary education reform. To launch the effort, CED is releasing a report with data that underscore this urgency.
Breathing the Same Air Is Not Enough
Access alone is not sufficient to pass along knowledge and know-how from experienced leaders to new ones. Structured mentoring has marked benefits for developing high-potential talent.
Before Mentoring, Assess Candidates’ Performance Potential
In business, quality leadership is paramount to success. Yet, according to DDI’s 2011 Global Leadership Forecast, only 18 percent of HR professionals said their company had enough talent to meet its future leadership needs.
Study: Majority of European Employers Cut Skills and Training Investments
Also, the survey of 500 senior decision makers from European businesses, government agencies and civil society organizations found that just 18 percent of companies and bodies plan to increase spending on skills and training over the next year.