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.
QA Acquires Program Management Training Organization
QA announced it has acquired Aikona, a specialist project and program management training organization. The deal closed Oct. 10.
SkillSoft Acquires Element K Business from NIIT
SSI Investments II Ltd., a parent company of SkillSoft Ltd., announced that its indirect subsidiaries, SkillSoft Corp. and SkillSoft Ireland Ltd., have acquired the Element K business from NIIT Ventures Inc.
Building Capability
Yum! Brands' learning strategy has been about making learning visible, consistent, valuable and relevant. Technology has enabled it to reach a high level of impact.
The Upside-Down Pyramid
When employees know leaders expect the best from them and will back them up, they feel more prepared and comfortable making decisions.
Equipos Launches Coric Academy Global Training
Equipos, a global provider of client communications and reporting products, launched the Coric Academy, which has been established to deliver education and training courses to its current base of partners and clients.
Learning by Doing
Learning leaders know when the stakes are high and staff numbers are low, investing in people is more important than ever.
Training Is Essential for Successful Telework Management
Managers might be too focused on where and when people are working and not on the results. Learning and development professionals can remedy this.
The Gen Y Workplace
While Generation Y is forcing companies to think more creatively about the when, where and how of work, their views aren't that different from older workers.
Selling Health Care, Building Leaders
Through its Commercial Leadership Program (CLP), GE allows 33 emerging talented millennials to rise to the forefront each year and undergo an 18-month program that focuses on developing medical device sales specialists.
Refining Tomorrow’s Leaders
Irving Oil created a formal, academic leadership experience to support business literacy and build stronger relationships.
Creating a Generation of Asian Business Leaders
The CLO will play a key role in forming a successful strategy around leadership identification and development in the new Asian-centric economy.
Leadership Development for Uncertain Times
Stock market volatility and economic uncertainty persist. But there are steps CLOs can take to help leaders adapt and profit from increased volatility.
Kulhman, Vance to Be Featured Presenters at Regional Conference
Corporate training experts Tom Kuhlman and David Vance will be among a group of presenters as The American Society for Training and Development, Twin Cities Chapter, hosts its 2011 Regional Conference & Expo.
How to Help Leaders and Learners Brand Themselves
Establishing a viable and influential brand is the new norm in leadership development. Learning to do so will boost visibility and create a clear path toward success.
LRN Announces Commitment to Inspire Values-Based Leadership at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative
Commitment timed with publication of expanded edition of "HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything" with a foreword by President Bill Clinton.