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2010 State of the Industry Report

The State of the Industry Report is ASTDs definitive review of workplace learning and development trends. This annual report includes data from ASTD BEST Awards Winners, ASTD Forum members, and other organizations from 2002 to date.

Addressing the Skills Gap

This Infoline provides background for understanding the skills gap and an action plan for taking charge of it.

Basics of ISD Revisited

This Infoline sets the stage for instructional design and presents the classic ADDIE model.

Coaching up and Down the Generations

Get ingenious tips for creating formal and informal coaching situations, developing opportunities to build relationships, and helping people of all generations become catalytic coaches and engaged performers.

Competency-Based Training Basics

This guidebook teaches workplace professionals how to use competency-based training to build and enhances each employees unique abilities in keeping with previously established profiles of success.

ASTD Leadership Handbook

Develop leadership capability in your organization by gleaning the wisdom and practical advice of some of the greatest leadership gurus around.

The New Social Learning

Social media enables people to learn from one another in extraordinarily creative ways. Learn why it is the ideal solution to some of the most pressing educational challenges organizations face today.

Consulting Basics

If you've ever wondered what it's really like to be a training and development consultant and what it takes to become a successful one, then you need this book.

Managing Across Generations

This Infoline provides insights to managers who are facing the challenge of developing, guiding, and motivating employees from different generations.

High-Impact Middle Management: Solutions for Today’s Busy Public Sector Managers

Middle managers in the public sector have more direct impact on results than any other layer of an organization. This book shows you how to become a high-impact middle managerone who can transform high pressure into high impact business results.