ASTD Research

ASTD's 2012 State of the Industry

ASTD's State of the Industry  report is our annual review of trends and investment in workplace learning and performance. It includes data from ASTD BEST^® Awards Winners, Fortune's Global 500 and other participating organizations from 2002 to date.

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The State of Sales Training, 2012
The State of Sales Training, 2012 is an analytical study that provides insight into sales training efforts within various organizations. By looking at various components of sales training, such as performance, efforts, and expenditures, this report offers members of the sales training community valuable data that will allow them to tailor their programs to help staff reach their full potential

 

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Informal Learning: The Social Evolution
This study, Informal Learning: The Social Evolution, is based on analysis of a survey conducted by ASTD and (i4cp) in the summer of 2012. The purpose of this study is to examine the ways in which informal learning is evolving and how organizations are leveraging it to improve performance.

 

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The Global Workplace: Learning Beyond Borders

The Global Workplace: Learning Beyond Borders, is based on analysis of a survey conducted by ASTD and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) in the spring of 2012. Of the 637 respondents to the survey, half reported that their organizations are currently offering global learning or planning to do so within three years. In addition to the survey, follow-up interviews were conducted with select respondents.

 

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 Salary Whitepaper: ASTD's Learning and Development Salary Whitepaper, 2012

In the 2012 ASTD Salary Whitepaper, ASTD and Salary.com collaborated to examine compensation for the learning and development (L&D) industry from the employer perspective. ASTD examines L&D industry salaries using Salary.com’s database of employer reported salary data covering more than 29 million individuals working at more than 16,000 U.S. companies.

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Learning Executives Confidence Index

LXCI At Lowest Point Since Q4 2010

Derived from the responses of 240 learning executives (LXs), this quarter revealed another decrease in positivity for the third consecutive quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the LXCI was at its lowest point since Q4 2010, which had a score of 62.9. This shows that as the year approached its end, executives’ sentiments remained wary. Despite a strong start to 2012, which began with a record high score of 67.3, confidence fell throughout the year.

Although scores for this year have been showing a decrease from Q2 through Q4 of 2012, scores are overall higher than those in in 2009 and 2010. In the past year, scores have varied quarter by quarter anywhere between 0.2 and 1.7 points. The LXCI Q4 2012 score decreased by 0.6 points to 63.9, from last quarter’s score of 64.5. The similarity in the trend of scores between 2011 and 2012 reveals that learning executives continue to remain cautiously optimistic due to the recovery of the economy and job market. Additionally for Q4 2012, scores may be lower due to end of the year budgeting (for both comapnies and the U.S. government), disruptions to the political climate (election year), and the current economic challenges, such as the Fiscal Cliff

The WLP Scorecard

 

The WLP Scorecard is an online real-time benchmarking and decision support tool that allows organizations to monitor and benchmark a broad range of learning function indicators. With tools your organization can use to customize reports, use the WLP Scorecard to compare your learning function's alignment, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability with other organizations, plus diagnose strengths and weaknesses in your organization's learning function. Visit wlpscorecard.astd.org to access the scorecard or register.