It is in the interest of managers to invest in the development of their workforce, and it is in the interest of those in the training function to ensure that managers are effective at people development. That is why ASTD (the American Society for Training & Developm... More »

Workforce Development

ASTD in the News , Management Development , Training and Development - General , Engagement , Coaching and Mentoring

ASTD Press Room , Press Releases

The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) presented Dr. Sewon Kim its Dissertation Award on May 23 at a ceremony during the ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition held here. This ASTD award recognizes an outstanding dissertation that ho... More »

Higher Education , Learning & Development

Coaching and Mentoring , Faculty , Students , Training and Development - General

Press Releases

During its 2011 International Conference & Exposition held here, the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) presented the Excellence in Practice Awards and Citations to 71 organizations from 11 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, India,... More »

Career Development , Global Human Resources Development , Government , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Sales Enablement , Senior Leaders & Executives

Coaching and Mentoring , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Integrated Talent Management , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Selling Skills , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

Press Releases

Internal consultants staff members who serve in consultative roles in their organization face unique challenges in balancing the tension between being knowledgeable insiders and the need to give honest, direct feedback to their clients. Now, a new book from ASTD Pre... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development

Coaching and Mentoring , Delivering Training , Human Performance Improvement , Training and Development - General

Books , Press Releases

Coaching and control do not blend well at all, and learning should occur in all directions. These are two of the key premises behind the new book Coaching Up & Down the Generations, by Lisa Haneberg and available from ASTD Press and Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ... More »

Human Capital

Coaching and Mentoring

Books , Press Releases