How Does Work Ethic Affect Employee Engagement?

ASTD Staff

In 2008, ASTD partnered with Dale Carnegie Training and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) to evaluate employee engagement. The study found that engaged workers were willing to contribute more to work efforts, typically beyond their ordinary job parameters.... More »

Why is a Globally Dispersed Workforce Important?

ASTD Staff

In 2008, ASTD partnered with the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)to better understand the corporate learning challenges in todays workforce due to globalization. In todays increasingly complex marketplace there is an ever present need to think globally. Under... More »

How Do You Define Talent Management?

ASTD Staff

An organizations ability to integrate and manage talent effectively has never been more essential than in todays volatile business market. Unfortunately, for many organizations simply defining talent management is difficult. Previous research on talent management rarely... More »

More Learning per Employee, More Reuse are Continued Trends in the Training Industry

ASTD Staff

The 2008 State of the Industry Report showed a continuation of rising trends in amounts of learning consumed per employee and average reuse ratio - the ratio of consumption to availability of learning content. The amount of learning content consumed by each employee on ... More »