Korea: Are Your Employees Sustainably Engaged?

ASTD Staff

A recent OECD survey found that Koreans work the longest hours per year (2,193 hours) among OECD countries. The OECD average stands at mere 1,749 hours. However, working long hours is not necessarily linked to higher productivity. More »

How to Manage and Measure Performance in the 21st Century

ASTD Staff

After having argued for two decades that principles and profits reinforce each other, the findings of The HOW Report prove this to be true: Companies truly built on purpose, guided by values and permeated with trust experience significant advantages over the competition... More »

Engaged Workers Report Twice as Much Job Creation

ASTD Staff

(From Gallup.com) -- Employees who are in engaged in their work and workplace are twice as likely to report their organization is hiring new workers as those who are actively disengaged. Workers who are emotionally disconnected from their work and workplace are far more... More »

Business Results Through People: Power of Mission and Community as Part of Human Value Connection

ASTD Staff

(From PRNewswire) -- Regardless of their age and stage in life, most people place great emphasis on their relationships. Relationships make the world go round whether they are personal, professional or accidental. In this digital age, the rapid growth in the use of soci... More »

Honest, Humble Workers Associated with Higher Job Performance

ASTD Staff

(From EHS Today) -- Researchers already know that integrity can predict job performance, and what we are saying here is that humility and honesty are also major components in that, said Dr. Wade Rowatt, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor, who h... More »