Mentoring Boosts Employee Performance

ASTD Staff

Mentoring, as part of an overall training and development strategy can improve performance and boost the success of your organization. More »

Survey Finds Wide Discrepancy in Perceived Value of Performance Assessments

ASTD Staff

In an recent survey, 94 percent of chief financial officers interviewed said formal evaluations are either somewhat or very effective in helping employees improve their performance. Yet nearly one in three workers (31 percent) disagreed, calling these appraisals either ... More »

Select International Releases Results from Safety Assessment Consortium

Select International

Pittsburgh, May 23, 2012 - Results released from a consortium examining SafetyMirror, Select International's safety assessment, showed accuracy in predicting job performance and safety-related outcomes. The SafetyMirror assessment, released in 2011, is designed to predi... 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 »