Former Disney Insiders Provide Roadmap to Organizational Excellence

ASTD Staff

Decades of experience at Disney and other Fortune 500 organizations are brought to bear in Lead with Your Customer, a book that goes beyond buzzwords and business theory and provides a practical roadmap to achieving excellence in an organization. This is not an acad... More »

Male and Female Leaders Are Not That Different

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- OnPoint Consulting studied the influence skills of 223 leaders (116 men and 107 women) across organizations and industries to examine the extent to which there are gender differences. The research specifically looked at the use of four core tacti... More »

Aspire to be great and just ignore the "Seat at the Table"

ASTD Staff

Ive never been on the executive staff although I have ridden with my company president in his helicopter; I have been on a first name basis with more than one president of Intel, and I feel like I have exercised a great deal of influence driving the importance of employ... More »

Succession Planning Presents Challenges for Most Companies

ASTD Staff

Future success for any business depends in part on who is leading the business, yet according to new research from the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) the majority of companies admit their efforts in succession planning are weak. As the global eco... More »