Many workers lack useful job feedback

ASTD Staff

(Reuters) -- One in four workers has a strong sense of how their job contributes to their firm's goals, said the survey conducted for talent management firm Cornerstone OnDemand and released exclusively to Reuters. And only 18 percent say they have been given useful fee... More »

Learning Executives' Confidence is Highest on Record for 1Q 2010

ASTD Staff

Learning Executives are the most confident they've ever been since ASTD started measuring that confidence with the Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI).The LXCI for the first quarter of 2010 increased to its highest score to date after stabilizing in the fourth qu... More »

Fifty-three percent of U.S. Employers Deploy Green Programs in the Workplace

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- Going green in the workplace can lead to more green in the bank according to a new survey released today from Buck Consultants, an independent subsidiary of ACS, A Xerox Company. The survey showed that the number of U.S. employers with formal gre... More »

Hawaii: The Business Risks of Social Media

ASTD Staff

(From PRWEB) -- ALTRES today released a new white paper entitled, Social Media and the Workplace: A Guide for Hawaii Employers, which outlines the impact of social networking on business and the risks that exist along with the potential rewards. Amidst the ever-increasi... More »

Learning Executives’ Confidence is Highest on Record

ASTD Staff

Learning executives are increasingly confident and optimistic about the outlook and expectations for the learning function according to the latest measurement by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). The Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) f... More »