South Africa: Skills Gap Has IT Firms Worried Over Survival

ASTD Staff

(From AllAfrica.com) Johannesburg - THE shortage of South Africans with information technology (IT) skills is so acute it is making some South African businesses worried that they will be unable to survive, researchers say. Last year 75% of the 157 businesses surveyed b... More »

A Corporate Mentoring Program Won't Do Much for a Company Unless It's "Well-Leveraged"

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(From PRWEB) -- Management Mentors, a mentoring consulting firm that designs and implements world-class corporate mentoring programs, announced its latest thought paper "The Well-Leveraged Corporate Mentoring Program: Understanding How to Leverage Yours in Order to Attr... More »

People Trust Each Other Less & Are More Skeptical of Company Leaders

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(From PRWEB) -- Major Implication for Business: Is This the New Normal? New findings in an Interaction Associates 2010 workplace survey point to a downward shift in key indicators for trust, leadership, and collaboration: indicating a worsening climate around those issu... More »

Tony Bingham to Address Social Media and New Research in Speech at ASTD 2010

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Findings from ASTD's latest research report The Rise of Social Media will be featured in a speech Tony Bingham will deliver on Ma 17 at the ASTD 2010 International Conference & Exposition. For some highlights from the research, check out the press release here. The ... More »

GG calls for more diversity in the workplace

ASTD Staff

Embracing Canada's diversity is the road to social and economic well being, Governor General Michaelle Jean told a Canadian Club luncheon Monday. "Saying 'yes' to diversity is saying 'yes' to modernity, to opportunity, and to the very future of our country. To me, inves... More »