So why does the ASTD Leadership Handbook matter?

ASTD Staff

I have it at last. After many, many months of hard work shared among a great team of people, a hard copy of The ASTD Leadership Handbook has landed with a weighty thud on my desk. It's a handsome, authoritative-looking book: red-and-white dust cover, gray cloth with sil... More »

Ed Gordon’s book Winning the Global Talent Showdown quoted in Waiting for Superman documentary; Oprah features documentary

ASTD Staff

A brand new documentary by Davis Guggenheim, Waiting for "Superman", releases on September 24th. This groundbreaking story takes a critical look at America's public school system through the eyes of five young students. The film tells a story meant to help change the na... More »

Want some free leadership tools?

ASTD Staff

I know, dumb question, right? Of course I want free leadership tools! Well, now some are available for download from ASTD Press. In a few weeks, we will be launching The ASTD Leadership Handbook, edited by Elaine Biech. This book has everything you would ever want to kn... More »

Hate networking? Then have I got a book for you!

ASTD Staff

I most definitely fall into the camp of folks who have an intense dislike of networking. Count me squarely among those who has always thought it's "phony, self-serving, fake, inauthentic, superficial, conniving, manipulative, and useless." Only I had a time and project ... More »