L&D Challenges in India - learned from a recent India trip

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ASTD International Relations Manager Alex Franklin recently visit India. Please see what he learned. On my recent trip to India I met with some of the top companies operating around the country, including Infosys, Intel, Wipro, IBM, Genpact, Tata, and HDFC Life ... More »

Italian women hope for workplace changes

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(From Reuters) -- Maria Grazia Fera was looking forward to getting back to work after her first child was born. But three months into her maternity leave, her temporary contract as a teacher for the disabled expired and suddenly, her job was gone.   More than t... More »

Employees would rather suffer a hangover or receive a credit card bill than talk to their boss, global survey shows

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(From HRmagazine.co.uk) -- Leaders lack empathy with their staff, have poor leadership skills and that a third of them are ineffective, according to global research published this morning by talent management firm DDI. The report found one in three respondents (... More »

Survey reveals lack of UK workplace training

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(From Thomsons Online Benefits) -- Despite the fact that workplace training is one of the most popular employee benefits among staff, new research has shown that 41 per cent of UK firms failed to train any of their staff in 2011. The UK Employer Skills Survey al... More »