Some people will say that the step to isolate the effects of your programs when measuring and evaluating their results is a defensive move. This can easily be said for evaluation at large. Anytime the ball is being run toward your goal, youre on the defense protecting w... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Competencies , Curriculum Alignment , Human Performance Improvement , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating

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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 »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Economy , Managing the Learning Function , Trends

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As the Obama administration shines a light on the training and skills workers will need for the jobs of tomorrow, a new report shows that U.S. employers continue to struggle with an ill-prepared workforce, finding new hires lack crucial basic and applied skills. For the... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Competencies , Curriculum Alignment , Economy , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

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