ASTD has partnered with ES Research for a new study on sales training. This project will focus on drivers of sales training: what sales professionals need and do in order to stay ahead of the competition and to excel their relationships with clients and prospects, as we... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

North America , Selling Skills

Research

(From Business Wire) -- The economic crisis has created a significant shift in employers benefits objectives. Controlling benefits costs is now the top benefits objective for employers, edging out employee retention for the first time since 2006. And while improving emp... More »

Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Economy , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , North America

Industry News , Research

ASTD Research has released its Learning Executive Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2010. 325 learning executives (LXs) responded to an online invitation-only survey, contributing to a Q1 LXCI of 61.0. This is a 0.8 point increase from the Q4 LXCI of 60.2, and i... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Economy , Managing the Learning Function , North America , Trends

Research