Creating a Performance-Oriented Culture Is Too Important for Mid-Size Organizations to Ignore

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- For mid-sized organizations, performance management may seem like an unnecessary bureaucratic exercise, in part because of manual, paper-based processes. But a solid performance management strategy, coupled with the automation of key processes, c... More »

Emotional Intelligence Tied to Leadership Success, Reports New White Paper

ASTD Staff

(From PRWEB) -- Emotional intelligence has been called a "soft skill" but research shows that it delivers bottom-line business results. That's the core message of a new white paper from The Glowan Consulting Group. The complimentary white paper is titled Applying Emotio... More »

More Than Half of Large, Downsized U.S. Businesses Plan to Rebuild Their Workforces to Pre-Recession Levels by 2012

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- More than half (54 percent) of large U.S. businesses that reduced staff in the past 12 months plan to rebuild their workforces to pre-recession levels within two years, according to a study released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The Accenture H... More »

Employers reshaping talent management programs as economy shifts toward growth

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(From The Financial) -- Anticipating greater emphasis on talent management and competition for key talent, employers are planning to reshape their talent programs as the economy shifts out of the recessionary period, according to the new Future of Talent Management surv... 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 »