New research from ASTD shows high performing organizations evaluate their learning programs and tie the metrics to overall business performance measures. More »

Learning & Development

Measuring and Evaluating , Business Impact

ASTD Press Room , Press Releases , Research

Learning executives ended 2010confident about the outlook and expectations for the learning function for the first half of 2011, according to the latest measurement by ASTD. The Learning Executives Confidence Index (LXCI) for the fourth quarter of 2010 grew to its highe... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Human Capital

Business Impact , Economy , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs , Managing the Learning Function , North America , Trends , Training and Development - General

ASTD Press Room , Membership , Research , Press Releases

Successful selling organizations depend upon sellers abilities to shift strategies in a changing sales environment. New research from the American Society for Training and Development indicates that current sales training needs improvement to help sellers effectively co... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

Business Impact , Selling Skills , 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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