Think Organization When Developing Leadership

Annmarie Neal

As we apply traditional mindsets and models of leadership, it becomes clear pretty quickly that we would need the ‘bionic man’ leading our organizations – someone with extraordinary capabilities to out run, out jump and out maneuver the opponent. ... More »

2012 State of the Industry Report: Organizations Continue to Invest in Organizational Learning and Development

ASTD Research

Organizational spending on learning and development stayed relatively stable with a slight decrease from last year according to the findings of ASTD's 2012 State of the Industry Report. Organizations in the United States spent $156.2 billion on employee learning in 2011... More »

New Research: The Global Workforce Presents Challenges for Learning and Development

ASTD Staff

As business becomes increasingly global, organizations are facing the challenge of training a workforce dispersed around the world. In a recent survey only 32 percent of learning professionals indicated that global learning initiatives have been successful to a high or ... More »

The Call of the Global Training Professional: Q&A With Geri McArdle

Wei Wang

Dr. Geri McArdle is the quintessential “global trainer.” She is on the heels of a contract in the Middle East, where she spent more than three years putting her knowledge to work for Saudi Aramco.Corporations have been “going global” for many yea... More »