Your Contribution to Your Organization's Bottom Line

Caitlin Williams

Engagement and retention are huge hot topics and buzzwords in today’s workplace, especially as the economy starts to heat up again. As a training and development professional, how do these two mandates impact your role and your activities each day? More »

Developing Leaders in a VUCA Environment

ASTD Staff

(From UNC Kenan-Flagler) -- In The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman notes that the rate of change today is much different than in the past. “Whenever civilization has gone through one of these disruptive, dislocating technical revolutions—like Gutenb... 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 »