Companies Utilizing Virtual Teams to Reduce Costs, Manage Productivity in Economic Downturn

ASTD Staff

(From PRNewswire) -- A research survey conducted by consulting firm Chronos Consulting has found that more companies in the U.S. and worldwide are utilizing virtual teams to reduce costs, enhance productivity and attract wider talent pools in today's volatile economic a... More »

Learning Executives End 2010 with a Surge of Optimism

ASTD Staff

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 »

Workers Acknowledge Economic Recovery But Still Worry A Lot

ASTD Staff

(From Forbes) -- Just because the National Bureau of Economic Research formally declared last week that the Great Recession ended a year ago doesnt mean those with jobs are about to start spending again. A summary of the periodic Mercer Workplace Survey, out today, says... More »

Employees Have a Lot to Contribute: A Majority Make Suggestions All the Time

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(From PRWEB) -- Fifty-seven percent of employees say they regularly make suggestions in the workplace, according to a survey by Right Management. In fact, 27% claim to offer more than 20 suggestions every year. Right Management is the talent and career management expert... More »

Severance Policies Important as Economy Recovers

ASTD Staff

As the unemployment rate catapulted upwards to nearly 10 percent over the past year, the importance of severance polices was prevalent at companies across the country. The 2009 BenchmarkPro results showed that 55.2 percent of companies surveyed currently have a severanc... More »