Study: Researchers shed light on workplace gossip

ASTD Staff

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University researchers are shedding light on the dynamics of workplace gossip with a new study that captured gossipers in the act on video. The IU team studied the workplace politics at an elementary school in the midst of an uncomfortab... 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 »

Executive Development - "Playing with the Big Kids"

ASTD Staff

Does your organization have an executive development program? If not, they are representative of the 34% of organizations recently sampled in the Executive Development: Strategic and Tactical Approaches report that have no active executive development program. Only 38% ... More »