New Project Management Benchmark Study Confirms Value of Training Initiatives

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- A new benchmark study from project management firm PM Solutions, on The State of Project Management Training, found that the average firm invests US $2,211 per year per employee for project management training. Multiplied across a department, div... More »

Learning Executives’ Confidence Reaches New High in 2011

ASTD Staff

ASTDs Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) assesses the outlooks and expectations of learning executives for the next six months, on a 100-point scale, modeled after the CEO confidence indices reported by Chief Executive Magazine and The Conference Board. The... More »

Majority of US Private Companies Have Identified Workforce Skill Gaps

ASTD Staff

(From PRNewswire) -- With their renewed optimism about the economy and intention to focus on strategic growth over the next 12 months, US private-company CEOs are making talent management a top priority. The majority (51%) of Trendsetter chief executives say that they n... 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 »