Nearly One-Third of Companies Don’t Have Succession Planning

ASTD Staff

(From CareerBuilder) -- When a high level leader leaves a company, theres a lot of pressure associated with the selection of his or her successor. Even with so much weight placed on future leaders, many companies reveal they dont have a formal plan of action to replace ... More »

Most HR Execs Give Mixed Grades to Leadership Pipelines

ASTD Staff

(From PRWEB) -- Human resources and talent management executives give mixed grades for the quality of their own organizations' leadership pipelines, according to a survey by Right Management. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGro... More »

Employee Engagement: Key Indicator for Greater Satisfaction in Life and Work

ASTD Staff

(From PRWEB) -- According to Right Management, 84% of employees say they plan to look for new jobs in 2011 - up from 60% in 2009. Now, only 5% say they definitely intend to remain in their current position. For companies to keep employees from searching elsewhere and to... 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 »

The Great Recession Transforms Talent Management, Leadership and Development

ASTD Staff

(From PRNewswire) -- As the recession intersects with the recovery, Deloitte today announced a new report about talent trends in the changing economy based on a full year of in-depth research. In this latest report, "Has the great recession changed the talent game? Six ... More »