Many workers lack useful job feedback

ASTD Staff

(Reuters) -- One in four workers has a strong sense of how their job contributes to their firm's goals, said the survey conducted for talent management firm Cornerstone OnDemand and released exclusively to Reuters. And only 18 percent say they have been given useful fee... More »

Learning Executives' Confidence is Highest on Record for 1Q 2010

ASTD Staff

Learning Executives are the most confident they've ever been since ASTD started measuring that confidence with the Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI).The LXCI for the first quarter of 2010 increased to its highest score to date after stabilizing in the fourth qu... More »

Fifty-three percent of U.S. Employers Deploy Green Programs in the Workplace

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- Going green in the workplace can lead to more green in the bank according to a new survey released today from Buck Consultants, an independent subsidiary of ACS, A Xerox Company. The survey showed that the number of U.S. employers with formal gre... 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 »

Growing Recognition of the Toll Health and Financial Concerns May Have on Workplace Productivity

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- The economic crisis has created a significant shift in employers benefits objectives. Controlling benefits costs is now the top benefits objective for employers, edging out employee retention for the first time since 2006. And while improving emp... More »