What Types of Organizations are Active in Executive Development?

ASTD Staff

Executive development is a multi-billion dollar business endeavor and a critical component to an organization's long term growth and survival. Organizations invest significant resources to develop today's leaders into tomorrow's executives, often with little information... More »

New Deloitte Research Finds Increasing CEO Involvement in Talent Management

ASTD Staff

The fast growing talent gap is prompting even CEOs to add leadership development and recruitment to their busy daily schedules, according to a new report by Deloitte and Forbes. The Threading the Talent Needle report, which features several different takes on talent man... More »

Is Your Organization Effectively Managing Talent?

ASTD Staff

In 2008, ASTD partnered with The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) to assess Talent Management Practices and Opportunities. The study identified potential stumbling blocks to effective talent management. Chief among those were organizational cultures that dont... More »

New Learning Executive Confidence Index Released

ASTD Staff

ASTD Research has released its Learning Executive Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2009. 289 learning executives responded to an online invitation-only survey, contributing to a Q1 LXCI of 55.2.This score is a decrease of 0.2 points from a Q4 2008 LXCI of 55.4,... More »

Research Findings on Emotional Intelligence

ASTD Staff

Highlands Ranch, CO (PRWEB) April 8, 2009 -- Intellect and functional skills are clearly important in the workplace. However, research shows that emotional intelligence (EQ) is an even more important factor in effective leadership and high performance. Colorado State Un... More »