Talent Gaps in Finance Shared Services

ASTD Staff

Is talent management falling short in finance shared services? More »

Trimming the Workplace Gender Gap Could Lift GDP Growth Rates

ASTD Staff

Governments looking to boost growth should focus on further narrowing the “gender gap” that continues to hold women back in education, employment and entrepreneurship. More »

How to Make Year-End Performance Appraisals a Constructive Event

ASTD Staff

It’s that time of year again. The time in the business world where managers and employees face, often with anxiety, year-end performance appraisals. The managerial challenge? How to make these evaluations a candid and constructive but not demotivating event. More »

Executives Need to Boost Employee Performance by 20 Percent in 2013

ASTD Staff

CEB, the leading member-based advisory company, today released its annual Executive Guidance indicating that the majority of executives are seeking breakthrough performance gains of 20 percent from their employees to achieve their business goals in 2013. However, only f... More »

Training and the Skills Gap

Despite stubbornly high unemployment, there are still as many as 3 million open jobs in the United States. For all of the talk of a manufacturing renaissance, companies are having trouble finding people to staff it. More »