Out of the Box that Life Built

Nandi Shareef

As a generation, I believe Millennials feel a universal pull to break out of this mold that’s held us captive for so many generations. Professionally, it can be described in three words: living to work. Millennials are often berated for desiring flex time, to... More »

Talent Management Keep Young Professionals Engaged

ASTD Staff

According to a new Harvard Business Review study, the number one reason young professionals leave their organizations is that they are not learning enough. The research shows that employees under the age of 30 leave their employers after an average of 28 months, citing ... More »

Extracurricular Activities: Personalizing Your Recommendations To the Needs and Interests of the Student

Saul Carliner

The Extracurricular Activities Blog Series has suggested a variety of extracurricular activities you can mention to your students. But no single set of recommendations serves the needs of every student. Indeed, the extracurricular needs of a student completing a bachelo... More »

Message to Millennials: There’s “Knowing”… and Then There’s “Doing”

Nandi Shareef

Margie Blanchard, wife of bestselling author and consultant Ken Blanchard, once said that the gap between knowing and doing is greater than the gap between knowing and not knowing. Boy, how right she was! As a young MBA student, I heard variations of this quite often fr... More »

Breaking the Ice

Tomika W. Greer

In the summer of 2003, I attended a train-the-trainer session.  It was my first formal opportunity to learn how to “be” a trainer—and my first day on a new job. I was attempting to break into a new career path. I had somehow convinced my new compa... More »