Human Capital February Newsletter

How important is it to you that the people around you at work—or the people you’re responsible for training—are happy? Does happiness make a difference in productivity?  How much does your CEO care about having a happy workplace?  According t... More »

What Does Zen Bring to the Training and Development of Leaders

Ginny Whitelaw

I’m inspired by my recent conversations with Anthony Quintero to add my “Zen leader” voice to these virtual pages. By “leadership,” I’m not referring to a position on an organizational chart, but rather, adopting Kevin Cashman’s... More »

Strategies for the Scattered

Erika Garms

Neuroscience is a field buzzing with new findings that are indisputably attention-grabbing. But what practical value do these findings offer for those in ASTD’s Human Capital Community of Practice? In part two of this four-part series on what neuroscience can offe... More »

ASTD Webcast: Four Key Skills to Change Company Culture

Joseph Grenny

Gadgets are smart these days. You can buy a refrigerator that tells you you’re out of milk. Your car knows when its tires are low. You can even ask your mobile phone for parenting advice. We owe the increasing power of our toys and tools to the fact that all of th... More »