February 19, 2013 - by Pat Galagan
College dropouts who have made millions as entrepreneurs – Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, and others – have inspired a growing number of young people to skip college. “Why pay money when I can make money,” is the way kids ... More »
February 06, 2013 - by ASTD Staff
Since research in the 1970s by psychologist Ellen Langer, mindfulness, or concentration, has been credited with improving measures of cognitive function. In 2011, researchers from the University of Wisconsin demonstrated that daily meditation could shift frontal brain a... More »
September 04, 2012 - by Alexandra Levit
According to the Conference Board, an incredible 55 percent of employed Americans in 2012 are dissatisfied with their jobs. In a poor job market, this statistic may not matter as much, but things are about to change. The labor shortage predicted to hit in 2010 was... More »
July 17, 2012 - by Sandra Mashihi, Kenneth Nowack
Every day, coaches and trainers are attempting to help talent to leverage their signature strengths and start, stop, and change behaviors that are part of our unconscious competence. A new book, Clueless: Coaching People Who Just Don’t Get it introduces... More »
April 19, 2012 - by John Coné
CLOs have a deal with those they serve. Here are some insights on managing five big expectations that organizations have of their learning leaders. More »
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