Fed Funds to Train Jobless Dwindle: Skills Gap Grows

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Cuts in funding to train displaced workers may be adding to the nation's skills gap. More »

The Social Side of Strategy

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A McKinsey report shows that over the past few years a growing number of organizations have been opening up strategic planning to groups that previously had been frozen out of direction setting. More »

Global Talent 2021

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The study, by Oxford Economics, Towers Watson, and others, surveyed 352 human resource executives about how rapid globalization and the transformation of business models in virtually every industry will affect workforce needs in the future. The report spells out the imp... More »

Best Leadership Books

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ASTD Staff share their choices for the best leadership books More »

Army Rolls Out New Virtual Combat Training

Soldiers can now practice major combat operations and irregular warfare in the safety of a virtual world using head-mounted displays, full suits, replica weapons, sensor systems, and wearable computer packs. The Dismounted Soldier Training System, developed for the Army... More »