Recent economic challenges have forced public- and private-sector organizations to execute their strategies with more precision than ever before and to do it with fewer resourcesespecially people. The elimination of large number... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Career Development , Competencies , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Jobs , Leadership Development , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

"You never have enough money to do all the training you want to do," says Karie Willyerd, vice president and chief learning officer at Sun Microsystems. Sun releases a product or an update every day around which training could be built; but putting out a new program or ... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives

E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Selling Skills , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

Case Studies

In a recent ASTD/i4cp research report, "Learning in a Down Economy," only 23 percent of learning professionals admit that their firms currently use mentoring and peer coaching to a high or very high extent, while more than 67 percent of learning executives say that they... More »

Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Coaching and Mentoring , Leadership Development , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

The primary government agency for disaster response in the State of Hawaii is the Oahu Civil Defense Agency (OCDA), a department in the City and County of Honolulu. The Mayor acts as the CEO of OCDA and has the power to declare ... More »

Government , Human Capital , Learning Technologies , Workforce Development

Informal Learning , Leadership Development , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General , Trends

On a recent episode of the hit TV show 24, the lead character and shows hero, Jack Bauer, used geographical information systems (GIS) to thwart a trap designed to kill FBI agents. He took a graphic image of a building and overla... More »

Government , Human Capital , Learning Technologies , Workforce Development

Beginner Level Content , Innovation , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General , Trends