It's Time for an Upgrade

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ASTD Staff

A distribution company learns that capturing accurate employee performance starts with improving its performance management system. More »

McDonald’s Continues to Invest in Talent

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Diana Thomas

More than 50 years ago, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc said, "If we are going to go anywhere, we've got to have talent, and I'm going to put my money in talent." As a successful food service company, McDonald's continues to uphold and honor Kroc's philosophy. During these ... More »

From Employed… To Engaged

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Cedric Coco

The holistic combination of employee engagement and customer satisfaction has a predictive effect on financial performance. Regardless of whether you sell home improvement supplies or compete for customers in another industry, the benefits that come from an engaged work... More »

Training at Lowe’s: Let’s Learn Something Together

Pat Galagan

Founded in 1946, Lowe's has grown from a single small hardware store in North Carolina to the second largest home improvement retailer worldwide and the seventh largest retailer in the United States. The company enjoyed steady growth for many decades, taking advantage o... More »

Twitter: Inside the Enterprise, Up the Next Hill

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Marcia Conner

Forming a committee to develop a social media strategy didn't seem right to Greg Matthews, director of consumer innovation at Humana. He saw advantages in encouraging the company's 28,500 employees to begin to incorporate new practices, and wanted to demonstrate an alte... More »