By providing managers—and the trainers who work with them—essential tools, resources, and content, ASTD helps them to develop and engage their staff, which drives employee productivity and retention. More »

Workforce Development

Management Development , Leadership Development , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Coaching and Mentoring , Assessment , Training and Development - General

Emotional intelligence (EI) has generated a great deal of attention in recent years. Many researchers and practitioners feel that EI supersedes other forms of intelligence in determining success or failure in jobs requiring high levels of interaction with others (manage... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Assessment , Business Impact , Career Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Competencies , Engagement , Measuring and Evaluating , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

What do Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and return-on-investment (ROI) have in common? All have been reported dead, prematurely. Twain was quite resilient, and reporting was so inaccurate in the 19th century that he was reported deceased twice! Almost a century later, rep... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Assessment , Competencies , Management Development , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Learning professionals stuck in their pursuit of the ideal evaluation metrics would be wise to forego perfection and just measure. More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development

Assessment , Beginner Level Content , Business Impact , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Training and Development - General

A review of Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler More »

Human Capital

Assessment , Change Management , Training and Development - General