In the early 1990s, I worked in the "educational services" department of a very large computer company. We delivered a lot of training to both customers and employees. At the end of each quarter, we would gather for a pep rally, at which time our vice president would di... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Assessment , Business Impact , Career Planning , Curriculum Alignment , Integrated Talent Management , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Skills Gap

As leaders struggle to ensure the long-term viability of their organizations in a volatile economy, a recent study from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) reports that a glaring gap exists between the leadership skills organizations have now and the ones they will... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Integrated Talent Management , Leadership Development , Skills Gap , Social Learning

Turn to any page in the Wall Street Journal or flip to your local news station, and you will read or hear about organizations trying to cut back in today's bleak economy, and for many human resource departments that means traditional cost-cutting practices, such as hiri... More »

Government , Human Capital

Business Impact , Economy , Jobs , Trends