Paula is a shift supervisor for a high-tech industry. Prior to her daily brief with her crew, she must sift through data on industry updates, changes in the work schedule, current plant performance, and a host of other documents to determine what to provide her crew so ... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Human Performance Improvement , Management Development , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

Workplace learning and development professionals must gain a clear understanding of how to leverage technology - especially social media tools - to facilitate learning and drive business results. To determine its place in the ASTD Competency Model, ASTD commissioned a s... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , E-Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

In today's uncertain economic climate, the ability to identify effective and actionable solutions to business challenges is more crucial than ever to the strategic management process. When there are substantial problems to be solved, best practice benchmarking providers... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Competencies , Human Performance Improvement , Intermediate-level Content , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Training and Development - General , Trends