Few Managers Get Kudos for Helping Develop Employees

ASTD Staff

According to a recent online poll of more than 450 individuals throughout the United States, less than one-fourth of employees reported feeling that their managers were interested in helping them grow professionally. More »

How Can Workplace Learning and Performance Professionals Instill Trust in an Organization’s Leaders?

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Stephen Covey

And what's the cost? As trust goes down, speed goes down, and cost goes up. Efforts to "spin" or position to restore trust only make the problem worse. Sooner or later, people come to the realization that they can't talk themselves out of problems they've behaved themse... More »

Emotional Intelligence: Can It Be Taught?

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Golnaz Sadri

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 »

The Burgeoning Metrics Market

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ASTD Staff

Blame it on the balanced scorecard. Though not the first to devise a business scorecard, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton set off a flurry of interest in people-related metrics with the publication of their 1996 book The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into... More »

Making New Employees Successful in Any Economy

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Katharine Giacalone

To open a vacancy or not to open a vacancy - that is the question. While fiscal responsibility is in the hearts and minds of most organizations these days, they still have to run their businesses. So if there is a vacancy the organization can't live without, employers n... More »