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 »

L&D Efforts Can Have a Major Impact on Engagement

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Catherine Lombardozzi

A growing body of research shows that learning and development professionals have a real opportunity to influence the degree of employee engagement with their strategies and programs. 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 »

Moving From Evidence to Proof: New Directions for the Way We Think About Metrics

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Jack J. Phillips

A group of client relationship managers participate in a formal learning program to implement new selling skills. Six months after the program, sales improve, and the learning team presents the results to the vice president of sales. The senior executive responds, "An i... More »