When you examine the BEST award-winning organizations during the past decade, several key characteristics emerge. These winning organizations have metrics that  matter—inclusion of learning objectives as part of individual performance goals, a clear link betw... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Sales Enablement , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development , Higher Education , Learning & Development , Global Human Resources Development

Managing Organizational Knowledge , Business Impact , E-Learning , Engagement , Leadership Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Competencies , Training and Development - General , Change Management , Training for Multiple Cultures , Designing Learning , Asia Pacific , Integrated Talent Management , Management Development , Managing the Learning Function , Social Learning

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

While much of the nation has been fighting to survive the recession, Booz Allen, a strategy and technology consulting firm, has faced a different challenge: unprecedented growth. With an increased focus on business delivery and utilization, new hires need to be equipped... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Advanced Level Content , Career Development , Career Planning , Coaching and Mentoring , Designing Learning , Engagement , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Training and Development - General

A communications company adapts its traditional mentoring program to better suit the interests and attributes of its young workforce. More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Workforce Development

Career Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Engagement , Informal Learning , Social Learning

Employee engagement is a hot topic in the training and development arena today, so it may come as no surprise that a panel of learning leaders from the greater Washington, D.C., region unanimously identified effectively engaging employees as a current challenge and key ... More »

Human Capital , Learning Technologies

Coaching and Mentoring , Competencies , Engagement , Social Learning