It's Time for an Upgrade

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ASTD Staff

A distribution company learns that capturing accurate employee performance starts with improving its performance management system. More »

Four Concepts to Develop Your People

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Richard Norris

A tough economy is the best time to develop your people. So what is your people development strategy? Notice that I did not write professional development but people development. Professional development sees a person in only one dimension - her job. People development ... More »

High-Yield Development

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Teresa Tanner

During 2008 and well into 2009, the banking industry faced a level of public scrutiny not witnessed in recent history. And while economic conditions continue to be challenging, creating an environment in which employees can thrive and advance is critical to an organizat... More »

There Is a Lot More to Training Than Training

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Ara Bouloutian

Those dedicated to the training function work energetically to help people develop and improve skills for the purpose of optimizing performance. However, no matter how hard anyone works at training, very often, the expectation of viewing significant behavior change and ... More »

The Great Mentor Match

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ASTD Staff

Every large organization faces a challenge in facilitating career development for diversity and affinity groups. Mentoring is a logical strategy, but mentor recruitment and mentor-mentee matching are often too unwieldy and time-consuming for a volunteer effort in a larg... More »