Experts weigh in on the past, present, and future of the profession. More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives , Career Development , Global Human Resources Development

Competencies , Skills Gap , Business Impact , Delivering Training , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Trends , Career Development , Training and Development - General

Donnee Ramelli swears by quick, results-focused action learning …and thinks you should, too. More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Career Development , Change Management , Coaching and Mentoring , Competencies , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Innovation , Leadership Development , Management Development , Trends

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

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

2009 is one year that none of us will ever forget. We all had to shrink to squeeze through the eye of the storm, and we had to learn how to compete in a completely new game. Our competitors, we found, are no longer in our neighborhoods or on the other side of town. They... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Career Planning , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Leadership Development , Management Development , Measuring and Evaluating , Trends