One of the dramatic results of the current economic situation is that many executives have to reorganize and restructure their workforces, often with little notice or planning. Unfortunately, in the ensuing shuffle, potential talent can be mismanaged or lost. In fact, m... More »

Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Economy , Measuring and Evaluating

Many trainers have probably spent at least one all-nighter in a hotel room, as our team recently did, scrambling to put a complex instructor-led training program back on track. We had previously discovered that wireless access to the custom enterprise application was no... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Management Development , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General

An interview with Frances Hesselbein, Chairman, Board of Governors, Leader to Leader Institute; and Editor-in-Chief, Leader to Leader. More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Change Management , Global Workforce Development , Leadership Development , Measuring and Evaluating

According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, "transparency" denotes an individual or system that is "free from pretense or deceit and readily understood." And research from SUNY New Paltz (as communicated through the ASTD Benchmarking Forum), found that "business areas, i... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Career Development , Competencies , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement

Throw out the crystal ball, the Vulcan mind meld, and any other kind of image the term "ESP" conjures up. Lately, we've all been talking and reading about one type of ESP that politicians and the federal government have thrown to the public and private sectors as a life... More »

Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Economy , Engagement , Leadership Development , Trends