Measure for Measure

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Pat Galagan

A growing disconnect between the metrics most trainers use and those that corporate leaders prefer is driving new interest in making a better case for training's impact. While CEOs may consider measures of course satisfaction or learning transfer appropriate and even ne... More »

What Are You Waiting For?

Paula Ketter

We’ve all heard about “the war for talent” and the claim that “people are a company’s most competitive advantage,” but that hasn’t changed the urgency of creating an integrated talent management strategy. More »

R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.

Phaedra Brotherton

An interview with R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., CEO of R. Thomas Consulting & Training and the founder of the American Institute for Managing Diversity Inc., a research and education enterprise. More »

Learning’s Role in Integrated Talent Management

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Michael Green

"The field of talent management is undergoing major change and disruption, ergo the understandable sense of chaos about integrated strategies at this time." - ASTD Talent Management Advisory Committee member Although there is little argument regarding the importance of ... More »

Prioritizing and Maximizing the Impact of Corporate Universities

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Amy Lui Abel

The field of employee learning and development has grown exponentially in the past decade. According to the ASTD 2010 State of the Industry Report, U.S. organizations spent approximately $125.88 billion on employee learning and development in 2009 - a $65 billion increa... More »