To view or add items to your Wish List, please log in.

Not yet an ASTD registered user? Click here to register.
Already registered? Click here to log in.

Creating the Feedback Partnership

Premium Content
Bill Withers

Gregory Bateson famously said that information is a "difference that makes a difference." We can say a similar thing about feedback: "If nothing happens because of it, it ain't feedback." So what keeps something from happening when we are giving or receiving feedback? F... More »

Decoding the Numbers: Teaching Finance to Non-Finance Professionals

Premium Content
Gina Gotsill

Patricia Sparacio, managing director of the New York Institute of Finance, is sitting in her office on a Monday evening, waiting for her students to arrive. When her class of several hundred students is ready to start, she logs in and greets the group. Her closest stude... More »

Enabling Employee Success

Premium Content
ASTD Staff

A computer manufacturer finds out that transitioning talent into unfamiliar high-level roles requires a full arsenal of the right tools. More »

Invest in People and Win the Future

Premium Content
Paul Flynn

"Our people are our most valuable asset." Raise your hand if you feel like you are your company's most valuable asset. Yeah, that's about what I thought. Yet you hear that statement all the time, right? It's not that it isn't true, it's justwell it's justwell, what is i... More »

Lay Off the False Optimism

Premium Content
Aparna Nancherla

The human brain is conveniently wired so that when thinking about a fearful prospect such as being downsized, one is quickly reassured by the reasoning that it's much more likely to happen to someone else rather than oneself. The unfortunate truth is that this belief is... More »