One organization works to retain and engage its employees who survived a recent layoff. More »

Human Capital

Assessment , Change Management , Economy , Engagement , Jobs

How did I do? It's a common question from Gen Y and younger employees to their bosses and peers. These pragmatic people want feedback on their performance in real time and know how to get it using social networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Instead of waiting ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Career Development , Informal Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Constantly told to keep their guard up against direct discrimination and the glass ceiling, women in the workplace will need to reassess their fighting tactics. Many obstacles that women face happen much earlier in the career development process and are covert in nature... More »

Career Development

Career Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs , Trends

Using technology to shift learning and references closer to the work is brilliant, except when it is the wrong learning or references. That's true in the classroom and online. Employees reject programs that are extraneous, bloated, or obsolete. In the classroom, instruc... More »

Learning & Development

Assessment , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Measuring and Evaluating , Skills Gap

Allowing employees the ability to work from home or take a coveted assignment abroad seems like a win for the employee and a loss for the company. But in Europe, such flexibility provides a clue to overall productivity measures. Organizations that support a mobile workf... More »

Human Capital

Business Impact , Europe , Global Workforce Development