Perhaps youre successfully holding on to your training dollars and have not had to deal with major cuts to your training budget. Perhaps you have been struggling to keep your training budget intact and are being forced to do more with less. Or perhaps your situation lie... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Economy , Innovation , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , North America , Trends

Intended to be a quick read for first-time managers, The Little Book of Leadership: 50 Tips to Accelerate Leader Potential in Others challenges individuals to develop a system of growth and development by changing how they manage others. The following is an excerpt from... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Career Development , Change Management , Leadership Development , Managing the Learning Function , North America

One challenge of working in the training field, especially in manufacturing, is that our function is often viewed as an expense. In the current economy with plant closings and layoffs, that is not a good place to be. Calculate what you cost your employer on an annual ba... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development

Assessment , Business Impact , Delivering Training , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating

It is no surprise that organizations have been and will continue to lay off training staff - to reduce overhead. While these individuals added value to an organization when it was financially stable, many training projects are deemed nonessential to an organizations vib... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Delivering Training , Economy , Managing the Learning Function , Trends