Internal communications and branding are rife with the image of people and teams pulling together as one, but for many organizations, this image is inaccurate. More »

Learning & Development , Human Capital

Business Impact , Management Development

Membership

As a first step in isolating a programs impact on performance, all key factors that may have contributed to the performance improvement should be identified. This step communicates to interested parties that other factors may have influenced the results, underscorin... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating

A few months ago, I was challenged with the task of defining our companys core beliefsnot the what of what we do, but the why. I watched a fascinating video on TED.com by Simon Sinek, How great leaders inspire action. The lecture discussed the importance of iden... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Change Management , Coaching and Mentoring , Integrated Talent Management , Intermediate-level Content , Leadership Development

Ensuring the alignment and integration of learning and development with compensation and rewardsand other management policies, processes, and practicesis an important aspect of effective talent management. There is, first, a need for horizontal alignmentensuring... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Integrated Talent Management , Managing the Learning Function

The ASTD BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee learning and development. We are looking for organizations that get it: They use the learning function as a strategic business tool to get results. More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Human Performance Improvement , Training and Development - General