The field of training and development is at a crossroads. On one hand, employees can now access most educational information instantaneously and at no cost. Go to Google and type in How to raise penguins. Youll find more information about raising penguins than y... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Career Development , Career Planning , Competencies , Integrated Talent Management , Intermediate-level Content , Leadership Development

HPIUp Close and Personal By Patricia S. Radakovich, CPLP, CPT Human performance improvement (HPI) is typically applied to business. However, amidst all of our resolutions for 2011, I thought it would be interesting to look at how HPI can be applied to making improvement... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Career Planning , Coaching and Mentoring , Human Performance Improvement

Becoming an entrepreneur will be a difficult task if you dont adequately prepare yourself for the adventure, but with the proper preparation it can pay back your investment in multiple ways. Not only is there a financial gain but there is also the feeling of owning your... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Beginner Level Content , Career Development , Career Planning , Jobs

National social services agencies are dealing with the implications of the changes in federal and state Welfare to Work (WTW) program regulations brought about through the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act (DRA). The policies put in place by the new regulations have created an... More »

Career Development , Government , Human Capital

Assessment , Career Development , Career Planning , Economy , Jobs , Measuring and Evaluating

Mentoring programs can be an important part of the human performance technologists toolkit. The history of mentoring may have its beginnings in Greek mythology when Telemachus left his son in the care of a wise man named Mentor. Defining what mentoring is, and what it i... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Career Development , Career Planning , Coaching and Mentoring , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge