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

Knowledge of competencies and competency modeling is increasingly important for workplace learning professionals tasked with learning results. Most front-line learning and performance professionals and their managers have encountered competencies or competency modeling ... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Business Impact , Career Development , Competencies , Curriculum Alignment , Human Performance Improvement , Skills Gap

"Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up." Studs Terkel The quotation above reveals what is happening in todays globally interconnected and interdependent world. In the spirit of the groundswell trend, we see people sharing in ways theyve never done before... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Coaching and Mentoring , Competencies , Engagement , Social Learning

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today. African proverb The process of applying relevant leadership development goals too often gets lost or decoupled from a companys performance management system. In some organizations, leaders... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Career Development , Leadership Development , Training and Development - General

The December 2010 issue of T+D magazine mentions six trends that the editor says will change workplace learning forever. One of those trends refers to a subject that I developed and wrote the first book about, which is Career Contentment (2008, ASTD Press). Training on ... More »

Career Development , Human Capital

Career Development , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs