ASTD has joined with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to form a U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US/TAG) to coordinate U.S. input to a newly formed International Organization for Standardization (ISO) technical committee (ISO/TC 232) on Educational Service... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

Today's businesses face new challenges when developing leadership talents in this generation of wired, multitaskers. While the tenants of basic leadership development remains the same, we must address at least three new competencies, change, creativity, and global diver... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Workforce Development

Change Management , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training for Multiple Cultures

Malawi, which is in southern Africa, is filled with a diverse range of people with various backgrounds. Although most of the languages spoken in Malawi and southern Africa generally belong to a group called Bantu languages, the ethnic groups display unique cultural beli... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Global Workforce Development , Management Development , Training for Multiple Cultures

Developing ethics and diversity awareness programs domestically can pose a significant challenge, and adding the global factor creates a new dimension. Experience with these matters often concentrates on generational, race, and gender differences. While focusing on thes... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

The word virtual conjures up several enticing, but often untrue, images. What is a virtual team and why is the call for virtual teams greater than ever before? A virtual team, like every other team, is a group of people who interact through interdependent tasks guided b... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures