SumTotal's Talent Expansion is a whole new approach to discovering, developing and unleashing the hidden potential within your workforce - because you want your people to be great at what they do, not just record what they do. More »

Learning & Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Career Development , Integrated Talent Management , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General , Trends

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Assessments and competencies are core elements of most training programs, but recent neuroscience research suggests that these elements may be detrimental to the improvement of organizational performance. New “affirmative” models of learning that use “... More »

Learning & Development , Human Capital

Assessment , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Training and Development - General

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

With an estimated failure rate of 50 to 70 percent, international joint ventures (IJVs) are inherently unstable endeavors. However, the advantages of successful international joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions are significant enough that an increasing... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Change Management , Integrated Talent Management , Training and Development - General

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