Five Steps to Using Your Strengths More, Every Day

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Halelly Azulay

We should spend much greater portions of our limited time and energy resources on cultivating our strengths, because that is the only path to true flourishing. More »

Future Work Skills 2020 Transdisciplinarity

University of Phoenix

Transdisciplinary, the ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines, is becoming essential to workforce success. This perspective gives examples of companies that are creating rich transdisciplinary programs that allow people to study and work with special... More »

Why Organizations Use Competencies

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William J. Rothwell

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 Contentment: New Trend in Performance Improvement Training

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Jeff Garton

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 »

The Intangibles of Leadership

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Richard Davis

How many senior executives actually possess the competencies laid out in your HR systems? Helping skilled, talented managers become truly great leaders is a complex job. Traditional leadership models often overlook the intangible qualities that separate those who aspire... More »