Inside Story: A New Orientation Program for New Employees

Ruth Weiss

Shape Corp, a global company headquartered in Grand Haven, MI, designs, engineers, manufactures, and tests metal and plastic products that absorb impact energy and protect vehicles, their occupants, and pedestrians.  Many of Shape’s employees work with cuttin... More »

Where Did That Good Idea Come From, Anyway?

ASTD Staff

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation Steven Johnson Riverhead A popular, but a bit wordy, journalist, Johnson takes us to unexpected places to learn unusual things about everyday objects, methods, or conditions. "The bestselling author of Everyt... More »

Executive Coaching Picks Up Speed

ASTD Staff

This presentation from The Ken Blanchard Companies addresses the development of leadership capability by using executive coaching. It is an archived webinar and a simple registration is required to view it. Today, people are being asked to step up into leadership positi... More »

Touch of Gray

Rex Davenport

It is the sort of math that they love to read in board rooms. Companies with high quality development plans have twice the revenue per employee. If your employees have the means to work on improving their skills, they are going to be more productive and in the end are g... More »

Weather the Storms with Trusting Partners

Casey Wilson

Who trusts you? At a time when many businesses are closing their doors and others are cutting back significantly, learning executives should position themselves to create a win/win/win situation for themselves, their organization, and their customers by deepening their ... More »