2008

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Executive Development: Strategic and Tactical Approaches

Executive development is a multibillion-dollar business endeavor and a critical component to an organization's long-term growth and survival. Organizations invest significant resources to develop today's leaders into tomorrow's executives, often with little information on what other organizations have found to be successful (or unsuccessful). A new study by ASTD, sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton, ...

Tapping the Potential of Informal Learning

By its very nature, informal learning is difficult to comprehend in detail and equally hard to manage. However, it is becoming increasingly important for companies to understand and leverage informal learning, according to this new study commissioned by ASTD. If organizations can harness the potential of informal learning, it can become an unusually powerful and cost-effective performance tool in ...

2008 State of the Industry

The State of the Industry report is ASTD's annual review of trends in workplace learning and performance. The report includes data from ASTD BEST Awards Winners, ASTD Benchmarking Forum Members and other organizations from 2001 to date.

Learning's Role in Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is one of the most important corporate issues today, given its impact on both individual and corporate productivity and performance. This ASTD Research study investigates how organizations are addressing employee engagement and identifies those strategies and organizational factors most responsible for influencing employees to become more engaged. Particular emphasis was given ...

Learning's Role in Globally Dispersed Workforces

No longer the "wave of the future," globalization is now an established process that will only become more prevalent over time. Any organization planning to expand into global markets can expect to face numerous challenges. This ASTD research study identifies the many ways that learning professionals can ease the transition to globalization by involving the learning function early in the process. ...