2012

Learning and Development Trends in India, 2012

Learning & Development Trends in India, 2012 is a collaborative study between American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) to examine trends in learning and development in India. The two groups utilized research tools based on the annual ASTD State of the Industry Report to study the results of 41 organizations that completed the survey conducted...

Leadership Development for Millennials: Why it Matters (Vol. 4, No. 5)

Leadership Development for Millennials: Why It Matters seeks to examine how organizations are preparing the Millennial generation to manage and lead effectively now and into the future. Among the questions explored are: • Is development of Millennials a priority of most organizations? • Are Millennials entering the workforce with sufficient skills? • Have organ...

The State of Sales Training, 2012 (Vol. 4, No. 4)

The State of Sales Training, 2012 is an analytical study that provides insight into sales training efforts within various organizations. By looking at various components of sales training, such as performance, efforts, and expenditures, this report offers members of the sales training community valuable data that will allow them to tailor their programs to help staff reach their full potentia...

Informal Learning: The Social Evolution (Vol. 4, No. 3)

This study, Informal Learning: The Social Evolution, is based on analysis of a survey conducted by ASTD and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) in the summer of 2012. The purpose of this study is to examine the ways in which informal learning is evolving and how organizations are leveraging it to improve performance. Some of the issues examined include: ...

Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) Q4, 2012

ASTD’s Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) provides a snapshot of learning executives’ confidence and expectations for the next six months in key learning and development indices including the ability to meet learning needs and to impact corporate productivity, status of learning as a key strategic component, and availability of resources for learning. The LXCI assesses the expe...

2012 State of the Industry

The State of the Industry report is ASTD’s definitive review of workplace learning and development trends. This annual report includes organization benchmarking data from ASTD BEST® Awards Winners, Fortune's Global 500 Companies, and other organizations from 2002 to date. ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $1,182 per learner on employee learning and development in 2011. Of this...

Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) Q3, 2012

ASTD’s Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) provides a snapshot of learning executives’ confidence and expectations for the next six months in key learning and development indices including the ability to meet learning needs and to impact corporate productivity, status of learning as a key strategic component, and availability of resources for learning. The LXCI assesses the expe...

Salary Whitepaper: ASTD's Learning and Development Salary Whitepaper, 2012

In the 2012 ASTD Salary Whitepaper, ASTD and Salary.com collaborated to examine compensation for the learning and development (L&D) industry from the employer perspective. ASTD examines L&D industry salaries using Salary.com’s database of employer reported salary data covering more than 29 million individuals working at more than 16,000 U.S. companies. Check out the Salary Whitepape...

The Global Workplace: Learning Beyond Borders (Vol. 4, No. 2)

This report, The Global Workplace: Learning Beyond Borders, is based on analysis of a survey conducted by ASTD and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) in the spring of 2012. Of the 637 respondents to the survey, half reported that their organizations are currently offering global learning or planning to do so within three years. In addition to the survey, follow-up interviews were cond...

Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) Q2, 2012

ASTD’s Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) provides a snapshot of learning executives’ confidence and expectations for the next six months in key learning and development indices including the ability to meet learning needs and to impact corporate productivity, status of learning as a key strategic component, and availability of resources for learning. The LXCI assesses the expe...

Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) Q1, 2012

ASTD’s Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI) assesses the expectations and forecasts of learning executives for the next six months on a 100-point scale. Higher indices (above 50) reflect a more positive outlook for the learning function while lower indices are more negative. Learning executives reporting scores of 51 to 100 on the scale expect aspects of their learning function to be m...

Mobile Learning: Delivering Learning in a Connected World (Vol. 4, No. 1)

ASTD and i4cp's Mobile Learning: Delivering Learning in a Connected World looks at the current landscape of mobile learning in a world in which the ubiquity of mobile devices seems to have created a perfect environment for delivering learning solutions to our workforce, where or when they need it. Mobile technology is changing the world and our experience of it. From an organizational perspec...