In a recent study on change management, my colleagues and I found that 97 percent of employees report they have some career-limiting habit that keeps them from achieving their potential at work. These habits cost employees raises and promotions they might have otherwise received.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2012/09/Overcoming-Career-Limiting-Habits
There is a new approach to employee engagement that may reveal even more promise: gamification of work. Gamification is a design discipline which must be applied consistently if it is going to yield expected results. Here are just a few ideas to get you started:
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/08/Gamification-of-Employee-Engagement
Natalie Chan collected bets, dealt cards and calculated payoffs. She was not a croupier working in a casino — in fact, at 20, she was not even old enough to be on the gambling floor at the glitzy casinos just a short walk from campus.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/07/Training-Future-Macau-Casino-Bosses
This week ASTD launched a suite of member tools, a new benefit available exclusively to ASTD members. These interactive job aids, checklists, and assessments will help you save time and money. Learn more about these powerful and practical tools here.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/06/Change-Adaptation-Selfassessment-New-ASTD-Member-Tool
The Excellence in Practice category recognizes organizations for results achieved through learning and performance solutions. Awards are presented for proven practices that have delivered measurable results, and Citations are presented for practices from which much can be learned. Here are this year's citations in the area of integrated talent management.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/06/Integrated-Talent-Management-Excellence-in-Practice-Awards
The Excellence in Practice category recognizes organizations for results achieved through learning and performance solutions. Awards are presented for proven practices that have delivered measurable results, and Citations are presented for practices from which much can be learned. Here are this year's citations in the area of coaching and mentoring.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/06/Coaching-and-Mentoring-Excellence-in-Practice-Awards
Have you ever had one of those days where no one seems to understand a thing you are saying? Do you find yourself wondering, “What’s wrong with everyone today?” If so, that might be the wrong question. Instead of wondering what has others off track, do a basic communication self-check and see if you’ve let your messages get cluttered with poor communication habits. It’s easy to do, and we’re all guilty of it from time to time. In fact, cluttered communication is a genuine problem with a serious impact. In this three-part series we will take a look at a few common “communication clutter bugs” and talk about how to spring clean for fresh and effective results.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2013/05/De-Clutter-Your-Communications
MAGNUS Linklater, the well-known Scottish journalist and a former editor of The Scotsman, said he felt training was the missing link in the media vision of the future.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/04/Training-Is-Missing-Link-in-the-Media-Future
When preparing to terminate a worker, you want to be able to produce the most solid documentation to defend a potential lawsuit. Just make sure supervisors know to document employee performance and behavior at the time it occurs—not just before or after the employee leaves the building.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/04/New-Case-Shows-Legal-Risks-of-Papering-Fired-Employees-File
There’s so much truth to the phrase “It’s not what you know or who you know, it’s who knows you!” During my last trip from Atlanta to Chicago for a class weekend, I met an amazing sales executive who works with chemicals—microbials, to be exact.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Higher-Education-Blog/2013/04/What-Number-Are-You-Dialing