http://www.astd.org/Publications/Newsletters/ASTD-Links/ASTD-Links-Articles/2012/03/First-New-Article-Test
Ghaziabad, India — In a simple classroom above a storefront on a bustling street, four young men crowded around the colorful innards of an open computer hard drive while their teacher explained in Hindi how it all worked.
The computer repair course was among 25 offerings at Gras Academy, a private institution with 58 skills training centers across India, including this one in Ghaziabad, a city on the outskirts of New Delhi.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/06/Filling-Indias-Huge-Need-for-Vocational-Training
A lack of skilled workers makes it difficult to capitalize on business opportunities.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Intelligence-Talent-Shortages-Worldwide
Advance diversity and inclusion through Polarity Management.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/The-Competitive-Advantage-of-Diverse-Perspectives
You probably chose to read this because you think you are surrounded by incompetent people. It’s true. But you must know from the start—this is my twofold approach in this story—that if you deem more than a quarter of the people around you as incompetent, then you are the most incompetent of them all.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/07/Managing-People-as-Incompetents
A 2011 survey of the global Fortune 500 shows that more CEOs have graduated from Harvard University than any other institution. That may not come as a surprise to many, though you might have thought that other US universities would make the top 10, when in fact the next highest is theUniversity of Pennsylvania at #11.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/07/Leadership-Lessons-from-the-Harvard-of-Europe
We have a warped concept of managers. We imagine them young, handsome, and slim, wearing impeccable suits and speaking rapidly into smartphones at an airport terminal. They have a university degree and an MBA. They know about marketing and finance, and regularly present at high-powered meetings. They are extremely competent.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/07/In-Praise-of-Incompetence-Management
Market conditions for mobile learning are extremely positive in Asian nations.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/07/Intelligence-Mobile-Learning-Soars-In-Asia
Learning and development expert Ger Driesen discusses global trends and challenges.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/07/Webex-Technologys-Influence-on-the-Field
It took a few setbacks and subsequent tweaks, but the resulting global leadership development program has led to measurable success.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/07/Setting-the-GOLD-Standard