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Few people would disagree that the past two years have forever changed society's relationship with work. We're working from alternative locations, serving customers (internal and external) in wildly new ways, [...]

The article discusses the concept of in-the-job learning as a strategy to develop skills and future-proof careers. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and capitalizing on the learning opportunities that exist within everyday tasks and responsibilities. The article provides practical strategies for leveraging in-the-job learning, such as purposeful practice, pull coaching, deliberate demonstration, and layering learning into meetings. It also highlights the role of artificial intelligence as a development partner for soft skills. Overall, the article promotes the idea that in-the-job learning can lead to continuous growth and development. [Extracted from the article]

Disruption is a term that's used with increasing frequency in today's workplace. From markets and strategy to innovation and technology--significant shifts and disturbances mean that it's no longer business as [...]

The past several decades have seen a significant transformation in the learning and development profession. From its humble beginnings as the metaphorical schoolhouse, this field has evolved into a powerhouse, [...]

How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters by Michael Bungay Stanier I love everything about this book. Stanier's content is always top-notch and immediately actionable. The humor and humility [...]

The business of talent development has never been more exciting, or more challenging. The convergence of communication, entertainment, and learning dramatically expands what's possible in terms of building employee skills [...]

The past decade has ushered in dramatic changes to the way we communicate, collaborate, and compute. Yet most managers and employees alike are stuck in a time warp when it [...]

By Kelly Palmer and David Blake Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 240 pp., $29.95 If you need to create an environment that enables employees to truly own their learning, help employees learn [...]

As a talent development professional, it's gratifying to know organizations are investing more in learning. Companies are spending billions of dollars on training in the United States alone (see Training's [...]

Let's face it: The attention spans of training audiences seem to be shrinking at the same rate as many training budgets. Content must be highly engaging and learning activities have [...]

After a lengthy moratorium on leadership development during the recent recession, many leaders in the training and development field predict that organizations will begin investing heavily again in leadership. Across [...]

In a pulse survey, we asked leaders across the country how important curiosity is to a variety of business factors and outcomes. In her book, The Business of We, Kriska writes that well-meaning people truly want to connect with others about their differences. In fact, our text analysis of the responses of more than 250 leaders who participated in a recent study paints a vivid picture of curiosity's role in the workplace. [Extracted from the article]

It's hard to imagine that in today's workplace, something as constructive, positive, and uplifting as recognition could go possibly wrong. After all, it's free. And research consistently points to how [...]

The past several decades have seen a significant transformation in the learning and development profession. From its humble beginnings as the metaphorical schoolhouse, this field has evolved into a powerhouse, [...]

The key to mining for development diamonds demands individuals and leaders alike explore, discuss, and embrace the opportunities that this unique time offers. Developing a rich understanding of the foundational inputs to a person's career (Hindsight) felt like the most appropriate entry point for meaningful career conversations and development. [Extracted from the article]

The authors discuss the framework they introduced in their book "Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Want," which may be considered by firms to ensure employee and organizational development. Topics explored include the need to reflect on the strengths, values, and past experiences of employees, the identification of business trends which may contribute to career development, and the importance of effective communication in the workplace.

What Great Trainers Do: The Ultimate Guide to Delivering Engaging and Effective Learning By Robert and Dorothy Grover Bolton AMACOM, 304 pp., $45 Despite the promise (and pervasiveness) of technology-enabled [...]

Virtual teams - once an exotic novelty - have recently become the norm. Effective virtual leaders focus less on the technology and details of connectivity and more on helping their teams create genuine, authentic connections. [Extracted from the article]

Assuming a management role in today's workplace comes with a front-row seat to some of the greatest business challenges of our time. On a daily basis, managers are tasked with [...]

Critical Knowledge Transfer: Tools for Managing Your Company's Deep Smarts By Dorothy Leonard, Walter Swap, and Gavin Barton Harvard Business Review Press, 240 pp., $32 In today's workplace, knowledge is [...]

But the good newsis that two out of three employees aren't coveting themanager's - or any other leaders' - job. Most workers don't aspire to leadership roles. My research with Beverly Kaye found that one ofthe key reasons managers don't engage in careerconversations with their employees is fear. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the importance of development programs for both young workers and older workers. Topics discussed include increase in life-expectancy of people due to technological and medical advancements, decrease in unemployment leading to increase in competition in labor market, and eagerness and need of older workers to develop themselves and compete with younger workers.

This book will guide you through the gaps between compiling, analyzing, and explaining data to those whose first language is not data. Data can often create confusion and glazed-over looks. DataStory: Explain Data and inspire Action Through Story by Nancy Duarte As humans, we lean into storytelling - even with something as complex as data. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a research study of Samantha Hupp and The Insight Advantage exploring issues related to women and career development. It mentions leaders should be aware of the misguided (and even self-defeating) mindset that some of the women whom they lead may possess; and frequency of women's internal messages about being too far along in their career paths to make a change.

The article discusses about shortening the learning time of the learning program to accommodate the hustle of the modern world's business environment. Topics discussed include the alignment of the learning process to the objectives of the business organization, the presentation of learning modules in small manageable packages, and the employment of a variety of learning approaches to disseminate the prepared learning modules.