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If you consider a cursory survey of randomly selected news headlines covering companies' return-to-work plans credible research, you would easily conclude that the previously popularized notion of an all-in-unison return [...]

Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Irving is home to more than 250,000 residents, making it the 12th most populous city in Texas and among the top 100 populated [...]

Think back just one year ago. No one could have predicted such a radical transformation between then and now--not only in how we work and the way business is done, [...]

Pardon the talent development industry's progress as tech leaders construct tools to best support the new ways workers collaborate, communicate, and learn. With remote work being more mainstream, does that [...]

As the world emerges from one of the most significant disruptions seen in generations and society at large continues to redefine 'normal,' employers are having to rethink the role they [...]

Prior to the pandemic, women made up a little more than half of the US workforce, and representation of women in senior roles had been experiencing slow but steady progress. [...]

The past two years have been an experiment in rethinking the workplace. For some, particularly introverts, the shift to working remotely was desirable. As companies move forward with return-to-office and [...]

Government organizations that lack diversity in professional, manager, and chief administrative officer positions are more prone to trust issues in the communities they serve, according to MissionSquare Research Institute's Diversity, [...]

Around the world, gender disparity is prevalent in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), not only in education but also in employment and career guidance. According to UNICEF's 2020 report [...]

Listening is one soft skill leaders need. However, they need to not only hear but also understand all employees, regardless of their accents. In the Quartz article 'Accent Bias Is [...]

Motives matter when companies sponsor skills-based volunteering programs. Amanda Shantz and Kiera Dempsey-Brench write in an April 2021 MIT Sloan Management Review article that companies face criticism when they promote [...]

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is top of mind for many workers. That is true of those just entering the workplace and plays a significant part in the companies they choose [...]

The financial industry is rich with examples of how technology can threaten jobs that were previously thought to be indispensable. ATMs, online banking, and direct deposit are among the technological [...]

News about talent wars, skill shortages, and retention challenges are of concern to all organizations--including nonprofits. So how do employers plan to tackle those struggles in the year ahead? Nonprofit [...]

Many consumer goods today include a link to a video or online content to orient users to the product or service. That is a means to onboard customers. Onboarding could [...]

There's a difference between establishing learning requirements and building a culture where individuals can and want to learn. Laura Baldwin and Adam Witwer with learning company O'Reilly highlight some of [...]

Is media training part of your learning ecosystem? If so, is it only available to executives? In an era where on-camera opportunities have exponentially increased, talent development professionals and communications [...]

Developing the next generation of leaders is a top concern for more than half of CEOs, according to DDI's Global Leadership Forecast 2021. And rightfully so. Only 11 percent of [...]

Virtual reality could be a good method for delivering training on sensitive topics. The 2020 PwC report The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Soft Skills Training in the Enterprise sheds light [...]

Addressing employee issues is part of the job for people leaders, but they may not be trained for it. For The People Leaders and the Gap in Managing Employee Issues [...]

The pandemic-induced exodus of women from the workforce isn't stopping them from learning and gaining new skills. As noted in Coursera's 2021 Women and Skills Report, women's learning activities in [...]

Despite reduced face-to-face contact among colleagues, sexual harassment cases have increased, according to new research that TalentLMS released in partnership with the Purple Campaign. For the 2021 Study: The State [...]

As more workers began teleworking, concerns about cybersecurity quickly skyrocketed. While every IT department hopes that employees on the network will exercise extreme caution and adhere to all security protocols [...]

Organizations across the world are quick to voice support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace. However, McKinsey & Company's Diversity Wins--the third in a series of D&I-focused reports--reveals that [...]

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment has seen ongoing development since the first version was released in the 1940s. During the more than 75 years after its debut, it has gained [...]

For a better understanding of L&D trends and practices in the UK, CIPD in partnership with Accenture produced the Learning and Skills at Work 2020 report. More than 1,200 professionals [...]

Expect corporate learning to be refashioned as corporations roll out training programs to meet the evolving workforce's shifting needs, experts say. From the front line to the C-suite, most--if not [...]

Whether you attribute challenges in finding skilled professionals to a talent war or labor shortage, researchers say now is the time for employers to rethink how to attract young workers. [...]

Do you factor hierarchy into the rollout of upskilling and reskilling initiatives? With technology driving much of the workplace transformation efforts today, new research suggests senior workers' status can be [...]

As technological advancements continue to influence and affect today's business world, experts are forecasting a countertrend that may bring more human elements back to work. According to the 2021 Deloitte [...]

For more than half of companies, it's time to update their performance management models to include coaching opportunities. That's according to the Performance Management Trends report, which talent enablement solutions [...]

Last year was full of tough decisions for many employers. For some, less revenue resulted in decreased recognition of employees' efforts. According to the 2021 Global Culture Report from employee [...]

Widespread adoption of Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, and other collaboration platforms in the workplace is just as pivotal as was the shift from landlines to mobile devices for personal use. [...]

As the pandemic ramped up, so did attention throughout the world on frontline workers, from healthcare professionals to grocery store clerks and restaurant and store managers. The public shared its [...]

Promoting a top seller to a manager position may seem logical, but it may not be wise--especially if the seller lacks the skills or training to effectively lead. According to [...]

Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts have garnered heightened attention in the past year or more in both the public and private sectors. But in fall 2020, DEI training was temporarily [...]

Employers are looking ahead to the future, but so are many employees. According to Eagle Hill Consulting's The Employee Turnover Tsunami Is Coming report, many workers are making postpandemic plans [...]

When 2020 ushered in a need for workers to refresh their skills and that need transcended position or industry, Strada Education Network researchers became curious about the role education would [...]

Organizations are relying less on business schools to supplement their L&D initiatives for leadership development, according to A New Way of Learning and Working, a report that the Executive MBA [...]

There's no question that L&D practitioners were put to the test in 2020. The L&D function was mission critical to helping organizations navigate the degree of change that hit the [...]

Do you feel successful in your career? Despite disruptions in 2020, according to the Manifest's '5 Tips for Professional Success' survey of 501 workers, 86 percent feel professionally successful--that is, [...]

In times of crisis, organizations understand that maintaining employee morale is imperative to productivity and bottom-line results. To that end, in the face of the pandemic, employers have been increasingly [...]

A closer look at outcomes can help identify organizational policies and practices rooted in racism. The Association for Talent Development recently hosted author and historian Ibram X. Kendi for a [...]

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has postponed or even halted many aspects of life, for healthcare and public safety personnel, training has increased in both frequency and perceived value. In Relias's [...]

College is a time for students to delve into various subject areas and expand their knowledge as they prepare for their future careers. But is college preparing them with the [...]

While employee training and development is recognized as a critical factor of business success, Thought Industries' 2020 State of Customer Training: An Integral Driver to Business Success report suggests that [...]

Training and development has been and will continue to play a critical role in organizations. But it's not just existing training content designed to hone and increase employees' skills that [...]