By Justin Arneson, William J. Rothwell, Jennifer Naughton - astd.org ASTD launches a revised competency model for the profession. The forthcoming publication of The ASTD Competency Study: Training & Development Redefined™—scheduled to be available for purchase in May—will continue ASTD's more than 30-year history of publishing...
By Julie Sillito - realbusiness.co.uk Training and development of a workforce can often fall to the bottom of the pile in a growing business as orders take priority. However, not only are there distinct benefits in doing so, there are also legal requirements. One of the...
By Mike Myatt - forbes.com Over the years, I’ve observed just about every type of leadership development program on the planet. And the sad thing is, most of them don’t even come close to accomplishing what they were designed to do – build better leaders. In...
By David Tring - chinalawandpractice.com For the first time, the Standing Committee produced a unified immigration law, which encourages foreign talent to work in China. Social insurance schemes also became more attractive as international agreements were signed, putting an end to double contributions China’s first uniform...
By Clinton Wingrove - hrmagazine.co.uk Living in the iPad, Twitter and texting world, nobody can be unaware of the power of contemporary technology. Theodore George Paraskevakos first patented the concept of combining intelligence, data processing and visual display screens with telephones in 1973 but probably never...
By Halley Bock - hr.blr.com Fierce, Inc., leadership development and training experts, offered 5 predictions for management and business communications for 2013. These predictions are based upon the company’s training experiences with organizations ranging from global Fortune-level businesses to startups and non-profits across the country. Fierce expects to see business communications and leadership...
By Naheed Mirza - hrmagazine.co.uk Critical to organisational success, leaders need to embrace every opportunity to demonstrate leadership. This includes communicating the direction and vision of an organisation frequently, consistently and with absolute clarity to both customers and employees. Yet few leaders appear to truly grasp the...
By Sharlyn Lauby - mashable.com Sharlyn Lauby, SPHR, CPLP is the HR Bartender, whose blog is a friendly place to discuss workplace issues. When she’s not "bartending," Sharlyn is president of ITM Group, Inc. which specializes in leadership training and human resources consulting. We are a visual society. We enjoy looking at...
By Andrew Mayo - personneltoday.com Economist Theodore Schultz invented the term "human capital" in the 1960s to indicate the stock of skills and competences available to produce economic value. He believed human capital was like any other type of capital - it could be invested in...
Hayley Brooksbank - hrmagazine.co.uk A new job brings new perspectives. During my time as head of global brand at an HR consultancy firm, my team and I tended to regard HR as a function with little more relevance to our strategic objectives than the IT, Risk...