Learning professionals have a wide variety of options when it comes to using learning tools to get the learners' interest, clarify and expand concepts, clarify relationships, model tasks...

Needs Assessment Basics is written specifically to show you how to accomplish the important training goal of delivering relevant training as a business partner of your organization....

Job analysis is an important tool in the workplace learning and performance professionals toolbox. Its crucial for helping individuals develop their careers and organizations develop their...

The news is full of stories about ethical lapses. Almost daily you read about organizations where people fail to behave ethically and the consequences of that failure: bad press, loss of...

Meetings are a precious resource: an expensive waste of peoples time if run poorly and amazingly valuable and productive if run well. Yet many people and organizations hold meeting after...

A career portfolio is a powerful professional development tool that communicates and demonstrates your knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies in ways that a résumé cannot. Portfolios can...

Knowing how to partner effectively is critical for making performance interventions have a real impact on an organization. Improving workplace performance craves the ideas and support of...

Todays organizational realities can make it tough for individuals to succeed in their careers and organizations. Conditions such as access to fewer resources, increasing levels of...

Many workplace learning and performance professionals struggle to connect their work with many of the traditional elements of organizational development (OD). This Infoline will show...

Ever walked away from a training session frustrated, tired, and angry because large portions of the session were spent trying to deal with a participant who didnt want to participate and was keen...

Music is present in almost every facet of human life. So why doesn't it show up in training? Throughout time people have used music to learn their ABCs as well as more complex societal histories...

This powerful new competency model provides a strategic roadmap for today's workplace learning and performance (WLP) professional. By clearly identifying current and emerging trends...

Subject matter experts (SMEs) and occasional trainers are increasingly sharing the training burden in organizations. Yet these "instant trainers" often are not familiar with even the...

Informal learning can pack quite a punch in terms of boosting workplace performance and efficiency. But what is it, and what can you do to promote informal learning in the workplace? According...

The seventh book in ASTD's E-Learning Series will help you build a powerful implementation and marketing strategy for your e-learning program. This book will show you how to think like a...

Looking for new ideas to enhance performance in your organization? Consider the possibilities of learning communities within your organization. In this issue, you will learn how these communities...

Creating a workforce development system that encourages and supports employee talents and motivation is difficult work without a systematic approach. This Infoline will show you how to...

In today's fast-paced society where almost everyone is trying to get ahead, it seems there is a certification for almost everything. You can become a Certified Technical Trainer (CTT), a...

Readers are guided through a journey where they learn to link root causes to appropriate interventions, using cleverly constructed road maps. While the authors note that no accounting...

"This guide is essential for anyone who wants to set up a successful on-the-job training program. This book has everything you need, includingAn eight-step model for setting up a...