Talent development executives have sought for years to deliver content that is relevant, accessible, business-aligned, and personalized for every learner. Aided by its cognitive computing engine, Watson, IBM has introduced a cloud-based learning portal it describes as a digital learning ecosystem that opens a new era in talent development.

Turn measurement data into usable insights to prove the talent development function’s impact on the organization.

How do you, as a learning professional, prepare for what you dont know is coming? How do you judge what is important and what is just a fad?In Shock of the New: The Challenge and Promise of Emerging Technology, Chad Udell and Gary Woodill create a new framework for anticipating emerging learning technologies, outlining six key perspectives you should consider with any new technology.

For your sales enablement practice, you want to improve your sales productivity (your sales forces ability to generate profitable revenue) . Achieving this goal first requires a strong foundation of the concepts of sales enablement and sales effectiveness.

Talent development and HR roles are combining for an integrated people function.

Don’t violate the first rule of change management—work with people to effect change.

A series of steps—called TACK—can help hiring managers empower independent workers while following company policy.

CLO Samantha Hammock is helping American Express anticipate and develop the skills employees will need to innovate and compete in a new age of technology.

Get leadership-fit and see results in yourself and others. And for both, results come only with effort.

Why does employee engagement cause so much anxiety among C-level executives? Is it because it is a soft science that wasn't taught in business school? Or because years of change initiatives haven't improved employee engagement in your organization? Whatever the reason, many recent surveys have illustrated the frustration with how to measure employee engagement, and how to interpret data from surveys and initiate changes in the company culture. Many executives don't realize the true employee engagement issues in their workplace until...

These presentation slides cover successful practices and innovative uses of virtual classrooms.

Is the learning management system (LMS) dead? Is the LMS Dead?: Learning Management Technology in Todays Organizations reports on the current state of the LMS and its prevalence: 83 percent of surveyed learning professionals (90-plus percent from large companies) confirmed current LMS use, and 71 percent said they had seen that use increase over the past two years.This research also benchmarked the current use of two technologies that may complement the LMSlearning record stores (LRS) and training management systems (TMS)finding that neither enjoys the expansive...

Spending on employee learning continued to be strong in 2017, according to the Association for Talent Developments 2018 State of the Industry report, which is sponsored by American Management Association International and LinkedIn Learning. This is the sixth year in a row that has seen an increase in direct learning expenditure.

First Lessons, Lasting Insights Nearly all of us have stories of advice given by the mom or mother figure in our lives. In Leadership Lessons for Any Occasion: Stories of Our Mothers, executive coaches and authors Ed and Nila Betof have collected stories from a wide range of leaders, teachers, coaches, and talent development professionals about how their mothers guided their paths to helping others lead resourceful, meaningful lives.

However, sales enablement practitioners also recognize that if they cant package up that knowledge and use it to influence the business, then they risk being viewed by the C-Suite as a more transactional support function. Conversely, if they are able to harness this information and articulate it against the backdrop of the business strategy, they stand to elevate the status of sales enablement within their companies.

Get employees technologically up to speed through hiring, upskilling, and reskilling.

Chief Talent Officer Michael Arena is helping build adaptability into General Motors’ workforce.

While looking forward, we can’t lose sight of the fundamentals of learning.

These tips can help organizations plan for the future.

Embrace the Power of Executive CoachingAs businesses become more complex, they tend to lean on their high performers to fend off competitors, innovate, and pivot to unexplored markets. But who do these executives and leaders turn to when they need to refine their own skills?Executive coaches.