Many learning practitioners find the topic of instructional feedback confusing, so I thought it might be a good topic review. To understand feedback, lets define what it is and what it should do.

Founded in 1928, Maersk Line is now the worlds largest container-shipping companyno small feat in such a cutthroat industry. The team called in Cary Bailey-Findley, head of Maersk Lines learning and organizational development (LOD) team, to determine the root of the problem, and it became clear that the organizations call center managers needed to better train their agents to deliver positive customer experiences.Working together, the LOD and CSE teams created the CARE PROgram in 2014.

One-size-fits-all training, executive-only coaching, and legacy corporate learning systems were once considered the norm, but most organizations and employees found them insufficient. Learning is becoming increasingly prioritized, as shown in Deloittes Global Human Capital Trends Report 2016 which showed that more than eight in 10 executives (84 percent) rated learning as important or very important.

The ability to understand and manage ones own emotions, and to recognize and influence others emotions, is a critical leadership skill. The emotions of individuals can either activate and motivate the team, or move them to disassociate from the goal and passively comply.

Novo Nordisk Inc. (NNI), a North American affiliate of the global pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, which is headquartered in Denmark, operates in a highly dynamic marketplace. He revised and relaunched NNIs eight leadership competencies (eg., setting direction and strategy and inspiriting and motivating employees) to highlight Novo Nordisks culture of leadership and focus on continuous improvement.Dwights team already had some internal and external sources of leadership content the challenge was organizing this content around the newly relaunched leadership...

Established in 1972, Saunders Construction is one of the largest general contractors in Colorado. Internal surveys showed that only 19 percent of its more than 400 workers were completing annual performance reviews with their supervisors, despite them being mandatory.

Here are five ways to help you leverage the power of your personal brand to stand out and attract the right opportunities for your career and your firm.

More education and training are required of a larger number of jobs.

As great as a program may be, you can't win everyone over.

The argument: Social collaboration tools make it easier and cheaper for employees to learn from one another. Most everyone is on social media, so it makes sense for talent development functions to consider using these platforms to engage employees in the learning process. But is it as simple as instructing learners to sign on to a platform to ask and answer work-related questions? Do employees truly learn this way?

Why treating all roles equally is the most unfair thing an organization can do.

Not enough organizations develop leaders at all levels.

Several hiring and training initiatives are helping veterans make the transition from the battlefield to the boardroom.

How to assess the organizational impact of a coaching program.

Key attraction, retention, and engagement issues that influence the employee experience.

Those negative characteristics about Gen Y you keep hearing about aren’t necessarily true.

Overcome the challenges of finding the right talent and keeping them.

The Talent Development Executive Confidence Index (TDXCI), formerly the Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI), is a quarterly assessment of talent development executives short-term expectations for the health of the talent development function in organizations. The TDXCI is a composite score that takes into account four key indicators for how talent development executives believe the talent development function will change during the next six months:The TDXCI is modeled after the Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, which rates CEOs expectations for...

Cignas talent development team estimates that less than half of physician-leaders worldwide perform well in their roles, and believes that a lack of leadership development programs for clinicians may be contributing to the problem.As a result, Cignas corporate university set itself apart in 2013 by launching the Physician Leadership Development Program (PLDP). PLDP aimed to help a select group of doctors evolve into leaders by developing their business acumen and interpersonal, leadership, and networking skills.

WakeMed Health Hospitals is a three-hospital, 919-bed private not-for-profit health system based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is WakeMeds job to provide the necessary training for staff so they can respond to an outbreak by providing proper care for patients while protecting themselves, their families, and their communities.In September 2014, when the first Ebola case in the United States was diagnosed, WakeMeds education team, led by Amar Patel, director of the WakeMed Center for Innovative Learning, had to quickly prepare all 8,500 of WakeMeds employees to...