Nearly 80 percent of 547 respondents indicate that current business challenges require a different leadership style, but only 21 percent believe their organization’s leadership practices are effective, according to a new study, "The Leadership Deficit," from APQC, a nonprofit leader in benchmarking and best practices research, and sponsored by THEaster Consulting.

Employers want certain skills. Employees don’t have them. Why? And what can organizations and Training, employees, and the educational system do to eliminate the disconnect?

 Working from home can drive employee engagement and performance, but companies first must provide telecommuting training and reinforcement.

Employees not grasping your trainers’ lessons? The content may need a kick-start from storytelling. Illustrative anecdotes go a long way to helping learners get the point.

Companies are striking a balance between additional responsibility and promotion to ensure employees have the growth plans that suit them best— and encourage them to stay.

And how they negatively impact employee intentions.

While independent contractors often pinch-hit for employees in the corporate world, they don’t always receive the same training as the rest of the team. It can make a big difference.

Some people like walkabout sessions to stay in shape and get creative juices flowing. Can it work for training?

How this utility infrastructure construction company designed and developed a customized learning management system (LMS) to manage its new training programs.

Training magazine taps 2014 Training Top 125 winners and Top 10 Hall of Famers to provide their learning and development best practices in each issue. Here, we look at mentoring and competency maps.