I was reminded again this week just about the importance of maintaining and protecting your professional brandespecially via social media. He was complaining about how difficult his...

With the hustle and bustle of everyday life (along with a full-time work and school load), there are weeks that I find it extremely difficult to find something to blog about. While our...

As faculty charged with teaching organizational behavior, leadership and organizational change, our obligation goes far beyond the academic. I wrote a short article for TD which was...

Today is my one-year anniversary with my company. Since Im feeling nostalgic today (and Im writing my third installment of my development series), Im going to share a few tips to keep your...

This is the premier gathering of training and development professionals and regularly attracts more than 9,000 attendees from more than 70 countries. The conference is designed to focus...

From The Washington Post)Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been touted by some as the breakthrough that will transform education. described one such programa trial effort between...

In my last blog, I talked about my decision-making journey to pursue my masters degree in human resource development (HRD). First Stop: The Internet Im sure it will surprise no one when I...

I admit that Ive made a lot of mistakes in my life. Most of the mistakes Ive made stem from the fact that I push myself really hard, slip and fall, and have to pick myself back up.

Employers encouraged to actively recruit students for internship positions. ASTD is offering employers the opportunity to recruit and promote training and development internship positions...

I have a classmate whom I admire greatly. Although we are very similar in personality type, hes more planned, rigid, and uncompromising.

Last semester, I conducted the first internship class for the HRD undergraduate students at my university. Our undergraduate program is just under three years old, and we finally had...

This is part two of a series of articles in which Cassie will share tips on how students and young professionals can develop the skills needed to succeed in the workplace. According to...

Over the course of seven years Jenn moved from a facilitator role to a mid-level management position. This blog is part one of a series about that long road, and Jenn hopes that what she...

Alongside the award, the foundation commissioned from me a report on what we know about leadership in higher education, drawing on its own research and that of others. The resulting review,...

When I was introduced to our field, I knew it as training and development. Somewhere before or during this time, we made the shift as an industry to rebrand our offerings as learning and...

We are truly looking forward to the publication of the 3 edition of Career Moves, which will be published in September. This blog is being initiated for ASTD members and other individuals...

This semester, I have the incredible fortune of teaching our Foundations of HRD class to 20 brand new graduate students. This conversation was especially important for this cohort of...

This is part one of a series of articles in which Cassie will share tips on how students and young professionals can develop the skills needed to succeed in the workplace. After all, what...

I always pictured it would be like a fairytale. Considering the fact that school has always come easy to me, I assumed it would take minimal effort for a Doctor of Philosophy to be...

From The New York Times) -- Its the kind of job a business major might dream about: marketing executive for a Fortune 500 medical supplies company. After a year of stateside training,...