Dear Readers,

As decisions are made countless times each day, leadership is tested. In every organization, training and HR professionals are challenged to think, develop, implement, evaluate, and measure programs and people.

The articles we selected this month speak to the role of professionals in any organization to help make better decisions – based on how effectively we implement and measure training and learning initiatives. We hope you find them all valuable!

As always, thank you for your involvement and continued dedication to training. - John Quincy, Editor

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The State of Training and Development: More Spending, More Scrutiny
By Irwin Speizer

As investment in training continues to rise, with resources migrating away from in-house programs, employers are demanding better accounting to ensure that their development dollars go toward furthering strategic goals and bolstering the bottom line. Technology and global competition, the two driving forces of economic change in today’s business world, haven’t bypassed the once-staid world of training and development.  Learn More

The ROI Basics
By Kellye Whitney

C-suite executives almost universally value ROI when they look to the CLO to account for not only where learning dollars go and to whom, but also to know that learning investments have a significant impact on the business. Learning dollars must be justified and results clearly illustrated to warrant future investments and to establish the correct direction learning activities should take in order to illicit the greatest impact on the enterprise.  Learn More

Multi-Dimensional Decision Making (or Beyond the Calculator)
By Nina Coil

As a leader you get "the big bucks" because you are responsible for decisions. You face decisions all day long, from putting out fires to determining the new strategic direction for your organization. Small wonder, then, that a Google search for the phrase "decision making" combined with "leadership" yields 26 million results. Learn More

Effectively Evaluating Online Learning Programs
By John Sener

Effectively evaluating online learning programs starts with two simple ideas: Apply tried-and-true approaches, and take advantage of the opportunity to use new ones. In practice, while there are many effective approaches to evaluating online learning programs, many organizations do not know these approaches or how to apply them. Learn More

The Top 18 Talent Practices in High Performance Workplaces
By David C. Forman

The science of talent management is in its infancy. Moving from command and control mentalities and processes is easy to say but hard to do. Thinking about horizontal global talent pools is engaging but difficult to accomplish from an operational standpoint. While it is likely that professional networks are the most important "intellectual asset" that we have, it is unclear how these networks should be nurtured and developed. Learn More

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