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Why it’s so important for young people in the 21st century global economy

Quest Diagnostics’ 18-month leadership development program, LeadingQuest Academy, launched in late 2014 with a five-day residential program at its core, bookended by pre- and post-assessments and senior executive-sponsored action learning projects.

How can you retrain others to do their fair share of decision-making? Try this. When someone asks for your help with a decision, push it back to him or her. If other people have entrenched habits of leaning on you, you may have to be quite direct.

More than half of companies in Brandon Hall Group’s 2018 Learning Strategy Study identify compliance training as a high priority for Learning & Development, more than even job-specific skills or leadership development.

Reframe every failure as a learning opportunity. Think of your failure as feedback. It’s a data point that tells you what doesn’t work. Now you know what not to do, so you’re free to try something different.

There are two key qualities of mindfulness—focus and awareness. Focus is the ability to concentrate on a task at hand for an extended period of time with ease. Awareness is the ability to make wise choices about where to focus your attention.

The development journey begins with Ignite, which introduces what effective management and leadership looks like at Vantiv. After at least six months, people leaders participate in Activate, which takes a view focused on individual and team relationships.

External training companies can be beneficial for big companies with internal training teams, as well as small companies with no internal training department. Finding the right solution and partner (not provider) is paramount in the success of any training initiative.

These technologies will support performance-adjacent learning solutions that enable professionals to learn from anywhere with minimal disruption.

While the short term looks somewhat negative, longer term, it is likely e-learning will continue to grow in Asia and Western Europe, offsetting saturation in North America.