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By Meena Dorr, Director, Corporate Relations, MBA@UNC

By Dan Cooper, CEO, ej4.com A large organization was talking about expanding its initial entry into e-learning and made a statement common among trainers: “We’re not ready yet to make our training mandatory.” This usually means they have tried to require training in the past and received enormous push-back from learners and their managers. So they’re twitchy about the whole idea. Typical causes for the push-back include:

By Rohit Bhargava In 2007, global professional services and recruiting firm Towers Perrin conducted a survey of nearly 90,000 employees in 18 countries around the world. The aim, as it was every year, was to spot some trends in how satisfied employees were with their jobs and what they were thinking. Unlike many other surveys, this was global and reported back on countries individually in the results. What they learned was concerning: The global workforce is not engaged. on the job.

By David Neenan

By Dr. Katherine Jones, Director and Principal Analyst, HCM Technology, Bersin & Associates As Sherlock Holmes says to Dr. Watson, “the game’s afoot!” Sherlock implies excitement, intrigue, choices to be made—and risks to be run. For HR and learning professionals, we can easily suggest the same—the game is afoot as we face increasing change and innovation that has ramifications for the world of training.

By Srinivas Kandula, EVP and Global Head of Human Resources, iGATE Hiring and training top talent can be a daunting and expensive task. The cardinal rule is that it costs 25 percent more to replace and train new employees, and costs are going up. The latest Trainingmagazine Industry Report saw training expenditures rise 11 percent last year.

By Frank Lloyd, Associate Dean, Executive Education, Southern Methodist University (SMU) Cox School of Business

By Bonnie Hagemann, CEO, Executive Development Associates (www.executivedevelopment.com

By Beth O’Neill, Senior Consultant, Interaction Associates Does the following scenario sound familiar? Rich is leading a Product Development team with members in Salt Lake City, New York, Zurich, and Hong Kong. To help focus the team and set goals, he convenes an online Web meeting. Most team members are joining via the Web and on the phone—except for Rich and three colleagues, who are in the same room in the New York office.

By Robert Cooperman, Training Academy Program Director, Ohio Office of Budget and Management