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Training magazine taps 2013 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 front-line supervisor development and sales training.

Training magazine and Pearson TalentLens research reveals how thinking styles differ by occupational level and industry.

No matter your perspective on the skilled labor gap issue—whether you believe it’s due to the need for more training, increased salaries, or simply the need to relocate skilled labor—our research has found that the skills gap is a reality.

In many ways, solving a skill gap is like solving a puzzle—not only do you have to make the pieces fit, you have to make sure you have all the necessary pieces from the get-go.

Getting the training mix right continues to be a challenge, from deciding who to train, how to train them, and evaluating the results.

By Tim Houlihan, Vice President, Reward Systems, BI WORLDWIDE It’s no secret that to maximize results you have to drive focus, support personal goal setting, and facilitate emotional commitment in a system with transparent measurement and relevant feedback. Motivation isn’t enough.

By Marsha Ershaghi Hames, Ed.D., Advisory Leadership, LRN People don’t quit their jobs; they quit their managers.

Edited by Margery Weinstein The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., prides itself on its commitment to building and developing a pipeline of new and emerging diverse talent. The company says its Line of Business Development (LOB) Programs have a 30-year history of providing a legacy of leaders.

By Hemanth Puttaswamy, Vice President, Product Strategy, Saba

By Tamra Chandler, CEO, PeopleFirm Maybe it’s a drawer at the office or a box in the garage, but chances are you have some place where well-intentioned work gifts are stashed away and forgotten. Peek inside and you’ll likely find a clock, a paperweight, or a branded polo shirt. Company gifts are well meaning but often impersonal or generic, providing no real value for the employee. The right gift, however, will generate goodwill for the holiday season and boost long-lasting employee satisfaction.