Canadian Society for Training & Development

Behavioural Grid Placement Encourages Modification

The new and leaner Grid Theory, of examining our behaviours while interacting with others, used to improve relations, revitalize career enthusiasm and enhance performance, is scrutinized in this interview with the president and CEO of Grid International. Learn more.

Voice Accompaniment Enhances Online Learning Delivery

Learning management and courseware delivery specialists Worldwide Interactive Network (WIN) Career Solutions Inc. plans on using Wizzard Software’s AT&T Natural Voices to augment new Net-based training courseware. Quality, natural sounding voices read material aloud to course participants as each page is displayed. Learn more.

In-House Trainers Offered New Software Solution Trial

Power 2 Transform is offering human resource staff a free trial of the recently released Everything DiSC Facilitation System, a modular training tool that creates custom solutions aimed at building employee skills, increasing performance and retaining customers. Learn more.

Human Dimension Needs Nurture Through Change

Key to successful management of the rapid organizational change corporate North America is undergoing, is paying attention to the human factor, this consultant reveals with his guidelines to understanding and managing employee attitudes and feelings. Learn more.

Developing Talent Capabilities Crucial to SME Sustainability

Acquiring the best management talent and aiding those individuals to develop to their fullest potential should be a priority to all corporations no matter how large they are, as one Glasgow SME’s stunning revenue increases through a period of sector consolidation indicate. Learn more.

Rapid Growth Highlights Problematic Areas of Outsourced Services

Staggering growth in the Asian outsourcing market, particularly in the specialized needs of pharmaceutical firms, has Indian companies alerted to the value of training and development across a wide spectrum of skill sets, from practical data entry to knowledge of sophisticated business strategies. Learn more.

Creative Thinking Framework Enhances Brainstorming Efficiency

An Israeli methodology and company by the same name, Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), is wowing multinationals with a new corporate brainstorming philosophy which filters out ideas that don’t meet pre-established market potential and feasibility criteria. Learn more.

Customer Value Management Advances Cross-Departmental Interaction

More corporations are driving organizational change by focusing on customer value based initiatives to increase profitability, thanks to technological advancements in intelligence tools used to develop a customer value based infrastructure. Learn more.

E-learning Interacts With Role Play Cards to Teach Assertiveness Skills

Assertiveness training is offered by Cutesolutions with the release of a CD-Rom and Coffee Cards package that display scenarios to play out while users are guided through the development of skills necessary to constructively maintain their own best interests. Learn more.

Training Consistency Key to Success in Future Human Resources Challenge

Regular soft skills training and evaluation will be vital to hiring and retaining quality workers in the next decade, warns a leading expert who cites a new forecast indicating a worker shortfall that could undermine corporate stability and growth. Learn more.