Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forces shaping the corporate learning function -- Adult learning and development -- The art of knowledge acquisition -- Technology-based learning (trend 1) -- Informal learning (trend 2) -- Customized learning and learner control (trend 3) -- Continuous learning (trend 4) -- Learning and development through teamwork (trend 5) -- Extreme development: stretch assignments and learning agility (trend 6) -- The new experts (trend 7) -- Investment in workforce learning and development -- The future of training and development.

"Seven powerful trends are fundamentally reshaping workplace training and development, transforming the way people learn, and making the right investments in employee training and development even more critical to organizational success. If your responsibilities include organizational learning, you simply must understand these trends and their implications. In this book, one of the field's leading innovators offers actionable thought leadership on each of these trends, helping you address the new challenges they present, and leverage new opportunities they offer. Ibraiz Tarique focuses on strategic directions for training and development, while offering tangible and specific recommendations for addressing and anticipating all seven trends. His example-rich, best-practice coverage includes: How and why the role of training and development professionals is changing; Impacts ranging from globalization and demographics to hybrid career paths; What future learning systems will look like; Leveraging emerging technologies and new approaches to collaboration; Measuring training ROI; Using training to develop new sources of talent; Helping employees discern fact from opinion; Applying powerful new insights into how adults learn; Teaching agility; Making person-centered learning work; Getting more value from informal learning; Using stretch assignments to strengthen critical thinking; Leveraging “new experts” within and beyond your organization."--Publisher's website.

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