Winning Talent Management Strategies for 2010: Why People Management Matters
February 10, 11:00 a.m. ET
Josh Bersin, President

What are the high-impact talent management strategies for the coming year? How can you leverage new, modern strategies for leadership development, succession planning, talent mobility, engagement, and retention? And how is the whole market for “talent management” software shifting towards complete “people management?”

In this webinar, Bersin will highlight the recently released research on high-impact talent strategies for 2010 and the new research on people management systems. He will provide you with specific, actionable research and detailed examples to help you plan and implement your people management strategies for the coming year.

All attendees will receive a free copy of Enterprise Learning and Talent Management 2010: Predictions for the Coming Year, in addition to a copy of the executive report from Softscape’s 5th annual State of Global People Management research effort.  Register today 

Spending and Staffing Trends for U.K. Training Organizations
February 23, 11:30 a.m. ET
Kim Lamoureux, Principal Analyst; Karen O’Leonard, Principal Analyst

Get detailed metrics from our first-ever study on training spending, staffing, and programs within U.K. organizations. Based on a comprehensive survey conducted by Bersin & Associates and TrainingZone, the presentation will cover facts on these and other topics: how L&D spending and staffing in U.K. organizations have been impacted by the economic downturn; where U.K. training organizations are allocating resources; and what U.K. training organizations are doing to become more efficient.

O'Leonard is author of Bersin & Associates' highly popular Corporate Learning Factbook reports. Her presentation will be filled with statistics on spending, staffing, and programs that can be used for benchmarking your organization against its peers. The presentation will also describe how these metrics for U.K. organizations compare to those in the United States.

All attendees will receive a complimentary executive summary from the study.  Register today  

Bersin & Associates Study Shows Significant Drop in Employee Learning and Development Spending for Second Consecutive Year
January 13, 2010 – Corporate learning and development (L&D) spending dropped sharply in 2009, leading to much leaner budgets and staffs. This is according to a just-published Bersin & Associates study, The Corporate Learning Factbook 2010: Benchmarks, Trends and Analysis of the U.S. Training Market, which found that L&D spending dropped by 11% in 2009, for a total of a 22% drop over the last two years. The 2009 drop is the largest ever in spending on U.S. corporate training since Bersin & Associates began analyzing the market in 2001. In addition, the reduction in spending significantly impacted staffing. The median L&D staff size fell from 7.0 per 1,000 learners in 2008 to 6.2 in 2009.
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Bersin & Associates Predicts Leadership Development and Talent Management Programs Will Be Biggest Corporate Talent Investments in 2010
December 22, 2009 – Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition, today announced the availability of its new report, Enterprise Learning and Talent Management 2010: Predictions for the Coming Year. The complimentary, 35-page report is an annual rundown from Josh Bersin, president, on the key business, training and talent management trends and factors for learning and HR organizations to consider in planning and budgeting for the year ahead.
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