Knowing how important this is, Google has baked coaching in at every step of its employees career paths, from new Googlers receiving help navigating the culture to executive development training for leaders. MORE

As a result, companies are becoming more open to incorporating new ideas into leadership and training programs—concepts like mindfulness , resilience , and happiness. Take charge of your career development to get the job that supports your work and your life. MORE

23 HR Most Influential UK Thinker 2011. Ingham is still early in his career. developing social capital). Of course in most of the reports I’ve been reviewing, there are also the requisite comments on needing to measure talent better. ► 2011. MORE

The same trap happens to people who are coding in Java, designing furniture or training to be a corporate coach. Our organizations often resist the idea because they are focused on "competencies" and "career ladders," which from their perspective are easier to manage. MORE

study found 80,000 jobs were added worldwide from January 2010 to January 2011 at 11 companies where cloud operations are a significant part of their business. Doug Blitzer , head of the academy, set up a virtual academy that offers 3,000 online courses to new and current workers. MORE

23 HR Most Influential UK Thinker 2011. Ingham is still early in his career. developing social capital). As well as career development , performance management , recruiting and learning , the two key themes of the conference were probably big data, and agility. MORE

But of course this is the time of year that everyone produces their predictions for the next one. There are three reasons for this: It’s going to be a tough, tough year – at least for those of us in the flatlining (developed) vs growth (emerging) economies. MORE

That’s when his career shifted to the learning and development field. They created a role for me that didn’t exist,” said Ilvento, who became their first CLO and director of talent development in 2011. Joe Ilvento knows how to sell. MORE