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Employers should adjust their development programs in light of research disproving the popular belief that education should be tailored to individual learning styles, says an employee engagement specialist.

Many organisations are risking their leadership development investment by failing to first develop a capability framework, says a talent management specialist.

It's time for HR and L&D to leave behind traditional mindsets and be "bold", according to a strategy expert.

It's no secret HR professionals are passionate about people, but what they need to become is passionate about people performance, says an L&D specialist.

Massive Open Online Courses are an ideal solution for employers with geographically fragmented workforces that need access to training any time, anywhere, according to the HR director of a company pioneering the use of MOOCs for workplace learning and development.

Long-serving employees with valuable knowledge and experience are sometimes reluctant to share it, but one "extremely powerful" question encourages keen cooperation, according to knowledge transfer expert Catriona Byrne.

There's no question that knowledge transfer is important, but when an employee has a retirement horizon it becomes urgent. This webcast will help you engage your older knowledge experts in the activity of knowledge sharing before they leave your organisation.

Promoting lateral moves and three 'smart' ways to develop careers helps MasterCard maintain high engagement in its transition to a high-performance workplace.

In the process of more than tripling the proportion of Millennials in its workforce, a global employer has found reverse mentoring bridges generational gaps and improves communication between workers of different experience levels, its head of HR says.

Employers that find ways to integrate formal education with on-the-job learning will see better results from their graduate development programs, according to a specialist in the field.