Employee Learning Week 2005 (Dec. 5-9), declared by the American Society for Training & Development, provides an opportunity for business leaders and managers to close the gap between worker skills and today’s job requirements and recognize the value of employee learning within their organizations.
St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) October 31, 2005 -- To grow and compete in today’s global economy, organizations must have a highly skilled, knowledgeable workforce. Employee Learning Week 2005 (Dec. 5-9), declared by the American Society for Training & Development, provides an opportunity for business leaders and managers to close the gap between worker skills and today’s job requirements and recognize the value of employee learning within their organizations.
Wings of Success, a workplace learning and performance (WLP) consultancy, will be hosting an Executive Briefing for business leaders to celebrate Employee Learning Week and will be offering a 15% discount on all products in their online store www.developpeople.com for the week of December 5-9 only (enter the code “learning” during checkout to activate this special offer). Sharon Wingron, President of Wings of Success, stated “As both an entrepreneur and a WLP professional, I want to help business leaders understand the value of employee learning and how it positively impacts organizational performance. The talent and skills of our people will enable our economy to grow and flourish.”
Organizations can use ASTD Employee Learning Week 2005 as the catalyst to:
- Introduce a new benefit to employees—one designed to promote learning and development within the organization.
- Cross-train: Pair up employees and/or departments so they can learn from each other.
- Encourage employees to join and become involved in a professional organization.
- Invite employees to a “Lunch and Learn” event to discuss learning opportunities and skills development in the office and around the community.
- Implement a recurring CEO question and answer forum to disseminate business-critical information to employees.
- Create individual development plans with employees, ensuring that learning is incorporated into all of their goals.
For more information on ASTD Employee Learning Week 2005, visit www.employeelearningweek.org or contact press@astd.org. To learn more about Wings of Success’ celebration of the Week, contact Sharon Wingron at info@wingsofsuccess.com or 1-888-871-1780.
Wings of Success LLC provides DiSC® behavioral styles profiles, BrainMode™ power self-assessments and training products online at www.developPEOPLE.com. Sharon Wingron is St. Louis’ first Certified DiSC® Trainer and is a volunteer leader with ASTD serving as a past-president of the St. Louis, MO chapter and on the 2004-2006 National Advisors to Chapters. She provides training, consulting, coaching and speaking services to help you develop your PEOPLE.
About ASTD
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. ASTD’s 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100 countries and thousands of organizations - multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers. For more information, visit www.astd.org.
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