Research & Insights

More than 1,000 human resource and learning development professionals participated in Blanchard’s recent trends survey. Survey respondents shared their experiences and plans across a wide range of focus areas. Three areas that bear watching in the year ahead are the evolution of training modalities, an expanded focus on impact and measurement, and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Organisations invest millions of dollars to provide skills training and development to help their people reach...

Beyond personal considerations, resilience is the distinguishing factor that will allow our businesses and communities to bounce back and thrive in unprecedented times.

For years, coaching has been regarded as a useful strategy for individual and organisational development.

For any manager, making the transition from being an individual contributor to a manager can be a dramatic shift.

Individual contributors make up the silent majority of your organisation. Yet sadly, while they are the most crucial part of the organisation’s workforce, they’re often a woefully underused resource, and they rarely receive the training they need to reach their full potential.

Innovation and change are hot topics these days. Leaders everywhere recognise that increased agility is required to keep pace with today’s work environment. But it shouldn’t be the work of a select few, say Britney Cole and Judd Hoekstra at Blanchard®.

High involvement is at the core of Blanchard’s approach to Leading People Through Change. We believe change leaders need to hear the voices of those impacted by the change as we make the change.

Organisations that want to embrace servant leadership need to support their leaders through skill development, knowledge, tools, and human resource systems and processes.

Whether you run a multi-million dollar corporation or a small not-for-profit organisation, the ability to have honest, open conversations on controversial topics is a vital skill for leaders.

Survey says "No" Employees want more meetings with their boss. That’s one of the key findings from a survey conducted by Training magazine and The Ken Blanchard Companies®. More than 700 subscribers of Training magazine were polled to learn about their experiences having one-on-one meetings with their managers. Readers were asked what they wanted out of their meetings and how that compared to what was really happening. This research gives an important new look into what is being discussed and how it is meeting the needs of today’s workers.

Work–life balance has long been a credo for those who advocate change in the workplace. Although the concept has led to a certain amount of reform over the years, it has failed to meet a universal need. One of the competing values of work–life balance is that it suggests an artificial dichotomy between work and life

Learn how L&D professionals are responding to these challenges by downloading this year’s complete report.

Performance planning, coaching, and review are the foundation of any well-designed performance management system, but the results of a recent study suggest that leaders are falling short in meeting the expectations of their direct reports.

The Critical Link to a High-Involvement, High-Energy Workplace Begins with a Common Language. Trust is an extremely important commodity to any relationship, personally or organisationally.

A key component of successful working relationships between leaders and followers, trust enables cooperation, encourages information sharing, and increases openness and mutual acceptance.

Since the inception of SLII®, we’ve been asked about the validity of our concept of development level. This white paper will provide a deeper understanding of the concept of development level, as well as a recap of the relevant academic research that supports the four components of development level

In this Blanchard point-of-view eBook, measurement expert Jim Irvine shares a simple, straightforward way to produce training impact reports that senior leaders love.

In this Blanchard point-of-view eBook, you’ll explore five drivers that must be in place to ensure the greatest level of traction with learners and measurable performance outcomes from learning and development initiatives.

As the threat of the pandemic recedes, an increasing number of companies are asking—and some requiring—employees...