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2007
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Leadership: Nature versus Nurture
Whence leadership? The question surely predated enterprise education, but it’s taken on new importance as organizations look for ways to develop this crucial competency. Explore how — and whether — leadership can be cultivated through learning.
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RR Donnelley’s Jim Graham: Pull Versus Push at the Press
At RR Donnelley, consolidated learning is key to the success of the business. With more than 60,000 employees, it’s up to Jim Graham, vice president of training and development, to ensure that everyone onboard has the knowledge and capabilities necessary
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Engaging Leaders on a Gender Level
Research shows that gender biases can play a significant role in how junior and senior managers respond to leadership development initiatives. With these biases in mind, learning professionals might want to alter their approach to the design and delivery
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Blended Learning: Embracing Individualism
Today’s knowledge workers frequently have to take on new job roles and responsibilities for which they were not trained. The key to ensuring easier adaptation and productive cooperation is using a blend of informal and formal training that keeps the &
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Quiznos University: Gaming Through an LMS
Quiznos University is a brick-and-mortar institution in Denver, but its learning solutions reach far beyond the facility’s doors. With a three-tiered training process, Quiznos teaches new franchise owners and store […]
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Investing in Education: Lessons from IPOs
The move from private to public can be a scary one for an organization’s workforce. Targeted investments in education can ease the transition and ensure the workforce has the knowledge it requires to perform to new expectations, rules and standards in the
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Card Tricks
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her, but they are in hand — he or she alone must decide to play the cards in order to […]
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Making a Difference at Make-A-Wish
Despite its high profile as one of the most recognizable charities in North America, Make-A-Wish constantly is challenged to develop and deploy a consistent, national approach to its fund-raising and volunteer recruitment efforts, the creation of which ar