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Articles by Kate Everson
Learning in Practice 2015: Excellence in Vendor Partnership
December 8, 2015Gold Mind Gym Media company Thomson Reuters’ leaders already had a nose for news, but they needed a mind for management. When Thomson Corp. acquired...
Kimo Kippen: Citizen of the World
November 12, 2015Kippen consolidated and centralized the hotel company's global learning function by launching Hilton Worldwide University.
Play to Learn
November 10, 2015Fun’s effect on learning doesn’t fade with age. Learning leaders can use exploration and socialization to their advantage by taking employees back to play school.
Golden Arches of Opportunity
November 6, 2015McDonald’s Corp.’s Archways to Opportunity learning strategy enables employees to apply what they’ve learned on the job to earn high school and college degrees. McDonald’s Corp.’s Archways to Opportunity learning strategy enables employees to apply what they’ve learned on the job to earn high school and college degrees.
Lipstick on a Common Sense Pig
October 29, 2015Forget about unreproducible research — you could be falling under the spell of common sense dressed up as brain science.
Leave Learning to Employees
October 26, 2015Employees can share knowledge more rapidly and widely than ever before, which means learning leaders have a new challenge ahead — letting go.
Driven to Distraction: It’s a Good Thing
October 22, 2015Keep learners on task by letting them disconnect.
Keep Calm and Grow Your Brain
October 15, 2015Forget the studies that say our brains stop growing. New research shows that getting older can’t keep a good mind down.
Beat Back Procrastination
‘I’ll do it tomorrow.’ It’s an age-old phrase that kills productivity and performance but can be conquered with the right motivation approach.
October 8, 2015‘I’ll do it tomorrow.’ It’s an age-old phrase that kills productivity and performance but can be conquered with the right motivation approach.
Harry Potter and the Importance of Idleness
September 30, 2015Doing nothing does a lot for the brain — and in author J.K. Rowling’s case, the bank account.
Leadership Development Worthy of Adventure
September 30, 2015Adventure-based learning development programs ensure participants come for the experience, and leave with performance-affecting lessons.
Will We Ever Get Leadership Development Right?
September 24, 2015Deloitte brings psychologists into its development offerings to get inside future leaders’ heads.
Fiat Chrysler: Driving Degrees at Work
September 23, 2015Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Inc. revs the engine on college tuition programs by offering 118,000 dealership employees tuition up front.
3 Months Means More Than You Think
September 17, 2015President Obama will open the college financial aid process three months earlier. Here’s what that could mean for learning leaders.
Don’t Be a Dissonant Dalek
September 15, 2015Want better leaders? Create resonance in executives and managers. Editor and resident nerd Kate Everson will tell you how.
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