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7 Ways to Boost Leadership EQ
Focusing on just a few leadership behaviors can have a significant effect on performance.
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Following Your Own Learning Programs
Learning leaders may be doing their organizations an injustice by not spending the same effort and time educating themselves that they spend educating their workforce.
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Taming Online Training at the San Diego Zoo
Learning at the San Diego Zoo — and in the animal care industry at large — was ripe for change. Online learning and collaborative partnerships are helping to ensure both animals and staff get the care and development they need.
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Are Professional Certifications Valuable?
The professional certification market is vast, and companies invest billions in it every year. But are they really getting a good return on their investment? According to International Data Corp., by the end of 2015, the IT education and certification market is estimated to reach nearly $27 billion, so there is no shortage of certifications…
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Developing the Next Generation
An employee’s ability to learn on the job while simultaneously being selected, measured and developed as a future leader can be a headache for businesses. Every company claims it plans for the future, but the reality is that the expertise and leadership that drives it usually slip away with the best intentions of having learning…
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Lessons from the 2014 Skillsoft Perspectives Conference
When I first arrived at the airport in Las Vegas for the Skillsoft Perspectives event on Tuesday, I jumped into a cab, and the driver asked where I was from. I said Chicago and asked him how long he had lived in Vegas. He said 10 years, and I asked him if he liked it.…
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Use Culture to Pave the Way for Change
JetBlue Airways Corp. has a pronounced focus on customer service, and five values — safety, caring, integrity, fun and passion — form the backbone of its culture. JetBlue lives this culture by empowering its staff to independently make decisions that demonstrate its core values and consider the customer in all business decisions. For example, if…
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