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Study: Early-Career Women Lack Subtle Skills for Success
Difficulty networking, taking initiative and exerting influence over others might be the reason many young women have trouble moving up in the corporate world. According to Amy Dorn Kopelan, executive director of COACH ME, a not-for-profit career-developm
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Globalization Shaping Creativity Training
As companies extend their reach overseas and workforces become increasingly diverse, the nature of employee training and development has started to change shape. According to a survey of 3,100 senior human resources executives by the Novations Group, a co
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Business Drivers for Real-Time Learning
rom the front line to the boardroom, there is a growing awareness among managers that significant productivity gains remain to be made in the area of human capital. Specifically, there is an increased focus by businesses to improve the quality of their wo
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Forensics Simulations
Simulation increasingly has surfaced as an effective training tool, especially for team building and problem-solving. It is a powerful fusion of knowledge and relationships to the point where the two become one. Favorite simulations are perilous or disastrous situations structured to dramatize the extent to which working together requires and ensures survival. Although such white-knuckle…
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Deloitte & Touche USA: Pumping the Talent Pipeline
Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP, which provides services in areas such as accounting, corporate governance, manufacturing and real estate, has a problem. Fewer and fewer of the people who are entering the workforce are specializing in the areas that the company needs to execute on many of its operations. To keep qualified professionals flowing into…
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The Baby Boomer Exodus: Educating Those Left Behind
More than 40 years after the first wave of baby boomers entered the U.S. workforce, those same workers are getting ready to leave it. Learning leaders must adopt smart strategies to ensure that remaining employees have the necessary knowledge.
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A Matter of Degrees
There’s a very old story with very modern implications, and I know you know it. This story has transcended the status of fable, in fact, and become a metaphor commonly used in today’s business world. It’s this: The cobbler’s children have no shoes. I’ve heard that phrase more than once at industry gatherings such as…
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Allstate’s Dave Groff: Ensuring Opportunities for Improvement
At Allstate, senior executives want evidence that learning provides measurable value. With more than 20 years of experience, CLO Dave Groff provides that ROI and ensures that learning is in good hands.

