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What’s In a Name?
For the most part, it’s wise not to get too hung up on job titles—real responsibility, potential for job growth and excellent compensation are better than a nice title. But the fact is, job titles demonstrate a wealth of information about what organizations value, how they structure themselves for success and what their current business…
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The Keys to Effective Supervisor Development
Through 360-degree feedback and on-the-job knowledge applications, the best leaders begin to emerge.
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Knowledge Sharing for the Mobile Workforce
The global workforce is increasingly mobile, relying on cell phones and PDAs to get the job done both in the office and on the road. CLOs need not ask whether mobile learning should be part of their strategy, but how.
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USG: Constructing Learning for a Mobile Workforce
The U.S. Gypsum Corp. (USG), which manufactures building materials like wall panels, ceiling tiles, and cement and composite boards, has a learning department comprised of two people: Mike Garber, USG’s director of training and development, and his training coordinator. Because the company has more than 13,500 employees at approximately 60 plants and 8,500 distribution centers…
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Agile Learning Environments: Enhancing Performance
Culture-changing challenges and technologies are driving the need for a reinvention of corporate learning. Integration, speed, reach and real-time connectivity are key to implementing a new learning paradigm.
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SCI: Dignity and Service Start With Learning
Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services in North America. More than 20,000 employees across North America compassionately help more than 600,000 families every year through very difficult times in their lives. Pursuing a best-in-class workforce through education helps SCI deliver dignified service. “We’re in the people business,”…
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Differentiation
Here’s an interesting observation: For an industry that’s as crucial as learning and development to the fabric of business, there can be surprisingly little controversy running through it. Politics is built on controversy. News media outlets market controversy. In other industries, controversy fuels the fires of debate on everything from industry-specific pressure points to universal…
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Booz Allen Hamilton: Top-Notch Learning for Top-Notch Service
Booz Allen Hamilton’s 17,000 employees represent its greatest asset. A workforce-centric approach requires personal development opportunities to attract and retain the most critical resource: people.

