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Chief Learning Officer’s most-read stories of 2020
Chief Learning Officer's most-read stories of 2020.
Brain-based leadership in a time of heightened uncertainty
Heightened uncertainty can have a devastating impact on the performance and mental health of employees, triggering a threat response in the brain that interferes with rational thinking, collaborating and solving problems. By understanding the core psychological needs of employees, leaders can focus their efforts on the strategies that will have the greatest impact on engagement and performance.
Turning crisis into opportunity: Get perspective and lead together
When business conditions change suddenly and drastically and the future appears uncertain, getting your bearings and choosing a clear, deliberate path forward is a daunting task. Here are five key steps that you and your team can take to clearly frame the challenges you face and lead together.
Communication in the time of COVID: tips for effectively engaging with employees
Whether teams are on the front lines or sitting at a laptop in a makeshift home office, everyone is vital to making it through this challenging time. Now is the time for leaders to beef up their communications skills and look to colleagues to share what they need.
6 ways executive education will never be the same
Spoiler alert: It’s actually going to get better.
When the leader can’t return to the office
As offices begin to re-open, some leaders may be unable to return in person due to child care dilemmas, personal health issues or caring for an immunocompromised family member. How can leaders ensure that their absence doesn’t lead to resentment, distrust or a lack of engagement among their teams?
Mentors: Keeping talented women career-focused in uncertain times
Developing agility and adaptability in leaders is the name of the game for both individual and corporate growth.
Work, culture and COVID-19
The need to address the technological requirements of online work is immediate, but finding IT solutions without addressing the cultural and emotional impact of COVID-19 on your employees is, at best, a half-baked quick fix.
Leveraging strengths as a learning team through COVID-19
Sunbelt Rentals’ senior director of talent development and education reflects on the learning team’s experiences from the early stages of the pandemic until now — and how a willingness to flex to the demands of one’s environment is essential.
Case study: Training nurses in a pandemic
A small Swedish tech firm helped Mount Sinai develop COVID-19 training for nurses at the epicenter of the crisis. Now the training is available free to hospitals across the globe.
COVID-19 is an opportunity to reinvent education
Teaching has survived since the Stone Age. It will thrive in the post-pandemic period by focusing more on learner-centric education and less on teacher-centric education.
From hardship to hardiness: 5 strategies for turning crisis into a catalyst for leadership development
COVID-19 is the type of crucible event that has the potential to embed profound leadership lessons, accelerate development, and forge critical skills. It can be transformative, but only if handled correctly.
Re-entry in a recession
This time is an opportunity to focus on outreach, inclusion and training.
Virtual learning: the future of classroom training
Jim Guilkey, founder and president of S4 NetQuest, says we need to think critically about how we transform learning for a post-coronavirus workplace.
My pandemic learning lessons
Here are 10 takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic.