Listen: Parexel’s Greg Friedman shares how learning benefits from an organizational development spin

Listen: Parexel’s Greg Friedman shares how learning benefits from an organizational development spin

The vice president of HR at the Boston-based clinical researcher talks organizational development, strategy, culture and rethinking performance management.

Strategy
Top of Mind: Cultivating Talent Outside Your Organization

As chief human resources and learning officer, Judy Whitcomb oversees the human resources functions and learning and organiza-tional development for Vi, a national developer, owner and operator of resort-like senior living communities.

Learning Insights
I Used to Think HR was B.S. Here’s Why I Was Dead Wrong.

It’s easy for business executives to rag on the historically annoying nature of HR. But the field has changed to the point where it’s no longer a necessary evil but a strategic differentiator.

Talent Economy
See the Forest for the Trees

CLOs must serve a dual function as leader and communicator to ensure the organization and its workforce are on the same page.

Strategy
LinkedIn’s Kelly Palmer Makes Learning Happen

For Kelly Palmer, LinkedIn’s chief learning officer, the future of learning is now, and it’s all about technology, personalized, curated content and social learning.

Strategy
Learning in Practice 2015: Innovation Division 2

From Left: Ann Marie Sidman, Elise James-Decruise, Stephen Dwight Gold Ann Marie Sidman Vice President of Learning and Organizational Development, General Re Corp., A Berkshire Hathaway Co. General Re Corp. had already invested $40 million in SAP software when it recognized a gap in its strategy to prepare end-user employees on the new system. With Ann Marie Sidman,…

Talent Management
Learning in Practice 2015: Global Learning Division 1 Winners

From Left: Kuntal McElroy, Michelle Isaacs, Detlef Hold Gold Kuntal McElroy Head of Learning and Development, Ericsson North America When it comes to pioneering organizations in the communications technology industry, few can touch Ericsson. From its humble beginnings in 1876 as Lars Magnus Ericsson’s telegraph repair shop in Stockholm, Sweden, the company boasts iconic benchmarks…

Talent Management
The Power of Purpose

Organizations that focus solely on profit are missing opportunities to increase employee confidence, development, engagement, productivity — and organizational profit.

Strategy