Leadership Development
Leadership development encourages the planning, creation and management of training programs and skills building needed to become a successful leader — from top executives to managers.
Virtual Collaboration: Engaging Learning Through Technology
Virtual collaboration, which uses technology to bring people together, can help people achieve their goals. Learning and development leaders should use virtual collaboration to help people learn, practice and apply new knowledge and skills.
Implementing Learning-How-to-Learn Strategies
How can a learning organization facilitate learning? Perhaps the answer is as simple as returning to the fundamentals of education, which focus the learner on the "how" of learning.
Employees Can’t Get No Respect
Aretha Franklin knows it. So did Rodney Dangerfield. If executives want to gain loyalty from their employees and increase their productivity, it all comes down to a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. According to a survey from Sirota Survey Intelligence and authors
What Does the Future of Learning and Development Hold?
Senior learning and development executives, much like their counterparts in technology and other people-centric industries, are always talking or at least thinking about the next big thing. That doesn’t necessarily mean the latest gadgets or innovative ne
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
Washington Gas: Real-Time Knowledge Transfer
With more than a million residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C., and the surrounding regions, WGL Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary Washington Gas launched the Learning Solutions Center in May 2005 to crea
Learning During Times of Growth
Growth can take place in many different ways, and CLOs need to be prepared to adapt to the organization's needs. Here's how learning executives at major companies have responded to various growth strategies for their companies.
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.
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.
Executives Say Skills Gaps, Lack of Leadership Are Top Concerns
With endless headlines and discussion about the impending labor shortages created by retiring baby boomers, it’s not surprising that skill gaps and a lack of leadership are keeping corporate executives up at night. According to the Ken Blanchard Companies
How to Create and Benefit from a Long-Term Training or Meeting Conference Center Partnership
In today’s fast-paced corporate world, it’s no secret that companies are partnering with other firms within and outside their industries for competitive advantage and increased ROI. This whitepaper will explore how companies can reap the benefits of pa
Managing the Learning Lifecycle: Retaining Organizational Knowledge
You may have a workforce comprised of many talented workers, but what happens when those top performers leave your organization? Here are seven steps to help ensure knowledge retention in the face of retirements and turnover.