I am enrolled in a new master’s program at Northwestern University. Upon completion, I will receive my degree in learning and organizational change. What type...
What happens after the MBA? October 21, 2019Tuition reimbursement for higher education is a waste of money if employees can’t use their new skills. The MBA is not just about getting the… Read More
Leadership Development
OSRAM Sylvania: A Winning Management Training Program
January 6, 2003Now the second largest lighting company in the United States, OSRAM SYLVANIA has proved throughout its 102 years in business that it can invent itself repeatedly using technology and redirecting leadership development to attract and retain the most demand
Memorial Hospital and Health System: Education and a Healthy Bottom Line
January 6, 2003Memorial Hospital and Health System, located in South Bend, Ind., is one of the premier cardiovascular and orthopedic hospitals in the United States. Memorial’s focus is on innovation as a way of doing business. With 3,200 employees, getting the message o
Training/Learning: What Fits Your Company?
January 6, 2003Imagine being at the helm of a good-sized sailing yacht. The calm has given way to strong wind gusts, fog and stormy seas. You must rely on the skills of the crew, limited resources, navigation equipment and common sense to safely guide you and your crew
Development as a Retention Tool
January 6, 2003In today’s volatile economy, corporations are continually looking for innovative ways to enhance shareholder value and improve bottom-line results. While there have been a variety of strategies implemented to achieve these goals, successful organizations
Ted Hoff: Leading IBM’s Education Solutions
January 6, 2003IBM is no stranger to the concept of corporate education. In fact, providing workforce development opportunities is part of the technology giant’s corporate heritage, a time-tested effort to ensure market leadership through top-notch associates trained an
Deloitte Consulting: Educating a Global Team
January 6, 2003As executives with a strong interest in the delivery of learning, you don’t have to be told that education is big business. Whether your business is manufacturing or marketing, there are undeniable advantages to leading a well-trained team.
VBA: On the Front Lines of Learning and Needs Assessment
January 6, 2003The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), one of the three main administrations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), provides benefits and services to American veterans and their families in recognition of their service to the nation. Employing m
Organizational Assessments: Aligning Learning with Strategic Directions
January 6, 2003It is a challenge to train toward future states rather than to current practices. Training efforts are being stretched in many organizations to meet the current demands of developing proficient employees in the jobs that exist today. Moreover, organizatio
Collaborative Tools for e-Learning: What Works, What Doesn’t
December 11, 2002This event is Archived:This event was previously held live on December 4, 2002 . The recording of this event is 49:53 mins/secs long and 6443 kb in size. To...
Front-Line Managers: Training’s Biggest Asset
November 1, 2002In my last column, I discussed how every training department should establish itself as an investment, not an expense. Once this perspective is adopted, training programs need to align themselves with the organization’s best resources to guarantee success
Building Leaders and Driving Change
November 1, 2002In tough times, the argument goes, leadership development is the first thing to cut. Maybe so for some organizations, but not necessarily for forward-looking companies. From the worst of times comes the best of times, and organizations with hopes of capit
Learning Styles: What’s Right for Your Enterprise?
November 1, 2002When I was a child, admittedly now a long, long time ago, one of the most favorite games we played in school and in our neighborhood was �Simon Says.� The rules of the game are incredibly simple: Do exactly, but only, what Simon tells you to do. If th
Collaborative Tools for e-Learning
November 1, 2002When my colleague Padma Medury and I conducted a survey on collaborative technologies and groupware in 1990, little did we know the degree to which Web-based tools would reshape and elevate this field. We discovered conferencing and collaboration tools fo
Steelcase: Migrating Employees to New Systems
September 2, 2002Ranked number 425 on the Fortune 500 list, and with more than $4 billion in revenue in 2001, Steelcase is the undisputed leader in the global office furniture industry. When faced with a company-wide migration from version 3.1 of SAP to version 4.6, Steel
The Critical Element of an Enterprise Learning Strategy
August 25, 2002If there is a single role that differentiates the CLO from other learning professionals, it is that the CLO must set the overall learning strategy for the enterprise. But what is a learning strategy, and what does it include? The most important element o
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