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Military Training: Lessons for Civilian CLOs
Learning for military personnel is sharply focused on a single goal — accomplishing the mission. Despite the differences between military training and private-sector learning, CLOs can learn many lessons from their counterparts in the armed forces.
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IRS: Accounting for the Future of Leadership
Like most agencies and departments in the federal government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) faces the looming retirements of a substantial portion of its workforce. And because the IRS’ senior leadership is largely comprised of older personnel, it’s not surprising that this trend would have significant implications for this tier of the organization. Rebecca Johnson,…
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The New Leadership Requirement: Be Yourself
If only there were a perfect list of the most effective leadership characteristics to judge talent. Senior learning executives could use this all-encompassing, quite magical list as a guide for what type of learning to provide to develop that talent.
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Timken Company: Developing Global Leaders through Simulation
With operations in 27 countries, sales of approximately $4.5 billion and 26,000 employees working in more than 80 plants around the globe, The Timken Company keeps the world turning with its innovative products and services. But Timken, like many world-le
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Ken Fenoglio: Issuing the Call for Learning at AT&T
A merger is an ideal opportunity for a company to take a close look at the effectiveness of its learning and development organization. Unfortunately, the organizational climate at such a time is usually not conducive to gauging said effectiveness in any r
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Manpower: A Multi-Faceted Approach Boosts Learning
For global staffing company Manpower, there are multiple sides to development. There’s the regional approach, and there’s learning for leadership. In the former, learning leaders re-create exact working environments to effectively train their staffing spe
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Sanofi-Aventis: Reaching New Heights Through Continuous Learning
As the world’s third-largest pharmaceutical company, Sanofi-Aventis continues to make advancements in the development of new medications in the areas of oncology, the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, diabetes and internal medicine.
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Nelnet: The Benefits of a University Partnership
A leader in the education finance market offering student loan origination, repayment and consolidation services as well as university business solutions, Nelnet is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange with 3,200 employees and a market cap of ap












