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Leading Business Change: Silver Award
Carol Black Vice President, Organization and Human Resource Development PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare, a managed care health insurance company with millions of clients nationwide, faced severe challenges to the survival of the organization three years ago. The company had three CEOs during the span of a year, had no strategic plan to speak of, was…
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Learning Innovations: Silver Award
Bryan Bergsteinsson Group Vice President University of Toyota Bryan Bergsteinsson, group vice president of the University of Toyota, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., led the creation of the University of Toyota, the learning support arm for Toyota Motor Sales, as part of Toyota Motor Sales’ “New Era Initiatives.” The phrase “new era” brings to mind a…
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KLA-Tencor Corp.: Integrating Learning and Company Action
For semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel and Texas Instruments, building the wafers, or the matrix of information computer chips that make up a large part of their business, brings a high potential for error. KLA-Tencor builds process-control solutions to correct these errors with inspections at each phase of productivity that can maximize yield and identify…
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Connecting Middle Managers: The Next Wave of Leadership Development
Leadership must think ahead to prepare for inevitable succession and future challenges. Talent management identifies future leaders among the middle managers and prepares them for the road ahead.
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8th Habit Leadership, Part 1
I don’t know how much money has been spent in our society on what is called leadership development, but it must be in the billions. Few organizations lack a leadership training program, whether it be a full curriculum or a course at a local college. Succession programs often include leadership training that lasts for years.…
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The CLO’s Critical Role: Nine Areas for Action
After presenting chief learning officers with a self-assessment in his last column, Jack Phillips offers nine action areas to help improve the learning organization and connect it to business goals and strategy.
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Strategic Alignment: Silver Award
Ted Hoff Vice President, Learning IBM IBM Vice President of Learning Ted Hoff and his team developed the Role of the Manager@IBM initiative, sponsored by IBM’s CEO, in order to change organizational leaders’ thoughts and views about the way they do their jobs. Specifically, this meant getting managers and executives in many different business units…
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Leading Business Change: Gold Award
Kevin Wilde Vice President and Chief Learning Officer General Mills When the opportunity came in 2001 for General Mills to acquire long-time rival Pillsbury, Vice President and Chief Learning Officer Kevin Wilde stepped into a sizeable breach. To retain the talent base at both companies and integrate different values, strategy, vision and organizational structure, General…












