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Health Care Executives Address Management Skill Gaps
Although doctors have to go through years of formal education and training to practice in their field, once they reach the top and take a management position, they can be as lost as incoming freshman. According to an Advisory Board Company survey of 22,00
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External Learning Resources: Strategic Partner or Commodity Vendor?
Facing challenging market and economic conditions now and in the foreseeable future, many senior leaders find themselves outsourcing needed specialized expertise and competencies for positions the organization cannot afford to keep on the payroll permanently. CLOs are not spared this task, often accessing external learning and development resources to help supplement the capabilities and deliverables…
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Mississippi Department of Employment Security: Promoting Productivity
State workers around the country have gotten a bad reputation when it comes to service. To make matters worse, bureaucratic, old-fashioned performance systems can make it very difficult to terminate an employee, no matter how dismal their performance. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) is aware of this stereotype and is currently transitioning its…
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Architecting a Comprehensive Leadership Development Framework
Developing effective leaders is essential to any organization’s success. A comprehensive, integrated system provides a process to generate new leaders who can ensure their business stays ahead of the competition.
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Can CLOs Address America’s Brain Drain?
In survey after survey reporting the needs and challenges of chief learning officers, one issue remains conspicuous in its absence – the brain drain. Consider the following: Several key agencies for scientific research and development will face a retirement crisis within the next five years. According to David Delong, author of “Lost Knowledge,” the number…
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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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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.
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The Low-Hanging Fruit Is Tasty
The higher you go, the farther you see. Recent research finds that CLOs work on short-term efficiency while other C-level officers look beyond to long-term prosperity. The CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and other longer-tenured C-level officers look to learning to build the capacity to transform the business. Their goals are long-term, qualitative and aspirational. CLOs are…












