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Study: Many Executives Dissatisfied with Training Efforts
At most companies, it’s a natural progression to use the learning department to address skill gaps. However, according to a new study, this approach hasn’t been working for many companies, and executives place some of the blame within the HR and training
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Women’s Executive Development Program Finds its Sea Legs
Senior learning executives have tried any number of creative ideas to help grab and focus learners’ attention. But not many can claim to have used a 118-foot, authentically rigged schooner as a learning lab. Chart Your Course, a six-month executive develo
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Multi-Sourcing: Achieving Growth and Agility
The practice of outsourcing training is following well-established patterns in other areas, such as payroll, customer service and IT. So today, the question a business-savvy training executive should ask is not, "Do we outsource?&quot
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NCR: The Innovative Talent Factory
NCR Corp. has a long history in innovation, leadership and learning. In 1884, John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company, maker of the first mechanical cash registers. Patterson […]
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AOL’s Thomas Lokar: Accelerating Leadership and Learning in Line With Business Strategies
AOL has experienced a rebirth over the past three years, aided in no small part by the company’s learning and development organization and its leaders, Vice President of People Development and Talent Acquisition Thomas Lokar.
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Prudential Financial: Growing Money and Learning Efficiency
The Prudential Financial slogan, ‘Growing and Protecting Your Wealth,’ parallels the company’s stance on learning. Prudential has created a learning and development strategy based on vendor partnerships and the formation of high-
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Corporations Have Trouble Assessing IT needs, BPO
It seems like information technology and related software programs have been a part of corporations’ daily routines for ages now. However, according to a new study, many enterprises are still stumped about how to use IT to positively impact business proce
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Ketchum Public Relations
Ketchum Public Relations, VP/Learning & Development, New York, NY The VP, L & D creates and implements learning strategies that directly impact Ketchum’s business goals; designs learning activities and processes and delivers w