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Talent Shortages Give Organizations a Handicap
Technology and talent work great together, but only when both are fully integrated and up to the tasks our rapidly changing, global business environment can offer. A new research study, “The Leadership Benchstrength Challenge: Building Integrated Talent M
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AT&T’s Golden Age of Training
Before the term “corporate university” was common, AT&T had one. Now that the telecommunications giant has merged with SBC, a former learning professional from the company takes a look back.
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Innovative Talent Management Strategies
Despite a 5.2 percent U.S. unemployment rate, there is an acute shortage of talent. That talent consists of researchers, manufacturing specialists, engineers, educators, executives and others who can produce between 10 percent and 20 percent annual growth, or make the difference between profit and loss, according to a recent study from Deloitte Research. These individuals…
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The Changing Face of Simulations
Performance simulations can deliver dramatic results—from increasing customer satisfaction to decreasing the time needed to handle a help-desk call. As these tools evolve with technological changes, CLOs must adapt as well.
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Reporting Results: Managing Measurement
The ability to provide valid measures of success for any learning program is key to achieving support for future initiatives. Knowledge training and assessment programs can provide data in multiple formats to transform learning business operations.
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Randstad: Demonstrating Success in Learning
International staffing firm Randstad Holding, which connects approximately 250,000 provisional personnel to businesses in 17 countries every day, touts the motto, “We put people to work.” A corollary of that adage might be, “We prepare people for work.” The organization has provided professional learning programs for more than a million temporary employees, as well as…
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Envision Greatness
In these ongoing meditations on how to develop leaders, I’m struck by the need to teach leaders to see people as they really are. I don’t mean just taking stock of their strengths and weaknesses and fitting them to a certain role. And I certainly don’t mean the old Industrial Age way of seeing employees…
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Preparing for Baby Boomer Retirement
With nearly 83 million baby boomers nearing retirement age, the U.S. workforce faces a massive knowledge drain beginning in approximately six years. What will the exit of this generation mean for your organization?












