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Technologies to Support Leadership Development
The tendency to "tech up" presentations and training, often without considering if we should, has proliferated learning and development. We need to evaluate how to match technologies to the content rather than designing a program
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University Health Systems: Measures of Success
As with employee education itself, metrics aren’t worth doing just for their own sake — they have to be tied to something meaningful to have any impact on the way things work in an organization. Thus, any system of measurement has to consider how particular learning and development initiatives (or those of any other function)…
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Improving Productivity Through Coaching and Mentoring
Although coaching and mentoring seem similar on the surface, the two techniques — and their applications — can have substantially different effects in the workplace.
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CLO Results and Related Responsibilities
At the Spring 2007 CLO Symposium, attendees were asked to write the ideal CLO job description. The following points are their synthesized ideas: Exercise Meaningful Business Influence Essential source of highly relevant human capital guidance to other C-level executives. Critical leadership contribution to key business decisions and changes. Continuing cultivation of the company’s culture and…
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The CLO Role Conversation
At the Spring 2007 CLO Symposium in Huntington Beach, Calif., 70 senior learning executives took part in an intensive work session to produce their best thinking about the future of the CLO role. Through the discussions and post-event online contributors,
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Destination Hotels: Leveraging Technology for Effective Succession Planning
As the war for talent heats up, more organizations are finding value in talent management and learning activities integration. Such is the case with Destination Hotels & Resorts. With more than 7,500 employees to look after, Destination found it critical to automate its succession planning process. “Our approach in the world of hospitality is to…
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eLearning Guild Gives SumTotal Top Honors for Customer Satisfaction, Market Share
Mountain View, Calif. — April 20 According to a recently published report, “360-Degree Report on Learning Management Systems,” by the eLearning Guild, a global network of more than 25,000 e-learning professionals, SumTotal Systems Inc. has won Member Choice Awards for learning management system (LMS) customer satisfaction and market share, respectively. In particular, SumTotal received kudos…
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SAP, Adobe Join Forces for Virtual Learning
Atlanta — April 23 SAP AG and Adobe Systems Inc. will collaborate on a new product, SAP Enterprise Learning environment, designed to help companies drive continuous employee education more efficiently and cost-effectively than with traditional in-person training. SAP Enterprise Learning creates a unique learning environment through the combination of SAP Learning Solution with Adobe Acrobat…












