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Understanding the Workforce: Designing Targeted Development
When designing targeted training for a four-generation workforce, CLOs might want to borrow a trick or two from the film industry: Hollywood has perfected how to define an audience and deliver engaging content specifically to it.
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What the Numbers Say
Measurement means numbers, yet there are many learning professionals who would rather change careers than deal with these pesky digits. But you don’t need to be a mathematician to be successful in a world of numbers — it’s not about how to "d
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Corporate Compliance: Learning’s Mission-Critical Role
Historically, only highly regulated industries such as health care and utilities had stringent compliance requirements for learning management. Today, these requirements touch nearly every industry. With corporate compliance growing in scope and impact, C
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Building Bridges: Lessons in Working with Business Units
When working with business unites, the main function of the learning department is to best serve the needs of learners and the overall organization. To accomplish this, many learning organizations employ one of three strategies: centralized learning, dece
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Rebecca Ray: Crediting MasterCard Learning with Business Success
When Rebecca Ray became the senior vice president of global learning and organizational development at MasterCard Worldwide in 2005, she brought with her a diverse career ranging from high school education to consulting to Wall Street.
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Leadership Development: Moving from Priority to Action
A 2005 survey conducted by Bersin & Associates found organizations spend as much as 30 percent of their corporate training dollars on leadership development. This is no surprise. Around the globe, virtually all market sectors predict shortages of qualified leaders. It is also well-known that leadership skills drive results: High-quality leaders attract high-quality performers, which,…
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IBM Goes Virtual to Train New Workers
Video games might not be the first thing that comes to mind when business officials discuss training, but IBM is using that medium IBM to aid its global onboarding efforts, particularly in China, India and the United States.
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Survey: About 50 Percent of Potential Postsecondary Students Would Prefer Web-Based Learning
Nearly half of people who plan to participate in a postsecondary education program said they would rather attend one that is online or a mixture of online and on-campus instruction, according to a survey by Eduventures, a research and consulting firm for












