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Leadership Coaching: Developing Effective Executives
Despite coaching’s popularity, many companies still question its effectiveness. As a result, many L&D professionals wonder if their organizations should offer coaching, if coaching can become more scalable, and how they can increase the predic
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Providing Learning for New Technical Leaders Challenging
It’s probably not surprising that when developing learning interventions to help technical professionals transition into new positions as leaders, much of the development focus is in the soft-skill arena. According to Mary Ann Masarech, director of Employ
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Corporate Learning Trends You Can Use
On the surface, trends and business are a perfect fit. But if the description isn’t relevant, corporate learning trends can mislead businesses. Trends are notoriously fickle, but the Corporate University Xchange has come up with several corporate learning
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Kaiser Permanente, Director
Untitled Document Kaiser Permanente, Director, Learning and Development, Southern California Region – Pasadena, CA The Director, L&D, reporting to VP, HR, SoCal, manages a team 19. Responsibilities: build a robust new employee entry process; ensure education related to HR regulatory requirements; create learning strategy for leader development at team leader, supervisory, and middle management levels;…
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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 is clearly one of the leading innovators in American business history, not just in technology, but in teaching and building talent. Patterson was also a…
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Educating Innovative Leaders: Lessons in Processes and Performance
Innovative leaders are vital to the success of educational opportunities. These leaders wrap their creative energies around ideas and employ them in new ways that can send measurable business drivers off the charts.
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Motorola: Learning How to Learn in a Technical Training Business
The wireless communications industry is wrought with constant change. Suppliers who don’t stay ahead of the game lose customers. Training is no exception. In response to these challenges, a segment of Motorola’s training business has examined learners’ changing needs and projected and implemented a future direction for training. Future focus is on the evolution of…
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Semantics
Several years ago, a manager told a forum that his company’s attempt to consolidate dozens of training efforts was bogged down for three months while they struggled for a consensus definition of “e-learning.” Let’s not make the same mistake with Web 2.0, Learning 2.0 and informal learning. We need to clarify what these terms mean…












