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QAD: Developing New Learning Experiences
QAD, a 1,200-employee company based in Carpinteria, Calif., provides manufacturers in the automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, medical and industrial products fields with management solutions for their business processes. The company has deployed its offerings at more than 5,200 sites in about 80 countries and has offices in more than 25 countries. To…
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Strategic Alignment: Bronze Award
Frank J. Anderson, Jr. President and Chief Learning Officer Defense Acquisition University (DAU) In order to reap all of the benefits of technology, innovation and the other elements of employee education and development, an enterprise must ensure that its learning is strategically aligned with its values, vision and goals. Frank J. Anderson, Jr., president and…
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Learning Innovations: Gold Award
Frank J. Anderson, Jr. President and Chief Learning Officer Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Learning innovation can mean a lot of different things. Some definitions center on technological advances. Others focus on exciting ways to deliver traditional classroom instruction. Yet another definition of learning innovation involves going above and beyond traditional classroom or new and improved…
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Creating Experiential Learning
While classrooms and e-learning have their adherents, studies show that on-the-job experience can be the best teacher of all. Real-world exercises help invest learners in their work beyond the theoretical, increasing productivity.
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Leading Business Change: Silver Award
Carol Black Vice President, Organization and Human Resource Development PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare, a managed care health insurance company with millions of clients nationwide, faced severe challenges to the survival of the organization three years ago. The company had three CEOs during the span of a year, had no strategic plan to speak of, was…
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Completing the Mission
To be truly relevant, all change, learning and development must enhance the success of the corporate mission. In our experience, completing the mission and full engagement are nearly synonymous. Mission success is best served when the full power of human energy is recruited in the service of the mission. That is the core of what…
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Learning In Practice Awards
Editor’s LetterSimply the Best CLO of the YearFrank J. Anderson, Jr.President and Chief Learning Officer, Defense Acquisition University Achieving Impact Gold AwardTed HoffVice President, Learning, IBM Silver AwardJill SmartManaging Partner, Human Resources, Accenture Bronze Award Don RonchiVice President and Chief Learning Officer, Raytheon Company Creative Alliances Gold AwardNick van DamGlobal Chief Learning Officer, Deloitte Silver…
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The Corporate Coach
It’s interesting, but not surprising, how the modern business world has adopted the principles of athletics into everyday operations. Both worlds are about peak performance, individual and team achievement, strategy and endurance. For enterprises in quickly shifting marketplaces, every day is the big game. So like the coach, a chief learning officer engages learners, setting…












