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The Alignment Factor
Every day, in organizations around the world demands are placed on the people who do the work of the organization. Granted, it is rarely expressed so bluntly, or with such sensitivity to what is truly being asked. Most often, the organization simply annou
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Elevating Performance Management
As companies struggle with the many realities of today’s business world, business leaders are finding a need to shift their strategies in order to stay competitive.
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Will Learning Investments Solve Your Problems
Stop! Organizations should not spend a dime on technology infrastructure to support a blended learning environment until they understand exactly what business problems need to be solved and how investments will deliver a return by solving those problems.
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Lands’ End: Learning That Fits
Lands’ End, one of the largest catalog retailers in the world, has built a successful business by combining high-quality customer service with comfortable, well-made clothing that fits. Over the years, the company has also built a reputation as a great pl
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Outsourcing Enterprise Learning
The business process outsourcing (BPO) market has been a reality for decades. Many of the core functions of a corporation, such as information technology, retirement and payroll processing, have been outsourced. Now, the issue on the minds of chief learni
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Creating the Demand for Education
If you’ve been following the trade journals and learning and development conferences, you’ve probably noticed that an awakening of sorts is going on. The fact that we are even addressing motivation as a factor in learning is a sure indication that we as a
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Unilever: Developing Leadership Competency
In 2000, Unilever, one of the world’s leading foods, home and personal care companies, initiated a five-year, comprehensive change program aimed at improving the company’s growth. As part of that program, Unilever implemented the Leadership Growth Profile
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American Skandia: Partnering With Middle Managers
American Skandia is an innovative financial services firm that offers investment products to investment professionals, who in turn offer these products to their clients as appropriate. In this fast-moving industry, it’s an incredible challenge to keep the












