Kellye Whitney is associate editorial director for Chief Learning Officer.
CLOs, be warned: There are several seemingly inescapable skill gaps to guard against when developing high-potential leaders. Future business leaders might lack six critical knowledge areas because today’s workers tend to stay within a functional area for
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 […]
It seems as if you can hardly take a deep breath these days without reading about corporate work-life balance initiatives or their similar sibling, the employee assistance program (EAP).
No leader wants to admit he or she is responsible for cultural or organizational problems, but often that’s exactly the case — organizations frequently reflect the character of the individual at the top.
Good vendors do research — how else can they provide the products and services CLOs need to build effective enterprise education? New research from Softscape, however, uncovered that a very real disconnect still exists between learning and HR.
Modern, global business practices and interactions between employees and employers, as well as customers and the organizations that serve them, demand a concentrated focus on collaboration and cost-efficiency. The learning and development industry found a
The responsibilities corporate learning is expected to take on and the skill areas it must affect appear to grow daily, along with the CLO’s role. Talent management — specifically, talent sustainability, the ability to retain and leverage existing talent
CLOs in all industries know intuitively that learning and development is a key piece of the talent management process. It’s not quite as simple to convince other senior members of an organization’s leadership team. Take HR, for instance. Ideally, the HR d
There has been a shift across the business and learning industries to reflect increased interest in talent management. Case in point, Chief Learning Officer magazine’s sister publication, Workforce Performance Solutions, will be renamed Talent Management
Global pharmaceutical company Alcon Labs, which specializes in eye care products, has about 13,000 employees in more than 70 countries. Until about a year ago, the company’s learning and development […]