When not taking steps to “Avoid the Noid,” the leadership and organizational development team at Domino’s Pizza incorporates technology into its overall leadership development efforts to facilitate a blended learning approach. With more than 8,000 locations in more than 54 countries, Domino’s needs a cost-effective way to reach out to a broad audience to support…
Although coaching and mentoring seem similar on the surface, the two techniques — and their applications — can have substantially different effects in the workplace.
“If you want to go fast, travel alone, but if you want to go far, travel together.” – African proverb Communities of practice are being reinvented for Web 2.0 as a growing number of jobs require complex skills. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that over the next two years, knowledge-intensive jobs will grow three…
At the Spring 2007 CLO Symposium, attendees were asked to write the ideal CLO job description. The following points are their synthesized ideas: Exercise Meaningful Business Influence Essential source of highly relevant human capital guidance to other C-level executives. Critical leadership contribution to key business decisions and changes. Continuing cultivation of the company’s culture and…
At the Spring 2007 CLO Symposium in Huntington Beach, Calif., 70 senior learning executives took part in an intensive work session to produce their best thinking about the future of the CLO role. Through the discussions and post-event online contributors,
Over the past few years, developing and implementing succession plans and managing them effectively have become increasingly critical to the long-term success of any company. Experts point to a “perfect storm” of trends, including the baby boomers’ impending retirement, a growing skills gap and corporate consolidations and scandals. These trends are coalescing and exacting an…
Effective managers always anticipate the need for successors, and they are prepared. Because organizations cannot assume the mere existence of a talent pool guarantees the succession neatly will fit into place, effective succession management requires car
Today’s CLOs find themselves in a measurement Catch-22: To successfully demonstrate the impact learning has on business results requires a willingness from management to grant access to key performance and result metrics, but management is often reluctant
Well-roundedness, not specialization, is a key element for successful employee communicators, according to a Melcrum report, “How to Develop Outstanding Internal Communicators” by Sue Dewhurst and Liam FitzPatrick.
Atlanta — April 23 SAP AG and Adobe Systems Inc. will collaborate on a new product, SAP Enterprise Learning environment, designed to help companies drive continuous employee education more efficiently and cost-effectively than with traditional in-person training. SAP Enterprise Learning creates a unique learning environment through the combination of SAP Learning Solution with Adobe Acrobat…


