Mike Prokopeak

Organizations are shifting priorities away from talent to immediate needs such as reducing risk and cost. While keeping an eye on the short term, learning leaders need to find long-term opportunities to leverage development.

With the economic downturn and increased attention to the bottom line, it may be time to re-evaluation simulations.

With record numbers of layoffs, leaders’ interpersonal skills are being put to the test. But coaching on business acumen may be where the real need lies.

While the future is uncertain for many learning organizations, there are real opportunities.

There’s no shortage of news coverage on the current economic recession, but how are learning practitioners tackling the dilemmas the downturn has created?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you likely heard that Starbucks temporarily shut down all their corporate stores for an afternoon in late February for a company-wide training initiative. […]