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Learning a Key Piece in Talent Management Process
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
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E-Learning Outsourcing: Go with Your Eyes Wide Open
Outsourcing design and development of e-learning has become a key strategic initiative for many organizations because of the obvious benefits of receiving specialized services. But how do you select the "right" outsourcing partne
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Managing Learning Function Performance
It’s easy to say a well-designed, balanced performance measurement system that drives appropriate stakeholder behaviors greatly reduces the likelihood of function failure. However, designing and executing such a performance measurement system is easier sa
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New England Organ Bank: Saving Lives and Learning
In companies’ day-to-day operations, stress is a given. When it gets too high, one way for employees to cope is to step back, take a deep breath and remember what […]
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2007: The Year of the Mission-Critical Workforce
We all have read the statistics: By 2010, more than half of all workers in the United States will be older than 40. The decade ahead will see vast numbers […]
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12 Unavoidable Truths About E-Learning
Many organizations ignore basic realities about technology and learning, resulting in e-learning programs that are time-consuming to create, expensive to produce and deploy and don’t change behaviors in the intended way. Building effective e-learning take
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Mind Mapping: Charting Learning in Financial Management
Breaking down corporate learning to a science is interesting in theory, but does it work in practice? According to Alan Levy, the answer is a resounding yes. Levy is vice […]
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Habits of Successful CLOs
Once you get the title of chief learning officer, the challenge starts. Will this chapter of your life be a transformational experience for you and your organization? If we define […]
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Norm’s Law
Most of us recognize Murphy’s law. You know the one: If anything can go wrong, it will. Some with more technical interests might even know Moore’s law. It states that […]
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Looking Forward: The Training Industry in 2007
With the war for talent in full swing, CLOs are thrust into a more strategic role as company leaders look to them to help address a wide range of talent management issue. Learning is no longer just about training — it’s not seen as a strategic function th