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General Motors’ Donnee Ramelli Drives Innovation to Boost Business
To address the unrelenting economic and competitive pressures General Motors has recently faced, the automaker charged Donnee Ramelli, president of General Motors University, with ensuring GM’s 80,000 employees focus on innovation, technology and mission-
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Why Businesspeople Speak Like Idiots
If the terms "internal action learning" and "a planful approach" leave you baffled, you’re not alone. The learning industry, possibly more so than other industries, needs to learn how to avoid jargon and
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How Much Business Is in Your Business Plan?
Over the years, I’ve reviewed many planning documents for learning organizations of all shapes and sizes. Most are internally focused and detail staff resources, budgets, planned technology purchases, planned programs […]
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Five Innovation Technologies
Here are five technologies innovative CLOs use to make their training more engaging. 1. Podcasts Podcasts provide a way to distribute an audio or video episode via the Internet for […]
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Character: The Coin of the Realm
The word “character” originates from the centuries-old practice of engraving the likeness, or caricature, of kings or heroes on metal coins. The appearance of a distinctive, difficult-to-forge character on a […]
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Learning Reality: Narrowing Education’s Mission
The human capital management cycle is the next major initiative organizations are taking to maintain and increase competitive advantage. The learning component of the cycle can be the most expensive, but it can also deliver the most impact.
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Equifax: Showing Employees “The Way”
As a technology solutions provider, Equifax follows a core philosophy: “It’s all about growth, innovation and the deployment of technology, led by the greatest people anywhere.” It’s up to CLO Lynn Slavenski and Equifax University to ensure the workforce
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Study: Many Executives Dissatisfied with Training Efforts
At most companies, it’s a natural progression to use the learning department to address skill gaps. However, according to a new study, this approach hasn’t been working for many companies, and executives place some of the blame within the HR and training
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Women’s Executive Development Program Finds its Sea Legs
Senior learning executives have tried any number of creative ideas to help grab and focus learners’ attention. But not many can claim to have used a 118-foot, authentically rigged schooner as a learning lab. Chart Your Course, a six-month executive develo
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AOL’s Thomas Lokar: Accelerating Leadership and Learning in Line With Business Strategies
AOL has experienced a rebirth over the past three years, aided in no small part by the company’s learning and development organization and its leaders, Vice President of People Development and Talent Acquisition Thomas Lokar.