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Laying the Cornerstone: Alignment of Learning
The formula for success in learning and development is based on the careful execution of three relatively simple concepts: assessment, delivery and measurement. Assess the learner’s needs, deliver the content and measure to see if it had impact. With th
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Onboarding: Helping New Executives Get It Right
Too much. Too little. Just right. How does an organization successfully on-board its new executives? According to a survey by RHR International, an executive and organizational development consulting firm, about half of senior executives say they are not
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Environment: How Venue Selection Impacts the Success of Your Meeting or Training Session
With increased pressure to demonstrate ROI, Chief Learning Officers tend to focus primarily on the effectiveness of curricula and training methods. However, as this article demonstrates, mounting evidence shows that the choice of venue and the physical fa
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Report Shows LMS Market Growing Apace
If your company is one of the holdouts of joining the learning management system game, fear no more. You can now count your chips and play your hand with confidence. According to Josh Bersin, CEO of research and enterprise learning advisory firm Bersin &a
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Are You Measuring the Right Things?
There is a saying in business: What gets measured gets done. Organizations that effectively manage their measures achieve superior results. In all sectors, leaders use measures to drive organizational improvement and outperform their competitors. Howeve
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Cingular Wireless: Driving Alignment Through Simulation
After Cingular Wireless acquired AT&T Wireless in October 2004, it was critical for the newly integrated workforce to understand and align around the company’s three-year business goals. But in order to accomplish this feat in an efficient man
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The Nexus of Learning: The Intersection of Formal and Informal Education
In the beginning, there was learning, and it was unstructured. From the primordial ooze of early man’s brain came the concept of on-the-job training.
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Job Descriptions With Legs
The Industrial Age is giving way to the Knowledge Age, and leaders must welcome the shift instead of resisting it.
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Trends and Tactics
We’ve recently been through another New Year celebration, and once again I’ve noticed the deceptively obvious: Unless there’s a major snowstorm overnight on Jan. 1, one year looks pretty much like the next.
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Scotiabank: Cashing In on a Community of Learning
Many companies embrace a centralized learning model to offer learning and development opportunities to their various employee populations. Scotiabank, which offers retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking services to millions of customers arou