Looking Forward: The Learning & Development Industry in 2006

Looking Forward: The Learning & Development Industry in 2006

Each year brings with it a mix of new potential challenges and solutions for chief learning officers everywhere. With 2006 upon us, IDC asked Chief Learning Officer magazine’s Business Intelligence Board which areas of the learning and development industr
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Dec 28, 2005
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Leveraging Technology for Improved Sales Performance

How can you measure the impact of technology and training on business, and more particularly, the sales function? The past 10 years have introduced e-mail, Web meetings and customer relationship […]
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Dec 28, 2005
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Building Goodwill to Last the Year Through

You don’t often hear about employees returning holiday cash or check bonuses, but research indicates that non-monetary, more personal gifts may have a greater, longer lasting impact on employees. Further, Beverly Kaye, founder and CEO of Career Systems In
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Dec 21, 2005
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Utilization of Marketing Resources – BRONZE: Melissa Baddeley, CLO & Vice President, Learning, Coast Capital Savings

Melissa Baddeley, CLO and vice president of learning for Coast Capital Savings, the second-largest credit union in Canada, has held that title since September 2004, when the C-level position was […]
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Dec 20, 2005
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Utilization of Marketing Resources – SILVER: Suellen Roth, Vice President, Global Policy, Compliance, Diversity & Avaya University, Avaya

As vice president of global policy, compliance, diversity and Avaya University for Avaya, Suellen Roth has engaged the company’s learners with Madison Avenue savoir-faire. “Companies don’t release products without advertising […]
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Dec 20, 2005
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Utilization of Marketing Resources – GOLD: Maureen McCormick, Director, Learning & Development, University of Iowa

The idea of using marketing techniques to create interest in learning and development activities is not a new one. However, effectively deploying marketing resources to increase learning and development dollars […]
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Dec 20, 2005
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Strategic Alignment – BRONZE: Donald Vanthournout, Associate Partner, HR, Accenture

Accenture understands better than most how important strategic alignment can be to the realization of key business objectives. With this central purpose in mind, the company created a Capability Development […]
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Dec 20, 2005
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Learning Innovations – SILVER: Ted Hoff, Vice President, Learning, IBM

When IBM Vice President of Learning Ted Hoff joined the company four years ago and began to actively leverage work on IBM’s On Demand Learning capabilities, one of his first […]
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Dec 20, 2005
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Leading Business Change – SILVER: Michael E. Pollard, Chief Learning Officer, Regions Financial Corp.

When Regions Financial Corp. acquired Union Planters in early 2004, the new company faced post-merger integration challenges, but CLO Michael Pollard understood that he and his team would play a […]
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Dec 20, 2005
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Achieving Impact – GOLD: Rob Lauber, Executive Director, Learning Services, Cingular Wireless

Mergers and acquisitions are challenging under most circumstances, but when more than 46 million customers, over 100,000 employees and a 20-day transition period are a part of the mix, an […]
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Dec 19, 2005
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