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Siemens: Taking Action in Management Development
Siemens is a Germany-based company with approximately 420,000 employees and about 75 billion Euros (approximately $100 billion U.S.) in revenue and a presence in more than 190 countries. The majority […]
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What’s In a Name?
For the most part, it’s wise not to get too hung up on job titles—real responsibility, potential for job growth and excellent compensation are better than a nice title. But […]
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Knowledge Sharing for the Mobile Workforce
The global workforce is increasingly mobile, relying on cell phones and PDAs to get the job done both in the office and on the road. CLOs need not ask whether mobile learning should be part of their strategy, but how.
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SCI: Dignity and Service Start With Learning
Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services in North America. More than 20,000 employees across North America compassionately help more than 600,000 families […]
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Differentiation
Here’s an interesting observation: For an industry that’s as crucial as learning and development to the fabric of business, there can be surprisingly little controversy running through it. Politics is […]
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Bell Canada’s Mary O’Hara Connects the Workforce to Learning
Mary O’Hara, vice president of people development for Bell Canada, takes a holistic approach to the learning curve for Canada’s largest communications company. Pride, trust, intuition and more lead to performance excellence.
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What Gets Measured, Gets Better: The Application of Learning Metrics
In the end, what gets measured gets better, but is learning formally measured? How? This month’s research looks at the metrics used to assess the effect of learning on employee and overall business performance.
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Unhappy Execs, Retention Issues Plague Organizations
The anticipated, and potentially huge, skilled-workforce shortage that may appear as baby boomers approach retirement age is a hot topic among senior management these days. A recent survey by ExecuNet reveals that many executives not in line for retiremen
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The Personal Side of Outsourcing
When companies transfer all or part of their learning functions to an outsourcing provider, change ripples through both organizations, especially the people whose jobs are redefined. Guido Minaya—who until June […]
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Learning Business Process Outsourcing and the Journey to High Performance
What’s on the minds of learning executives today? An exclusive Accenture Learning research study has found that a single, common goal dominates the learning field today: leveraging the learning function […]