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A World of Differences: Train and Maintain Your Global Workforce
To improve workforce connections, reduce global turnover and increase efficiency across the organization, localized and globally consistent employee training is necessary. It also can increase the productivity of a successful business.
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Learning Outsourcing Marches Ahead
Nearly 30 percent of all custom content development, 44 percent of delivery and 30 percent of learning management system (LMS) operations now are outsourced to learning service providers. Research conducted in 2006 to study the economics of training outsourcing uncovered some interesting facts. First, the training outsourcing market is very fragmented and comprises thousands of…
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Five Ways to Use Social Networking for Learning
Why should CLOs care about social networking for learning? Because social networking can improve organizational problems such as sharing knowledge, brain drain, multigenerational learning, competency management and talent management. Let’s look at five characteristics of social networking and how one organization successfully uses social networking to support learning and to maintain a competitive advantage. 1.…
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Domino’s Pizza: Supporting Leadership Development in 30 Minutes or Less
When not taking steps to “Avoid the Noid,” the leadership and organizational development team at Domino’s Pizza incorporates technology into its overall leadership development efforts to facilitate a blended learning approach. With more than 8,000 locations in more than 54 countries, Domino’s needs a cost-effective way to reach out to a broad audience to support…
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Improving Productivity Through Coaching and Mentoring
Although coaching and mentoring seem similar on the surface, the two techniques — and their applications — can have substantially different effects in the workplace.
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CLO Results and Related Responsibilities
At the Spring 2007 CLO Symposium, attendees were asked to write the ideal CLO job description. The following points are their synthesized ideas: Exercise Meaningful Business Influence Essential source of highly relevant human capital guidance to other C-level executives. Critical leadership contribution to key business decisions and changes. Continuing cultivation of the company’s culture and…
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The Looming Talent Crisis
Over the past few years, developing and implementing succession plans and managing them effectively have become increasingly critical to the long-term success of any company. Experts point to a “perfect storm” of trends, including the baby boomers’ impending retirement, a growing skills gap and corporate consolidations and scandals. These trends are coalescing and exacting an…
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Destination Hotels: Leveraging Technology for Effective Succession Planning
As the war for talent heats up, more organizations are finding value in talent management and learning activities integration. Such is the case with Destination Hotels & Resorts. With more than 7,500 employees to look after, Destination found it critical to automate its succession planning process. “Our approach in the world of hospitality is to…
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Managing Succession Plans and Career Paths
Effective managers always anticipate the need for successors, and they are prepared. Because organizations cannot assume the mere existence of a talent pool guarantees the succession neatly will fit into place, effective succession management requires car
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Survey: Senior Executives Least Likely to Get Training
Of all corporate staff levels, senior management is least likely to get training and development, according to a survey of 2,000 human resources and training and development executives by Novations Group.







