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Bob Mann: Harmonizing Learning at UBS
UBS harmonizes its multiple lines of business through strategic objectives of client focus, entrepreneurial leadership and organic growth. Bob Mann, global head of learning and development, makes sure the workforce stays in tune.
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Talent Shortages Give Organizations a Handicap
Technology and talent work great together, but only when both are fully integrated and up to the tasks our rapidly changing, global business environment can offer. A new research study, “The Leadership Benchstrength Challenge: Building Integrated Talent M
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AT&T’s Golden Age of Training
Before the term “corporate university” was common, AT&T had one. Now that the telecommunications giant has merged with SBC, a former learning professional from the company takes a look back.
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Innovative Talent Management Strategies
Despite a 5.2 percent U.S. unemployment rate, there is an acute shortage of talent. That talent consists of researchers, manufacturing specialists, engineers, educators, executives and others who can produce between 10 percent and 20 percent annual growth, or make the difference between profit and loss, according to a recent study from Deloitte Research. These individuals…
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The Changing Face of Simulations
Performance simulations can deliver dramatic results—from increasing customer satisfaction to decreasing the time needed to handle a help-desk call. As these tools evolve with technological changes, CLOs must adapt as well.
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Reporting Results: Managing Measurement
The ability to provide valid measures of success for any learning program is key to achieving support for future initiatives. Knowledge training and assessment programs can provide data in multiple formats to transform learning business operations.
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Randstad: Demonstrating Success in Learning
International staffing firm Randstad Holding, which connects approximately 250,000 provisional personnel to businesses in 17 countries every day, touts the motto, “We put people to work.” A corollary of that adage might be, “We prepare people for work.” The organization has provided professional learning programs for more than a million temporary employees, as well as…
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Connecting CLOs With the Recruiting Process
Recruiting new employees involves workforce planning, attracting new employees and getting new faces oriented to their work environment. CLOs can be valuable partners to human resources, every step of the way.
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Banco Popular: Connecting a Workforce to Learning
Banco Popular North America began its tradition of providing banking services to the under-served in Puerto Rico in 1893. Now, Banco Popular has approximately 2,000 employees in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas. These “DreamMakers” bring the organization’s shared values and agreements to life for its customers. “Shared agreements represent what people…
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In Global Business, English Is Not Just for Americans
Last week, we discovered that corporate leaders often suffer from a fear of public speaking. Now, it looks like the English language itself is a problem. Specifically, the world of business has spread so far and so fast that communication has become an is







