Articles by Ladan Nikravan
Virtual Coaching: Development at a Distance
Effective coaching can happen virtually if managers maintain a development focus and work to create a continuous connection.
Assessment Can Help Determine Thinking Style
Advocates say process can help managers learn to make better decisions.
Eliminating Information Overload in the Workplace
Learning leaders should have a real, clear vision about what they want the business to achieve by prioritizing the most important work and information and developing employees who are best suited for certain tasks.
Education For Business’ Sake
Even as unemployment continues to soar, companies are having a hard time finding talent that meets their needs. Employers have a simple, straightforward reason to invest in employee education: the bottom line.
An Unfair Advantage
Corporate programs to identify and develop certain high potentials for future leadership positions are often seen by peers as inequitable and political.
Assessing the Value of an Education
While the nation’s graduation rate has increased to the highest level of high school completion in more than two decades, whether or not learning has improved is questionable.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Ranks Florida’s Workforce and Job Training No. 1
More than 80 percent of adults receiving training and intensive workforce services through the state workforce system found a job, with a nearly 90-percent retention rate, during the past year.
A Simple Sailor
As CLO at America’s maritime guardian, Rear Adm. Timothy S. Sullivan provides advanced education to U.S. Coast Guard members to ensure they are the best they can be.
Setting the Strategy Is Just the Beginning
Leaders have a responsibility to work to guarantee meaning and purpose are diffused throughout the organization so appropriate goals and tactics can be developed to meet its needs.
Life-Saving Learning
With hurricane season beginning, companies are educating employees on what to do in case of an emergency.
Why Communication From Leadership is Essential For Success
Whether leaders are giving constructive criticism or defining company goals, they have to involve employees and be precise and concise when communicating to achieve positive results.
Where Technology Goes, Learning Will Follow
Evolving technology keeps Qualcomm's Learning Center Team on its toes. The company's methods to create learning material at a fast pace placed it at No. 7 in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite.
A Network of Learning Solutions
AT&T consistently encourages employees to improve themselves through job-based training, tuition aid and learning and re-skilling programs — just a few of the reasons it is the No. 1 ranked company in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite.
Learning From Leadership Mistakes
Whether a leader’s mistake is a temporary setback or career killer depends on his or her attitude and approach to its repair.
How to Boost the Creative Energy of Employees
Employees who are imaginative and original are better able to generate breakthroughs that stimulate organizational growth and performance. Leaders should enhance this creativity.