Articles by Mike Prokopeak

CLOs recognize the growing role informal learning plays in employee development, but a Chief Learning Officer survey finds that many struggle to track its use.

Despite persistent emphasis on more sophisticated learning analytics, post-learning satisfaction surveys continue to be the most common method of acquiring feedback on learning initiatives.

A new era in business requires a new kind of leader. Tomorrow's CEOs will need to be more than just the boss. They'll need a robust set of financial, operational and executive skills.

Depending on the source, Twitter is either the manic future of digital connection or the most overhyped online trend. A look at the data reveals a more nuanced reality with implications for learning.

Things are going to get better in 2010 ... or not.

At the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, CLO Jody Hudson fuses his scientific training with a passion for development to generate learning power.

Questioning existing business processes and systems can create a more adaptable and smart organization.

While belt-tightening in learning departments looks set to continue in 2010, recently released survey data indicates the worst of the cuts is likely behind us.

Developing a leadership point of view helps leaders be more effective and realize the critical role the workforce plays in future success.

Companies and individuals are succeeding or failing one conversation at a time. Author Susan Scott argues it's high time to kill 360-degree feedback.

Today's businesses operate within an intricate network of suppliers, partners and customers that requires leaders to manage their processes with integrity inside and outside the corporate walls.

To be effective, CLOs must facilitate strategy development and know the content of strategy.

Learning professionals need to nurture high performers and avoid excessive expectations that handicap performance.

Ted Hoff, vice president for the Center for Learning and Development at IBM, shares how the global technology firm enables employees to get smarter faster.

In just over a year on the job, Sundar Nagarathnam has turned NetApp University from an afterthought into a valued, integrated asset to the global data storage and management company.