Articles by Deanna Hartley

DAU: Driving Efficiency Through People
Senior leadership support and commitment enabled DAU, tied for No. 2 in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s 2012 LearningElite, to meet the critical training needs of a growing workforce.

Relevance Trumps ROI
Instead of asking what the dollar return is, CLOs should explain how their offerings stay relevant to the business.

Farmers: Lowering the Deductible on Learning
At Farmers Insurance, learning isn’t considered a success unless it has measurable bottom-line impact, said company CLO Annette Thompson.

Winning the War With 21st-Century Learning
The ability to deploy state-of-the-art technologies and learning strategies is just one arrow in DAU’s quiver, making it the No. 3 ranked company in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite.

Making a Bold Statement
When it comes to investing in the workforce, Deloitte puts its money where its mouth is by committing to a $300 million learning facility — making it the No. 2 ranked company in Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite.

Learning: The Lifeblood of Health Care
The prescription for Banner Health to remain at the cutting edge of the health care landscape is a healthy dose of L&D under the tutelage of SVP and CTO Ed Oxford.
Learning Gets Switched On
GE Energy has positioned itself to capitalize on the economic resurgence by leveraging leadership development opportunities to empower its workforce.
Is There Macro Value in Microlearning?
Bite-sized learning can round out an organization's overall strategy by enabling cost-effective peer-to-peer knowledge sharing across the enterprise. Despite what skeptics say, it's here to stay.
Unleashing Potential Through Learning
JoAnn Shaw, vice president and CLO at BJC HealthCare, battled illness and naysayers, to empower employees through learning.
Telecom Training
When Cisco Systems named its first-ever chief learning officer 10 months ago, the IT giant went with a company and industry veteran, with the intention of accelerating learning with a steady hand on the throttle. And now he is on a mission to make learnin
Leaders Developing Leaders at IBM
As technology and business processes continue to evolve, IBM's Ted Hoff keeps the tech conglomerate at the forefront of innovation by investing in time and resources to enable employees to stay ahead of the curve.
Note to CLOs: Start the Learning Early
In these uncertain times, organizations are increasingly focused on improving productivity and efficiency and on protecting the bottom line.
Building a Talent Pipeline at Citi
Robert Gimbl, former CLO at Citi, discusses the challenges facing learning practitioners in the financial sector and how Citi delivered value by creating an internal talent pipeline.