Commentary & Opinion
Spring CLO Symposium Kicks Off on High Note
Conductor Roger Nierenberg started off Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s Spring 2008 Symposium on a high note with a presentation that was music to the ears of event attendees — literally.
Ants Do It. So Do Bees. Why Shouldn’t We?
Experiential learning in workforce development is one way the industry is evolving its own strategies to effectively reconcile the way people actually learn with the way they are taught.
The CLO Wikipedia Entry
One of the most touted new tools in the learning professional’s cache is the wiki.
You’ve Got Mail: Survey Finds Mixed Reviews on Checking E-mail During Meetings
Is it OK to check e-mail during meetings? A new survey shows the verdict is still out, although many executives are doing it.
2007 Retirement Confidence Survey: Many Workers Ignore Retirement System Changes
A large percentage of American workers see that the U.S. retirement system is going through major changes, but many are not taking steps that are likely to leave them well-positioned for a comfortable retirement.
Differences Between Men, Women Emerge When Surveyed About Overall Job Satisfaction
HR Solutions Inc. recently conducted a study of about 10,000 multi-industry employee engagement surveys, analyzing differences between men and women with regard to overall job satisfaction.
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Storytelling: PowerPoint’s New Best Friend
Slide after slide of bulleted sentence fragments is an awful thing to sit through. If the speaker giving the presentation reads them to you word for word, it makes a bad spectacle even worse. Regardless of these unpleasantries, PowerPoint has become the l
Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Coffee Company, one of the most recognized and fastest growing brands in the world, and just named number 11 on Fortune’s Best Places to Work List and number 3 in Fortune’s Most Admired Companies is seeking a talented professional for a signific
How Much Juice Does a CLO Really Have?
When a senior learning executive sits down at the proverbial leadership table with a list of learning and organizational development requests in hand, we know what should happen. But is the learning and development well deep and expansive, or shallow and
What Keeps Your Executives Up at Night?
When night falls, some children are frightened by dreams of a boogieman under the bed. Corporate executives have their own boogieman, and his name is Skilled Labor Shortage. More than 500 corporate leaders revealed what keeps them up at night in the 2005