Leadership Development

A leader in the education finance market offering student loan origination, repayment and consolidation services as well as university business solutions, Nelnet is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange with 3,200 employees and a market cap of ap

If your organization is evaluating whether to add coaching to its learning and development program roster, you’re not alone. A recent survey from The Institute of Executive Development and Marshall Goldsmith Partners examined responses from more than 200

In addition to creating the most effective content and delivery for their learning and development organizations and motivating their direct reports, CLOs might want to encourage leaders to focus on their health. Exercising and paying attention to your he

If your company is one of the holdouts of joining the learning management system game, fear no more. You can now count your chips and play your hand with confidence. According to Josh Bersin, CEO of research and enterprise learning advisory firm Bersin &a

Life is full of challenges: Some are a quick fix, but others take time and often require thorough assessment, planning and persistent dedication to tackle. The challenges that often confront organizations today are generally the persistent sort, though ev

In an industry where buzzwords abound, seemingly similar terms are used within the business units served by the chief learning officer. Often, this has an undermining effect on getting a clear message from the in-house professional development team to the

In a manufacturing environment where machinery makes up a considerable piece of the workforce, training is still an essential component for successful, efficient process and project completion. This is true for Northwest Pipe Company, a leading manufactur

We’ve recently been through another New Year celebration, and once again I’ve noticed the deceptively obvious: Unless there’s a major snowstorm overnight on Jan. 1, one year looks pretty much like the next.

One of the most powerful and underused learning tools readily available to the CLO is the recorded human voice. With widely dispersed knowledge workers whose expertise is in need of constant updating and expansion, it is surprising how few companies use t

A growing number of enterprises are centralizing learning capabilities and building shared service centers to enhance their learning efficiency and effectiveness. According to a 2005 study from Bersin & Associates, areas where shared services

When looking for best practices in online instructor certification, for-profit universities are the first place to benchmark for their comprehensiveness in training and certifying online faculty. Just look at the growth in online faculty and you will see

Leadership development has long been linked to the execution of successful business strategies, but a recent study from leadership development solutions provider Ninth House has uncovered several trends of top-performing organizations as well as a financi

Are your company’s training sessions designed to inspire maximum creativity, innovation and productivity? In a successful session, participants are actively engaged, groups are collaborating successfully and energy levels are high. You’ll improve overall

The words learning and training have five letters in common and touch the same field of interest—education. Often the words are used interchangeably, but some say there is a subtle distinction between the two. Of course, definitions for that distinction v

Are you skeptical about blended learning? There has been a lot of talk about blending, and any topic that's on everybody's lips isn't typically on mine.