Leadership Development
Leadership development encourages the planning, creation and management of training programs and skills building needed to become a successful leader — from top executives to managers.

Terry Bickham Jr.: Cataloging Learning at the Library of Congress
As the largest library in the world, the Library of Congress is challenged to evolve into the digital age. Terry Bickham Jr., chief learning officer for the library, is leading that change through learning.
GENERAL MILLS, CIN DIRECTOR – ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS
Provide leadership in the development, implementation and ongoing enhancement of strategic corporate-wide HR organization effectiveness systems, such as performance management, assessment, talent management, leadership development and organization develop
What Makes a Good Leader?
No one can argue that a great leader can boost an organization's growth and performance in much the same way a poor leader can run one into the ground. But what makes a leader effective or ineffective is a more nebulous concept to pin down.
Strategic Budgeting and Planning for Learning Initiatives
C-level executives want CLOs to ensure they are getting more with less from their learning initiatives. Here are some straightforward techniques for budgeting and strategizing learning and development programs.
Awakening Courage Leadership: Part 2
CLOs who inspire courage leadership help employees speak up about right and wrong. In Part 2 of this series, we look at methods for the CLO to include and generate courage leadership in the workforce.
Technology Integration Services: Creating Convergence
Integrating learning into the organizational culture and infrastructure can raise significant technical and social issues. Learning executives can hit the mark by integrating the right strategies, technologies and applications.
What’s Your Ideal Learning Organization?
If you were unconstrained by time, money or a lack of resources, what would your ideal learning organization look like? What processes and procedures would you implement if you had the juice to do exactly what you wanted to bring stellar learning and deve
U.S. Birth Rates: Implications for Learning Leaders
If you’re considering the ethnic and racial makeup of your office with regard to creating future learning and development programs, information published in this year’s World Population Data Sheet should be of interest. The Data Sheet is a wall chart that
Earn a Master’s in Coaching, Cement Organizational Value
The field of executive coaching has seen tremendous growth over the past 20 years. Unfortunately, many of the coaches who’ve been working in the market have little training to qualify their efforts, thus little credibility. Until recently, there was no ac
Your Primary Strategic Tool
At any moment, a new kind of product, a new competitor or a market shift can make your business obsolete. The CLOs challenge is to be prepared for these eventualities.