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.
The Peace Corps: Education With a Mission
The Peace Corps reaches out to developing countries to help Americans and people of other cultures understand one another. Learning is key to mission success for a volunteer workforce that must communicate in more than 300 languages.
Formalizing Informal Learning
The process of learning isn't changing, but the way we deliver and enhance it at an enterprise-wide level is. CLOs must rethink their organizational role to benefit from the rise of informal learning.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Retaining Brain Power
Like many technology departments, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals’ information systems team battles constantly for talent. Convenient and cost-effective project management training help Wyeth keep its best and brightest.
Learning: The Non-Traditional Approach
This past fall, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years. Up-and-coming baseball general managers have followed a unique strategy that correlates to a model for next-generation learning leaders
The CLO’s Role: Preparing for Future Challenges
In the ever-evolving business environment, the emerging role of the CLO continues to take shape. As learning executives strive to find a “seat at the table,” how will they adapt to changing needs?
Business Training: The Key to Project and Long-Term Success
No one can control the economy, the balance of trade or the fluctuations in the yen versus the dollar, but you can deploy effective business training for your organization that can increase your chance for success in the long term. Business training empha
The Best Companies to Work for Still Need Work
General Electric, Johnson & Johnson and Dell topped the list of best companies for developing executive talent, according to a recent survey by Executive Development Associates Inc. (EDA). But other research indicates that even “best practice”
Corporate Universities: Transforming Learning, Accelerating Results
For any corporate university to succeed, it must create value for the enterprise it supports. To build the organization’s market performance, learning must select a value proposition and deliver results.
Humana: Guiding Enterprise Transformation
When Humana, one of the largest publicly traded health benefits organizations in the country, changed its existing business plan to pursue a customer-centric strategy, corporate education was key to the transformation.
20 Frequently Asked Questions About ROI
The Corporate Executive Board reports that almost 80 percent of major learning organizations want to use return on investment to measure their success. This month, Jack Phillips answers 20 frequently asked questions about ROI.