Leadership Development

Learning executives are often faced with CEOs asking, “Now that we have defined the strategy, how will we execute?” How do we bring business strategy to life and yield outstanding business results? As Peter Senge stated, “Many leaders have personal vision

What could be missing from your Six Sigma training strategy? Chances are you’ve missed one of the most critical success factors for any quality or productivity initiative: communication skills training. Six Sigma, like ISO 9000 and total quality managemen

A recent survey of 100 senior executives released by Right Managements Consultants, a Philadelphia-based career transition and organizational consulting firm, found that coaching strategies have had a measurable impact on ROI. Senior executives report bet

Part One of the Business-Based Learning series introduced the five-level business-based learning (BBL) model as an audience-centric approach to designing blended delivery platforms. Part Two expanded on the BBL strategies to align training activities with

When faced with the daunting task of deploying Nokia-wide leadership skills to managers of nearly 50,000 employees worldwide, learning leaders zoomed ahead with a global solution.

AT&T Learning has restructured its organization into a vertically integrated global learning organization. AT&T Learning works closely with its business partners to develop the right solutions to help them meet their business goals

Goldman Sachs is a leader on Wall Street, where it takes more than money to tread competitive waters. It’s Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer Steve Kerr’s responsibility to ensure that Goldman Sachs executives get the training and development th

The strategic choices a company makes from the technologies it implements to the products and services it creates and the markets it serves all have a profound influence on the knowledge, skills and competencies required to succeed.

Customers expect responses in real time. The sales cycle requires access to market trends in real time. And when organizations cannot or do not make critical learning content available in real time, individuals resort to the click-through ease of the Inte

Business confidence is improving, and many organizations are moving from a cost-control focus to a growth standpoint, according to Accenture’s annual High Performance Work Force study. Some 42 percent of respondents, made up of nearly 250 senior executive

Many learning and development organizations take the build-it-and-they-will-come approach to education offerings, providing vast catalogs of courses, but never really knowing whether or not the learners are getting it. In order to demonstrate that your le

Every once in a while a big idea arises in the corporate landscape that captures the fancy of business leaders. The big concept is usually expressed in a popular book with a memorable title. These mega ideas have included insights such as scientific manag

With the dramatic decline in traditional classroom training, the increased popularity of e-learning and the emergence of a more project-based and outcome-driven learning model, it’s important to take a look at the type of learner we are trying to serve an

As chief learning officer and senior vice president at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (North Shore-LIJ), Kathleen Gallo is responsible for the Center of Learning and Innovation (CLI), corporate human resources and service excellence, all

Developing direct reports is the responsibility of each and every supervisor. Succession planning provides a direct and easy-to-follow model for strategic talent management. Viewing employee development from the organizational perspective of succession pl