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.


A Hammer Looking for a Nail
Learning is more about remediation and maintenance than about helping learners start from scratch.

How to Be Brilliant in Brief
Successful leaders effectively manage even the shortest of interactions. Chief Learning Officer guest columnist Jack Zenger offers up six ways leaders can inspire and motivate their teams when time is precious.
New Department of Labor Grants Offer Training, Certification Opportunities
The Department of Labor announced $159 million in H-1B Technical Skills Training grants to 36 job training and placement programs throughout the country.

Leaders by Design
Leadership is less about position than influence.
Study: IBM, General Mills Head List of Top Companies for Leaders
Global leadership study shows link between investing in leaders and financial results, as well as the importance of measurement and involvement.

How to Revamp for Resilience
As budgets remain tight and companies are forced to cut costs, organizational change is even more critical to maintaining learning investments for employee development.
AlliedBarton Security Services Promotes Cordivari, O’Bryan
AlliedBarton Security Services, a provider of trained security personnel, appointed Rich Cordivari to vice president of national accounts. Brent O'Bryan succeeds Cordivari as AlliedBarton's new vice president of learning & development.

Whatever Happened to Employee Loyalty?
Employees with an engaging work environment that provides personal development and recognition are more likely to remain loyal.

Athletic Coaching Practices Can Apply to Management, Leadership Development
Successful coaches draw amazing performances out of their players and teams via a balance of individual and overall connections. Business leaders can learn to run the same plays.
PDI Ninth House Names Director of Worldwide Coaching Services
The global leadership services company announced the promotion of Allen Moore to director, worldwide coaching services.

Many Fish in a Global Development Pond
To make organization development work in a decentralized environment, learning leaders have to communicate, customize efforts according to local nuance and leverage the right team to effect change.
Survey: CFOs Cite Communication, Leadership as Top Areas for Improvement
Thirty-one percent of chief financial officers interviewed named communication as the area where employees need to improve the most.

Why Best Practices Are Bad for Business
Past triumphs are no guarantee of future success. That’s why CLOs should help leaders look beyond their past accomplishments in order to capitalize on emerging opportunities. Here’s how.

When Simulation Is Better Than Reality
When simulations create learning that is applied on the job immediately, they quickly promote behavioral change.

Great Learning Starts With Communities
Creating a sense of organizational community helps increase employee engagement and retention in a multigenerational workforce.