Strategy
A business strategy shapes an organization and outlines the goals, methods and learning the business needs to embody in order to see a transformation in their management and development for the future.

2012 Strategy – Division 1 Bronze
Under the guidance of its chief learning officer, Karen Kocher, Cigna implemented a strategy to upgrade its intranet.
2012 Strategy – Division 1 Silver
Lloyds Banking Group has made the business case for learning and gained commitment from leaders across the bank.

2012 Strategy – Division 2 Gold
Since BrightPoint implemented the BrightPoint Performance Compass, 54 percent of its high-potential employees have been promoted within the last year.

2012 Strategy – Division 1 Gold
This year DAU provided 11.2 million hours of formal and informal learning; 6.8 million hours of training; graduated more than 200,000 students; and provided 636 million assistance efforts, totaling 624,000 hours.
2012 Strategy – Division 2 Bronze
Diana Halfer was tasked with a large portion of planning for the one-day move under the hospital’s training and development strategy.

Who Does Culture Change Rest On?
Promoting a vibrant corporate culture starts with front-line employees, as they have the greatest impact on customer satisfaction.

Should Leaders Communicate or Listen?
Some leaders are great communicators, while others are excellent listeners. Great leaders excel at both.

Harness Personal Connections for Purposeful Development
Promote a higher level of commitment to a community to reap the most benefits from social networks.

Use Learning to Motivate, Engage Employees
See how one retailer builds a workforce from within and provides employees with tools to grow and learn.
GP Strategies Completes BlessingWhite Acquisition
BlessingWhite will operate as a part of GP Strategies' learning solutions group and continue under the leadership of Christopher Rice, who has become a vice president of GP Strategies.

Super-Sized Learning: McDonald’s Chris Lyons
As McDonald's vice president of worldwide training, learning and development, Chris Lyons has created a learning framework to reach employees and restaurant operators from Topeka to Shanghai.
ESI International Launches Web-Based Learning Community
Skillsharks uses familiar social mechanisms to provide an environment that includes ESI project management content, access to ESI experts and the ability to ask and answer questions within a forum.
Radio Show to Spotlight CLOs
The program seeks to demonstrate how corporations can leverage stories of high-performing individuals and teams to create a performance culture.

Offering Money for School Pays Off
Tuition assistance, especially when supported by a corporate culture that encourages knowledge transfer, is a catalyst for employee development and engagement.
Philpott To Step Down as Chief Economic Adviser Of CIPD
John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, has announced his intention to leave the Institute in the fall.