The Week That Was
The top five stories from the week of March 17. Also, how much salaries are expected to increase by industry this year.
View ArticleHigh-Tech in Higher Ed
The overlap between corporate learning and higher education could get messy.Now that colleges have finally embraced online learning, there’s an interesting overlap happening between higher education...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Education Reform
Past generations have provided plenty of problem solvers, but millennials are inciting change more rapidly because of their access to information and technology.
View ArticleWells Fargo Sued For Training Practices
A former Wells Fargo Advisors trainee has filed a lawsuit alleging that the firm's attempts to recoup training costs from those who leave the program constitute a violation of labor laws.March 20A...
View ArticleIncorporating Social
Once companies decide how social learning should take place, it’s important to fully integrate it into an organization’s overall learning strategy.Social learning is continuous learning, whereas more...
View ArticleDo's and Don'ts in Social Learning Design
Of course, there’s no easy answer. Social learning can’t just be chatting up one’s co-workers or getting briefed about the latest product specs, said Jenny Dearborn, senior vice president and chief...
View ArticleWho Controls Your Social Learning?
Learning leaders can try to control their employees’ social interactions to minimize the spread of misinformation and to discourage complaints, but it could impair the medium’s effectiveness.Building...
View ArticleLearning Decathlons, Circles and Other Conversations at Accenture
Rahul Varma, chief learning officer at Accenture, took time to discuss how the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company designs and manages its social learning...
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Special Report 2014: Social Learning
Learning leaders can try to control their employees’ social interactions to minimize the spread of misinformation and to discourage complaints, but it could impair the medium’s effectiveness.Who...
View ArticleAlliedBarton’s Bill Whitmore: A Higher Calling for Security
Bill Whitmore, AlliedBarton’s president and CEO, sees it as his duty to prepare the company’s security officers, most of whom have only a high school education, for lifelong careers.It’s not often that...
View ArticleEditor's Letter: The Human Face of Learning
As access to information continues to grow, it's important to make sure the personal aspects of learning remain intact.Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, co-founders of Against All Odds Productions, are...
View ArticleAMA Enterprise: Ten Trends Are Shaping Corporate Training and Development
New York — March 24There are ten key trends helping to shape the current landscape of organizational training and development, according to research by AMA Enterprise, a division of American Management...
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12 Questions About Your Leadership Development Strategy
A focus on individual and collective leadership development is critical to build the strategic leadership that drives superior organizational performance over time. When Ursula Alvarez, chief talent...
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The Virtual Reality
Why companies are taking a wait-and-see approach to virtual leadership development and how striking a balance between technology-based and face-to-face learning is important.Gathering dispersed...
View ArticleClassroom Learning Still Has a Place
E-Learning's growing popularity hasn't thwarted classroom training.Learning management systems, MOOCs, gamification and other online tools provide customizable and interactive online training that...
View ArticleEmployers Turn to Test Scores
Some employers have asked job candidates to supply their SAT and ACT scores. Editors Frank Kalman and Ladan Nikravan discuss if this is a worthwhile criterion for choosing an applicant.
View ArticleWhy Don’t They Teach Corporate in College?
While the recession may be in the past and hiring has somewhat resumed, today’s 20-somethings still face a widening skills gap, and it’s up to learning leaders to bring them up to speed.
View ArticleMastering the Skills Supply Chain Problem
Competition for talent requires a long-term view of capabilities development.Capability development is a never-ending challenge.Every organization has a combination of new hire, technical, systems and...
View ArticleChief Learning Officer Unveils This Year's Top Companies for Workforce...
Dana Point, Calif., March 30, 2014— Chief Learning Officer magazine recognized 60 organizations as learning and development leaders Sunday night at the 2014 LearningElite Gala held in conjunction with...
View ArticleSymposium Day One: Making the Message Tastier
The Spring CLO Symposium kicked off with a keynote from author Jonah Berger on how to get learning to catch on.
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