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Implementing a Collaborative Approach to Learning
By Jeff Thull
The chief learning officer’s enduring success depends on deep alignment with the highest goals, objectives and priorities of the enterprise. While unsuccessful learning officers often get mired in tactical, low-impact activities, the best understand that their agendas must clearly address the strategic concerns of top executives. So what does one find at the top of senior executive agendas? Two words: profitable growth. Learn More
Better Hiring Practices Increase Life-long Employee Productivity
By Alan Cayton and Greg Borton
People are not fixed assets. Yet, despite the implications, this conclusion still eludes consultants and academics who continue to coin terms like "Human Capital Management" and "Leveraging Human Assets." People, unlike machines, experience a wide variety of change throughout their entire careers, as well as during the specific stages of their employment within a given company. They don't come "fully loaded" with software, they are rarely "turn-key," and they can almost never be "swapped out." Learn More
Building Organization Momentum Through Leadership… When You're not the Boss
By Stever Robbins
While it's great to be the CEO, many of us aren't there, yet we want to do everything possible to help the business. You don't need a leadership title to do what it takes to help a team or organization build momentum. You can lead from anywhere; it's probably the most common way organizations are led (sadly, many CEOs aren't perceived as leaders by their own organizations). With command-and-control leadership, it's all about giving orders, so you need the title. But in most companies, you can be a powerful leader anywhere in an organization by adapting principles of responsibility, stewardship, and values. Learn More
Putting School to Work
By Carolyn Hirschman
Steve Boettcher has done the math, and he's coming up short. He's not sure how his company will get all the employees it needs in the next decade, but he's trying hard to make everything add up. Learn More
Retail Training Continues to Change
By Michael Patrick
Training of retail industry employees has undergone major changes over the past five years. Traditional sales and manager-level training is increasingly being done by in-house specialists, while more retail organizations are outsourcing specialized training needs in areas such as retail negotiation or multi-unit management. Learn More
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