Execute Strategy Effectively
In a leading Learning & Development magazine, a Vice President of Global Learning was quoted to say "We have to be able to create learning and development programs that drive strategy execution".She hit the nail on the head! Executing strategy effectively is job #1 for everyone in a company. Whi...
Read More posted by: admin on: Mar 03, 2010 @ 09:14
The post-recession Leader
Saw this article in the Chief Learning Officer newsletter:The Great Recession shook up many things, not just investors’ retirement savings.Due in part to the financial crisis and the high-profile role that many CEOs, particularly bank chiefs, have subsequently played in the public debate about the...
Read More posted by: admin on: Feb 04, 2010 @ 08:11
Role of Failure in Learning
Saw this in Chief Learning Officer newsletter. An article by Dr. Bea Carson, an author, speaker, and expert in the field of Action Learning:"In corporate environments, there are two types of performers: those who strive to be perfect at all times and those who are OK with failing, picking themselves...
Read More posted by: admin on: Jan 27, 2010 @ 11:53
Experiential Learning
A short Opinion letter from Bersin & Associates, a leading Researcher in the learning field outlines three types of experiential learning that should form the core of Leadership development.
http://www.bersin.com/uploadedFiles/Bersin/Website_(Pages)/News_and_Events/Bersin_in_the_Press/L...
Read More posted by: admin on: Jan 05, 2010 @ 08:53
Business Acumen on Steroids
There's a video interview out there in which one of our competitors describes their approach to developing business acumen for sales professionals.
They run a simulation for 2-3 hrs. and he says that the participants develop a good understanding of financial statements, inventory management...
Read More posted by: admin on: Oct 15, 2009 @ 10:21
Lead the Business
Many corporations in the UK are using a leadership development framework that contains three core elements, namely - Lead Self, Lead Others and Lead the Business. Perhaps this is a simple, yet all inclusive, framework, that HR groups and senior execs can use in the US as well.The first two, Lea...
Read More posted by: admin on: Oct 09, 2009 @ 12:31