The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Google did a study of its employees and found that managers are successful in Google, not because of their technical expertise, although that’s important, but because of what they do to help team members learn and develop and achieve success. Four trends are making continuous learning an essential part of doing business today.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you wanted to learn a new language, you wouldn’t try to learn Spanish, German and Mandarin all at once. Instead, prioritize learning objectives and be willing to do less in the name of excellence. When you get pushback from business unit leaders, be bold and point them to the data.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 20, 2018

Developing the next generation of leaders is the top priority for a majority of organizations, according to a recent survey of more than 28,000 business leaders conducted by The Conference Board. Learning department spending plans reflect that priority. So what are the skills that companies are spending all that money to develop?

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Videos are available on a range of topics, including how-to information and business acumen from company leaders. BLOOM is part of a broader overhaul of learning and development at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina prompted by regulatory shifts in the Affordable Care Act.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

The role of learning in supporting rapid organic growth can be seen in several initiatives being taken by Mike Barger, CLO of JetBlue Airways. The business goals of the merger depended in part on reducing time to proficiency for the workforce and improving overall organizational performance while holding down costs.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The assumption [is] that if employees are in that happy, supportive, well-developed place, they are naturally going to be able to be more innovative and creative, and certainly research supports and bears that out.”. The flipside is an organization developing its workforce for specific business functions.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Technology is absolutely everywhere, and like it or not, a great deal of the innovations that have evolved in the past few years are quite useful — for everyone. Learning leaders are no exception. Learning leaders are no exception; like every other employee, manager and leader, they’re overwhelmed. You know the ones we mean.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2011

Day two of the Spring 2011 Chief Learning Officer magazine Symposium continued with more innovative learning strategies in Amelia Island, Fla. Bill Whitmore, CEO of AlliedBarton Security Services began the morning with a keynote on how to drive business performance through leadership branding.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2017

Those may be harsh words to dispense, but in business — and especially in learning and development — the menacing word “failure” is part and parcel of innovation. Innovation requires you to have a stomach to experiment,” said Shabnam Irfani, director of learning strategy for Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2013

Interactions yield inspiration and innovation — powerful and practical ways to maximize workforce development. The theme is “Vision to Action: Learning’s Strategic Force,” and I think it’s particularly apropos. The event is the premier conference for social advocacy and education. 4-7 on HCM-TV.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Succession management is one of the most important functions in business today. It ensures capable leaders are ready for critical roles, fosters business continuity, aids talent retention and can strengthen a company culture. Link the people strategy to the business strategy. What are the key business objectives and challenges?

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Substitute learning for any number of ideas or causes an organization is trying to sell, and it’s easy to chuckle at the thought of something like, say, an operations management course ever breaking the internet. But the premium on making an impact through learning is high. Crafting a ‘Hit’. Comment below, or email editor@CLOmedia.com.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the October 2016 Harvard Business Review article “The 5 Elements of a Strong Leadership Pipeline,” industry analyst Josh Bersin referenced Deloitte data stating that 89 percent of executives rated “strengthening the leadership pipeline” as an urgent issue; leadership development investments also can improve direct report retention.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2014

” The Road to County CLO Bruny’s journey to the county was circuitous. In 2003, he was appointed to the county’s newly created CLO position, and became director for the county’s Center for Organizational Excellence. Learning effectiveness is measured using the Kirkpatrick model. on a 5-point scale.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2013

CLOs may already know who they want to pull into leadership development programs, but it pays to include high potentials at lower levels to add cultural and business performance value. suggests learning and career development play an important role in generating positive business and employee performance (Figure 1).

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Microsoft’s former CFO Chris Liddell wanted the finance function to be a value-added business partner. which was already providing Microsoft with in-residence business simulation coursework (Editor’s note: the author works for TRI Corp.), “If you know the business of your business partner, you can add value.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Although governments don’t seem to be acting collaboratively these days, businesses and agencies are — and increasingly so. And it comes with bottom-line benefits — namely, increased quality, innovation, proactivity, resiliency and learning. But how does the CLO manage this collective learning process?

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Occasionally, an individual’s contributions stick as inventions or innovations that revolutionize people and systems for years to come. An individual’s legacy is his or her ability to build new ways of thinking and learning in others. These contributions are legacy worthy. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2013

The CLO is strategically positioned to focus on business objectives, outcomes and costs. Partnering with line of business leaders is a natural next step. Successful chief learning officers understand that business longevity is defined by an ability to innovate and adapt. Coined a decade ago by the U.S.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In today’s turbulent, fast-moving business environment, what’s the best way to build intellectually nimble, innovative and self-confident leaders, equipped for the challenges of constant change? They serve as formal sponsors of leadership development within key functional areas of the business (e.g.,

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CLO Magazine

JULY 22, 2019

As a result, suppliers are being constantly pushed to provide updated and innovative solutions that offer real business results. With a strong, compatible relationship, an organization can enhance its learning function beyond its own in-house capabilities. Then take action, learn and build the relationships to scale.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 30, 2019

While Fierce, a small, growing company, doesn’t have a formal leadership development program, Engle said company leaders and mentors taught her how the business works and gave her a sense of connection to the company. Almost equally uncommon is millennial satisfaction with learning programs. And she’s only 33. A Sense of Purpose.

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