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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Erv Lessel

CLO Magazine

which was very interesting because it has a blend of local politics, national politics and international politics. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn in the past year in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? I was born and raised in Washington D.C.,

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L&D, as global as possible, as local as necessary – finding beauty in the balance

CrossKnowledge

As the first part of his follow up to these articles and their relevance within the Nordic markets, Jan recently spent some time with Joakim Slorstad Senior VP L&D at Telenor Group discussing the concept of As Global as Possible as Local as Necessary, and what this means for both Joakim and Telenor. Increase of local costs (short-term).

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Case study: Healing the talent gap with homemade talent and a skills-first economy

CLO Magazine

Leaders everywhere are in the lurch for skilled workers, making the need for a “reconsideration of local economic development strategy” exceedingly salient, according to a recent Brookings commentary. As such, establishing a robust talent pipeline can pay huge dividends for local economies down the road.

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Agility Leads to Growth at Siemens

CLO Magazine

. “We made a decision that we would shift into a much more agile, high-risk, high-reward approach, focusing on productivity and revenue,” Magagna said. “It’s a matter of not only being agile, but the cost, quality and effectiveness of how we get our solutions to market,” Magagna said.

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Communication in the time of COVID: tips for effectively engaging with employees

CLO Magazine

There have been many industry professionals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, from essential workers in health care, retail and public transit, to grocery and pharmacy staff. Millions who rely upon these industries for jobs are being challenged to operate under the current conditions. Share positivity.

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Let’s catch up on Learning Pool’s hybrid events from 2021

Learning Pool

To keep up with this pace of change, in September last year our VP, North America, Sharon Claffey Kaliouby launched a series of hybrid events, inviting L&D professionals from across the globe to share their experiences of working during a pandemic, as well as the hottest trends and topics from across the industry.

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The Reskilling Revolution versus the ‘clay layer’

CLO Magazine

For those unfamiliar with these studies, following are key highlights: Sixty percent of corporations surveyed view skill gaps in their local labor market as the primary barrier to adoption of new technologies such as data analytics, the internet of things, machine learning, wearables, etc. soft) skills.

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