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Who’s Leading Innovation?

CLO Magazine

Leaders are critical to create and sustain an innovation culture, but new research suggests they also might be the weakest link. Innovation has returned to its rightful place as a top focus area for executives. In The Conference Board’s 2012 CEO Challenge study, innovation was identified as the top CEO priority.

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2019: The Year of Learning and Development

CLO Magazine

DDI, for example, is testing a VR course on diversity, where participants in a meeting experience common diversity-related biases, like being excluded from the discussion, having their ideas stolen and not being allowed to voice an opinion. It’s incredibly powerful,” said DDI CEO Tacy Byham. Don’t Get Distracted.

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Dive In

CLO Magazine

And Chief Learning Officer ’s Business Intelligence Board reported that 94 percent of companies plan to maintain or increase their investment in leadership development in order to grow their succession pipeline, retain their high-potential employees and foster innovation and creative thinking.

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We Must Address the Leadership Strategy Mortality Rate

CLO Magazine

Leadership readiness is low and declining, according to two consecutive Global Leadership Forecast studies from DDI — 2011 and 2015. Editor’s note: Author works for DDI.] Others need leaders who can spur innovation or develop a new competitive approach. But the shortages are not for lack of trying.

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5 Ways to Crush the Forgetting Curve

CLO Magazine

Recently, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Development Dimensions International developed a conceptual model to understand the plight of the modern learner and the mechanisms to successfully create impact (Editor’s note: One of the authors works for DDI). Comment below, or email editor@CLOmedia.com.

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Free learning & development webinars for November 2021

Limestone Learning

Development Dimensions International (DDI) has offered virtual classrooms for more than a decade and created many industry best practices. Join Janice Burns, Principal Consultant at DDI, as she shares ten best practices to make you a great virtual facilitator. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 12 p.m.– Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 9 a.m.–10

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#MeToo in Mentorship

CLO Magazine

They are also more collaborative, have higher-quality leadership, are more likely to experiment in pursuit of innovation and are faster-growing and more agile than their counterparts. Stephanie Neal is a research scientist at global leadership company DDI. Why should these findings grab the ear of every male leader?

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