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Study: L&D Spending on the Rise

CLO Magazine

Money spent on training rose 12 percent on average in 2012, according to a new study, a sign that, amid greater financial stability, firms are focused on the development of their workforces. In 2012, U.S. In 2012, large U.S. companies spent just over $46,000 on average in 2012, nearly triple the spending of just two years ago.

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Stats on Workplace Learning

Marcia Conner

Although formal training accounts for only a small percentage of learning , unless noted specifically, the stats here relate to formal training, meaning that managed by a training department, usually through classes or online education (elearning) programs. Total 2012 U.S. organizations on [formal] employee learning in 2012. .

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Learning You Can Take to the Bank

CLO Magazine

Furthermore, the Project Management Institute’s report “The Competitive Advantage of Effective Talent Management” from March 2013 discovered that organizations with strong talent management programs met 72 percent of their project goals as compared to 58 percent for organizations with a weaker career development focus.

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A Vital View on Learning

CLO Magazine

While moving up the ranks at McCain, she attended the CLO executive doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she first met Steier in 2007. “We McNevin joined the program to advance her career as a global CLO while Steier wanted to understand how to create a learning organization. The two of them immediately bonded.

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The NBA’s New MVP

CLO Magazine

When Mike Kennedy joined the National Basketball Association in 2012 as director of learning and leadership development, the organization was stuck in an old-school learning environment under long-time commissioner David Stern. Mike had the philosophy, ability and desire to build a great leadership program,” Hutcherson said. “He

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Social, Informal Learning Can Be ?Measured

CLO Magazine

A 2012 Towards Maturity benchmarking study (Figure 1) showed that: • 95 percent of companies surveyed want to use technology to increase best practice sharing, but only 25 percent are achieving this. How helpful were the knowledge and resources shared within the social learning program? ” he said.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. The role of the learning leader is shifting from being a program manager to a solution architect. Elliott Masie Learners as designers. Training department staffing will grow by a modest 2%.