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2019: The Year of Learning and Development

CLO Magazine

It’s a good year for learning leaders and their vendors. Almost of half of learning leaders report that in 2019 their budgets are increasing, 77 percent say they are adding staff, and 82 percent say their executives actively support efforts to engage employees in professional development.

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Searching for candidates can be like digging for buried treasure

CLO Magazine

According to Training Industry’s “The State of the Leadership Training Market,” in 2018 alone organizations around the world spent about $3.4 A 2014-2015 Global Leadership Forecast by The Conference Board and DDI revealed that 85 percent of executives are not confident in their leadership pipelines.

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Dive In

CLO Magazine

Additionally, The Conference Board’s “C-Suite Challenge 2018” listed developing next-generation leaders as the No. DDI supported this when it said only 40 percent of leaders report that their leadership quality is high, and only 15 percent have a strong leadership bench. 5 CEO issue last year, between No. 6 — cybersecurity.

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Embracing long-term virtual team and leadership training

CLO Magazine

On the contrary, prior to the pandemic, 70 percent of professionals worked remotely at least once a week, according to a 2018 survey. But a DDI study found that leaders rank virtual leadership as their weakest skill. It’s easy to see the learning and development side of this — it’s a cheap and scalable way to offer skill support.