The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

As the chart shows, in a training culture, responsibility for employee learning resides with instructors and training managers. In that kind of culture the assumption is that trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

There’s a massive shift underway in the world of learning and development. It’s a perfect storm of pressure, in which chief learning officers weigh ROI and manage digital disruption across industries as they pivot from the age of the customer to the age of the employee. 5 Capabilities of an Enlightened CLO.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It turns out, however, that providing on-the-job professional development and skills training is one of the most desirable, effective and feasible strategies organizations can implement to improve company culture, engagement and employee retention. Employees want learning and development opportunities.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 9, 2013

Consider these five tips when putting together a leadership development program. In particular, enlightened leaders are in a position to create a new future for their organization by identifying the potential and developing the talent of those who could replace them. Learning leaders must begin with that mindset.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But what works today won’t necessarily work tomorrow, and those working in the learning and development space should be prepared to continually evolve to meet a range of in-the-moment-of-learning needs. Actions learning leaders can take now. Develop leadership mindsets that enable the hybrid workforce.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

He determined there was a need to provide enterprisewide leadership development to Quest’s 400-plus senior executive leaders that aligned with the company’s vision, goals and strategy. An early consideration was how in-depth the program was going to be. “I Pre-Program Assessment.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Sometimes, this shared learning can bond team members closer together. Learning and development executives are in the unique position to help curate these experiences to engender loyalty and engagement around the larger organizational purpose. From awareness to action. At other times, it divides. Think again.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2020

Reflecting on this reaction made me want to share what I have learned about creating powerful learning engagements. After more than 25 years in the learning profession, from new-hire orientation programs to senior team development at Fortune 100 companies, I have captured a lot from observing so many learning programs and initiatives.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2013

More than half of CLOs report higher budgets in 2013 than in 2012, and many expect this year to be better still. Learning leaders plan to increase spending to develop in-house content, e-learning and install learning technologies, partly because of pressure to deliver more training content to the widest possible audience.

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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. Pasmore said growth requires organizations to accelerate talent development for key roles.

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Lambda Solutions

JUNE 14, 2020

Many instructional designers don’t take full advantage of this data—but with learning analytics, you can use that data in powerful ways to impact not only your course design but much more. Instructional designers and course developers use analytics as a source of feedback, which they can use to tweak their courses.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Leadership development is failing. A seismic shift is needed to bring about new thinking in how best to develop future leaders. Yet we don’t have time to wait for this shift; we need to develop leaders now. Learning leaders need to: Ensure that learning fits the organization’s culture and goals.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2013

Many developments in enterprise learning facilitate efforts to develop virtuous leadership. These include: Coaching: Personal mentoring and coaching — performed with an awareness of the coach’s responsibility in shaping an ethical culture — is important to leadership development programs and courses in ethics.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2017

For a fast-growing company like Mindtree with clients across the globe, development of that model and the leaders to go along with it was central to growth from inception. A Coach shares personal purpose, inspires people, creates a shared vision and develops talented people. headquarters in Warren, New Jersey.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The highest aspirations of the learning profession prescribe organizational development — a direct effort to increase a company’s effectiveness. This means strategically deploying learning to further a company’s mission — the goal employees work to accomplish. It depends on who you ask. Mere Happiness Risks Relevance.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 18, 2019

Learning methods are shifting at lightning speed, and organizations like Nationwide are discovering new and better ways to shift L&D within organizations. It also shows how Nationwide’s learning leaders are transforming the delivery approach from a focus on in-person and virtual classrooms to digital, on-demand learning.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Learning leaders are no exception. Tried and true development methods like classroom instruction will never die, but for every class, there’s an e-learning or virtual course waiting in the wings. Technology is an absolutely critical component to make it possible for learning leaders to equip the workforce to achieve more.

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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 e-learning program was augmented by a coaching model to solidify skills. Growth Through Mergers and Acquisitions. Entering New Markets.

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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. While organizations continue to learn that what worked in the past might not work any longer, the prospect of navigating uncharted waters to produce something new is scary.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Learning and development organizations can adopt business metrics such as profitability, top-line revenue growth and bottom-line improvements instead of simply measuring correlations. For some, an impassioned debate continues to swirl around whether businesses take leadership and development seriously.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Learning leaders are integral to the succession management process because so much of it depends on developing and preparing high potentials for future responsibilities. Development plays a key role. “Through a variety of strategic development efforts, we can more fully realize the potential of our best talent.”

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2019

As executive coaches, we’ve found that cohort-based executive development programs that integrate four specific learning components — group learning, executive and peer coaching, experiential/action learning activities and a strong emphasis on personal development and self-awareness — offer a powerful way to rapidly develop leaders at any level.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2014

For Kevin Bruny, chief learning officer for Chesterfield County, Va., developing the county’s 4,400 employees helps the community’s citizens enjoy a better quality of life. Few cities and counties employ CLOs. According to Kevin Bruny, chief learning officer of Chesterfield County, Va.,

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2016

What’s more, such experiences are developed outside the confines of time and space. Developed around on-demand or self-paced courses, these learning experiences allow students to gain knowledge and skills while giving them more control in managing their learning. Comment below, or email editor@CLOmedia.com.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2011

Through these strategies and the company’s leadership development programs, AlliedBarton’s “Dare to be Great” culture links directly to customer service. Attendees then attended a series of workshops before all gathering together again for a keynote by Mark Miller, vice president of training and development at Chick-fil-a.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2013

When the leadership team at global energy technology company FMC Technologies’ Subsea Technologies Western Region set a target in the fourth quarter of 2010 to double revenue and increase profitability in five to seven years, they focused on three areas: increasing market share, developing new platforms for growth and improving execution.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All of these games provide bonding as well as learning opportunities, and most adults play those same games today with their kids — in addition to new technology-based games — for the same purpose. We should use them at companies too, including for leadership development.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Graybar’s management team had a critical need for leadership development in 2001. At the time, the company offered basic management training programs, but nothing for higher-level managers. Since 2005, the SCM program has kept pace with advances in technology, the distribution industry and shifting adult learning styles.

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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.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2012

SNAPSHOT : When Microsoft needed a more efficient way to deliver education to its global finance function, it tore down the classroom walls and created a flexible, Web-based learning model that enables people in different time zones to come together in an environment that fosters teamwork and yields a high retention rate.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2013

The CLO is strategically positioned to focus on business objectives, outcomes and costs. Successful chief learning officers understand that business longevity is defined by an ability to innovate and adapt. If the investment can be better spent in another area with more impact, then learning should gladly offer up the budget.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 30, 2019

In 2009, she joined Fierce Conversations as an account executive/marketing lead, and as of November 2018, she was running the leadership development and training company that focuses on helping clients have effective conversations. Almost equally uncommon is millennial satisfaction with learning programs. And she’s only 33.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 14, 2016

There is a senior management chasm developing, and there aren’t enough Generation Xers to help fill the gap. Instead, learning leaders should build their knowledge and accelerate their real-world capabilities by putting participants in the executive’s shoes for a given period of time. To comment email editor@CLOmedia.com.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

” Organizations that regularly use after-action reviews gain valuable knowledge and lessons learned that can be applied to future problems. When lessons are lost, they are invisible and cannot be used to effectively address future issues or to help develop leaders who could later benefit from the experience.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 22, 2019

Peggy and Jim were used to this question as they would recount the successful partnership that produced a series of award-winning talent development programs. Both would agree the partnership had the kind of power lacking in most internal/external relationships in the talent development field today.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 24, 2019

Elliott Masie is CEO of The Masie Center, an international think tank focused on learning and workplace productivity, and chairman and CLO of The Masie Center’s Learning Consortium. Students have come to expect and accept homework as an element of the learning process. Entice your learners to extend their learning.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Soft skill development is steeped in experiential learning, which is why learning leaders should aim to create experiences meant to test leaders’ behaviors and EQ. Many organizations opt to send their leaders to executive education programs such as Harvard or Dartmouth. But learning leaders also can make internal efforts.

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