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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Judy Whitcomb

CLO Magazine

CLO: How did you become interested in learning and development? Leveraging these natural talents and applying them to real-life experiences in the workplace with strong mentors and formal education in adult learning sparked my interest and passion in learning and development. CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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

CLO Magazine

Cooper says the program trains learners in a breadth of professional skills ranging from standard “business etiquette” to more acute knowledge in “software best practices and Agile methodologies.” At the program’s conclusion, these participating companies can hire their “vetted engineers” at no additional cost. “It

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From the editor: Becoming a talent pipeline powerhouse

CLO Magazine

Our CXO members can check out this case study and learn more about how this program has helped support the development of a hardy technology talent pipeline in Arlington, Virginia. Coupled with a strong culture for continuous learning, regular development creates a very fluid and agile talent pipeline.

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From L&D to Harmonized Workforce Development

Infopro Learning

Learning leaders can take on stewardship by serving as advisor, coach, and mentor for the teams building workforce capabilities and skills; learning philosophy evangelist to the C-suite; and cheerleader for the organization’s responsibility to support innovation, evolution, and adaptation through continuous learning. Closing thoughts.

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Learning Agility and its Role in Leadership

CLO Magazine

Learning agility, which focuses on the ability to perform in the future, provides an answer. Warner Burke, professor of psychology at Columbia University, has studied learning agility for six years and describes it as being in an unfamiliar situation, not knowing what to do and figuring it out. Scott DeRue, the Edward J.

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Extremophiles & Organizational Agility

Clark Quinn

A number of years ago, I co-wrote a chapter with Eileen Clegg called The Agility Factor , that appeared in Marcia Conner & James Clawson’s excellent collection of organizational culture articles in the book Creating a Learning Culture. Which reinforces the call for more ubiquitous mentoring that we argued for back then.

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Creating a Culture of Servant Leadership

CLO Magazine

In fact, many studies have indicated that organizations that are servant-led actually perform better and yield higher returns. Details of these studies can be found in the following books: “Good Company” by Laurie Bassi, Ed Frauenheim and Dan McMurrer, with Larry Costello. Mentor, coach and develop. Stay agile.