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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Sydney Savion

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In 2020, she was recognized as CLO of the Year. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn back in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work? Chief Learning Officer: Where is your hometown?

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The reverse culture shock of returning to the office

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Coming from a small college town in Massachusetts, my arrival in Kenya was a culture shock. Only later would I appreciate that there is a name for this experience — reverse culture shock. Understanding reverse culture shock and its effects may also be the best way to prepare for post-pandemic work and life.

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Work, culture and COVID-19

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The very real and immediate need to address the technological requirements of forced online work options grabs the attention, but finding IT solutions without addressing the cultural and emotional impact of COVID-19 on your employees is, at best, a half-baked quick fix. The answer, of course, isn’t really about the IT setup.

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What a kidney transplant taught me about company culture

CLO Magazine

Where creating a culture of openness, collaboration and high performance is a priority, we cannot turn a blind eye to uncivil behavior. Otherwise, we will find that while we have filled roles in the short term, we have weakened and eroded organizational culture for years to come. We should be clear about standards for civility.

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Creating a Culture of Servant Leadership

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When you describe your corporate culture, is being of service to one another and the community a core value? Creating a culture of servant leadership requires certain behaviors and actions. Following are eight practices to create a culture of servant leadership in your organization. Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Sipe and Don M.

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Fostering trust, psychological safety and growth: How to leverage learning science to create a strong workplace learning culture

CLO Magazine

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. The value of doing so, however, is high.

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Becoming a learning enterprise is a culture-change journey

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Becoming a learning enterprise is a culture-change journey. For it is individuals who learn, by paying attention to information, focusing on it long enough to know what it is about, accepting it as information to act on, and then turning it into behaviors and results. In fact, formal training makes a tiny contribution — about 2.5