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Meet the CLO Board: Tamar Elkeles

CLO Magazine

She is the former vice president of Qualcomm Learning Center, and was named CLO of the year in 2010. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? These kids were diagnosed as being mute when I first started working with them, then I saw the power of learning and the power of behavior change.

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Leadership development should begin with “why” — and that’s usually not behavior change

CLO Magazine

For leadership development, this should be impact and not behavior. Next, the focus shifted to ensuring that the leaders had the skills, behaviors and competencies to be a good leader. About two decades ago, the focus shifted to leader behavior. With this, the focus was on behavior or application of the competencies.

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Sydney Savion is the 2020 CLO of the year

CLO Magazine

The Air New Zealand CLO was experiencing an ultra-rare moment for 2020, disconnected from the virtual world during the Learning in Practice Awards ceremony on Oct. 20, when she was announced as the 2020 CLO of the Year. In the midst of the global pandemic, Savion says she feels incredibly blessed to earn the title of CLO of the Year.

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How to Manage Problem Employees

CLO Magazine

We’ve yet to meet a leader who is confused by the term “problem employee.” But too often, problem employees remain in organizations, doing damage to both their work groups and their direct manager’s career. Understanding the Problem. In the end, we identified 11 distinct “problem” types.

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Measuring the impact of learning – the elephant in the room

CLO Magazine

If the destination isn’t immediately clear, then taking this approach helps you, as the learning and development professional, and the stakeholders to better explore and identify the problem they are trying to solve. With the destination clarified, we can identify the specific behavior or knowledge gap. Why is it important now?

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7 problems with retail associate training (& how technology can help)

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Here are just a few of the ways technology can solve your existing training problems. Problem #1: Traditional techniques don’t teach in the way people actually learn. Problem #2: Attracting (and keeping) talent is critical for retailers. Problem #3: You can’t teach empathy.

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Build a future-ready organization with the Five Leadership Superpowers

CLO Magazine

sudden) crisis of interconnected problems requires different, and often new, capabilities. The executive team and the CLO As Harry Truman said, “The buck stops here.” Visibly models desired behaviors and actively supports efforts to guide and enable all organizational leaders to do the same.