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Meet the CLO Board: Tamar Elkeles

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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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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Judy Whitcomb

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CLO: How did you become interested in learning and development? CLO: What lesson(s) did you learn in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? CLO: Through the various leadership positions you’ve held during your career, are there any personal skills or skill sets that you’re especially proud of growing or developing as a leader?

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5 essential power skills to create an inclusive workplace

CLO Magazine

Technology is constantly changing the way we work and power skills are becoming increasingly more important for how we show up at work. Power skills are transferable in-demand people skills that help you be successful in the workplace as you continue to navigate interpersonal relationships. They are non-technical skills.

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Training soft skills at scale is the key to transformation success

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It’s about behavior change, and that’s the tough part — the thing that keeps business leaders awake at night. After a decade of focusing on digital and technical training, there are clear signs budgets are shifting toward soft skills. Some organizations succeed. In reality, they are the hardest to acquire. Who gets trained.

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

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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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Consider scenario-based microlearning for soft skills

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Job success requires strong hard and technical skills, and strong interpersonal and people (or soft) skills. Hard and technical skills training involves imparting information, knowledge, facts and figures on a learner. Interpersonal and people skills involve a deep understanding of another’s perspective (e.g.,

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Case study: Skills transformation through data-driven personalized learning

CLO Magazine

An emphasis on skills transformation has taken center stage for organizations seeking continued momentum through their post-pandemic recovery. At SAP, we’ve helped pioneer strategies designed to boost employee skill proficiency since well before the pandemic using self-assessments and personalized learning plans.