CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? They came from the business, but they had a passion for learning and a passion for development. CLO: What lessons did you learn back in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? We get help from the business, but we’re very locked in our ways.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

and an executive coach at Harvard Business School. DeFilippo has been in senior talent management and development for more than 25 years, and has previously served in numerous learning leader roles , including CLO for BNY Mellon and also for Suffolk Construction. CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development?

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Vance is the founding and former president of Caterpillar University and the author of “The Business of Learning.” In 2006, he was awarded CLO of the Year. CLO: What was your official first job in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn in 2020 that you plan on taking with you into 2021?

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Throughout our series, we’ve asked all 7 of our leadership speakers “what was the last book that you read?”. Each speaker shared a unique book and we’ve collated all of their responses just for you, as part of our first Learning Impact Book Club reading list: . It’s not a new book, but it’s a good read.”.

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Elucidat

JULY 24, 2023

Find out how she got to grips with a new business landscape. Discover how speaking the business’ language is key to building credibility and showing the value of L&D. Speak the business language: L&D language doesn’t always translate. Speak the business’ language to get buy in and demonstrate your impact.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

When I joined a consulting firm straight out of business school, we had a week-long orientation for new employees. In my first onboarding, the talk from the co-founder about their largest client included a story about how they declined a major piece of business they didn’t feel the firm could deliver on.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Now before we go too far, I am not saying corporate learning should ignore the business outcomes of what you do. Perform sophisticated statistical modeling, use a regression analysis and continue to do all the things a modern data-driven business function should be expected to do. Don’t take this wrong but you’re not doing it right.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 11, 2017

John Kotter, the father of organizational change, in his book “Accelerate” is now calling for a dual operating system structure for organizations to successfully integrate execution and innovation. Keith Sawyer’s 2007 book, “Group Genius,” documents how ideas combine in different ways to create new ones. What is L&D’s Role?

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

MBX Systems employees attend a book club meeting. She suggested he read a business book she’d recently come across called “The First 90 Days” by Michael D. The book explores challenges that leaders face in times of transition and offers strategies to manage the most common pitfalls that new leaders encounter.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yet here I sit attempting to explain that if you don’t love your people, you probably shouldn’t be in the business of leadership. And there are a thousand books on the subject that might tell you something similar. That is the proper role of the leader. People solve problems, run the business and execute the mission.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This lack of knowledge has long been a problem for all kinds of businesses. As my co-author David Blake and I wrote in our book “The Expertise Economy,” eBay was an early adopter of just such a marketplace. In recent months, the role of such a marketplace has taken on increased meaning — and increased urgency.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 19, 2019

He recently co-authored “Powerhouse” with Olympic gold medalist and world champion soccer player Kristine Lilly and business school dean Lynette Gillis. She had played a role, as did each of the 20 players on the team. However, Kristine Lilly’s role on corner kicks was to stand on the goal line and cover the right post.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Ekpedeme “Pamay” Bassey, CLO of The Kraft Heinz Co., Now, after coming on board as CLO for Kraft Heinz in Chicago last December, Bassey is reimagining the company’s approach to corporate learning. One of Bassey’s areas of focus as the company’s CLO is developing the framework for new academies in Ownerversity.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

What I try to do on a daily basis is turn everything into a leadership learning session, so that they’re thinking like a CLO as opposed to a project manager or program manager.”. Willett also emphasized the importance of allotting plenty of time to lay the groundwork for the next CLO to take over the role.

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Elucidat

DECEMBER 9, 2019

What are the best Learning and Development books to keep you a step ahead in your career? We’ve asked some of the biggest names in L&D this year on the Learning at Large Podcast for their book recommendations! Read on for the ultimate list of top L&D books that all learning leaders should read. Map It, Cathy Moore.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Tier1 Performance Institute’s “ 2023 Learning Trends Report ” identifies that learning professionals get very little professional development from their organizations and rely on general interest learning such as podcasts, articles, books and websites. They need to role model innovation and continuous improvement.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We all want to have problem-solvers in the workplace who will help address business challenges and needs. Harvard Business Review shared that companies with diverse talent pools are 70 percent more likely to report that their organization captured a new market to bring more innovation to the company.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

She plays a central role on CNBC’s bicoastal tech-focused program “TechCheck,” delivering reporting, analysis and CEO interviews with a focus on social media and the intersection of media and technology. I also think there are a lot of stories in the book that people have never heard before. This book isn’t just for women.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2023

The idea of a group of people coming together to form systematic peer-to-peer support is an old one, but our contemporary understanding of the technique was outlined by Napoleon Hill in his seminal book, “Think and Grow Rich.” Be thoughtful about the participants. Finally, always use a professional, independent-neutral facilitator.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2017

In recent years, CLOs have faced growing headwinds when it comes to making a business case for leadership development. And the authors of an October 2016 article in Harvard Business Review referred to leadership development programs as the “great training robbery.”. Leadership Development Supports Business Goals .

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Elliott Masie is the chairman and CLO of The Masie Center’s Learning Consortium and CEO of The Masie Center, an international think tank focused on learning and workplace productivity. The most powerful words from a CLO can be in the form of questions. My ideal CLO is like the rabbi that I had in my synagogue as a teenager.

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Learnnovators

MAY 23, 2021

Bob has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for over 30 years and is renowned worldwide for his pioneering role in new approaches to learning. Bob’s role is to keep his eye on the pulse of the industry, as well as the needs of the Masie Consortium ’s members.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2020

Our field is always excited about the new or shiny object, emerging technology or hot leadership theory book. Our employees already live in a world of increased change and shifting roles and business models. Ironically, one of the most powerful things a CLO can do is to bravely and authentically say, “stop.”

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Jay Cross

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Along with my Internet Time Alliance colleagues Jane Hart & Clark Quinn and several hundred chief learning officers, I attended the Fall CLO Symposium this week. This is a framework for reporting the business results of learning in a rigorous, structured manner. ” Sports metaphors filled the air. They fed us issues on paper.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In that kind of culture, trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning. The CLO, or HR, or a training department controls the resources for learning. Managers play a pivotal role in creating and sustaining a learning culture. This emphasis on formal training is a barrier to learning and change.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 7, 2018

So believes Bradley Staats, associate professor of operations at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and he has the research to back it up. Staats’ new book, “Never Stop Learning,” offers ways to overcome bad learning habits, as well as advice on becoming a dynamic learner.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Being labeled a “failure” is typically something that no business leader wants tarnishing their name and reputation, something to be avoided at all costs. As a chief learning officer, you can play a key role in shifting organizational views of failure in order to construct this successful post-pandemic future. Know yourself as a CLO.

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Inkling

APRIL 11, 2016

At the center of any CLO’s role is understanding how people learn—and that’s exactly what Paul studies. She’s an expert in how we teach and learn from each other, and is the author of an upcoming book called Brilliant: The Science of How We Get Smarter. Annie Murphy Paul. Euan Semple. Jenny Dearborn.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

By and large, learning and development should be a critical focus of any organization’s talent management and business success strategies — not only to retain, but also to recruit and engage the strongest employees in a highly competitive labor market. We’ve all likely seen the conflicting news reports of the U.S. It’s weakening!

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2019

For almost four decades, Tom Peters has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, a message more urgent than ever in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Peters is a leading business management guru and the best-selling author of 16 books, including “In Search of Excellence,” co-authored with Robert H.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Learning professionals must be able to show the value of programs, projects, and initiatives to prevent further cuts from disrupting our businesses. There is pressure to connect major programs to the business. Key funders, sponsors and supporters expect you to be relevant and drive important business measures. The new normal.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The CLO, to design and implement an effective and innovative reskilling strategy that can address this novel problem/opportunity, and ensure that the program is well-resourced and funded with the strong backing of the CEO and CFO. The WEF Future of Jobs Report highlights the top 10 skills that businesses will require by 2025.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 20, 2023

Role-playing scenarios with peers are a common tool used to practice new skills before using them in real-time. Ask a relevant interview question related to the subject matter expertise someone in that role would be expected to have every time I ask you to ask me a question. Interactive simulations and gamification.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Donna Hicks’ new book “Leading with Dignity” focuses on the significant role of dignity in the workplace. Hicks believes conflict in the business world is similar to international disputes when one thing is violated: dignity. CLO: You make a clear distinction between dignity and respect.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 19, 2020

Due to increase in competition within the travel industry, new critical skills continued to be added to the roles of Booking.com team members, and the learning and development team recognized the need for a learning platform that could deliver new learning at the speed of business. Bronze: Skillsoft and SumTotal Systems.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

In my last role, we started every employee townhall with the same message: where we were going and why. We talked about the importance of focusing on our business vision and our values while we navigate uncharted waters during a storm. For senior leaders, the mantra during a crisis is communication, communication, communication.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2018

As written about by Daniel Goleman in his book, “Primal Leadership, Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence,” the four skills that make up emotional intelligence include: self-awareness and self-management (personal competence) and social awareness and relationship management (social competence). by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves.

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