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How to protect your learning budget amid current uncertainty

CLO Magazine

Yet, given the growing uncertainty about the economic climate and possible recession, many organizations are reassessing their budgets across the board. History has often seen learning and development as one of the first budgets targeted. This makes stronger the case for maintaining (or even growing) your learning budget.

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A Budget Bonanza

CLO Magazine

And if learning investment plans are any indicator, learning executives are feeling pretty good about the future. Investment plans for 2019 show learning executives are confident entering budget planning season. Barring a significant economic event, CLOs are feeling pretty good about the budget picture.

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Is your global learning strategy truly global?

CLO Magazine

I realized that a global learning strategy is highly complicated. At present, my team and I are creating a global learning strategy. The learning strategy must align with the organization’s business strategy. The post Is your global learning strategy truly global?

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The future looks bright for learning budgets

CLO Magazine

1 investment priority remains the same as reported last year, with 63 percent saying L&D strategy is either essential or high priority (Figure 3). As the pace of change accelerates around us, it’s no surprise that a solid learning strategy aligned with business goals is considered essential.

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Designing a Learning Budget You Can Defend

CLO Magazine

Learning organizations are under constant pressure to prove their value to the enterprise. And learning leaders must design budgets that deliver performance gains while being defensible and justifiable from a business standpoint. Don’t wait until budget season to do that.”. Do Your Research.

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Let’s change our focus on always adding more

CLO Magazine

I’m personally exhausted by the endless chant of “start, add, extend, supplement” to make learning strategies more effective, and I know I’m not alone. Learners and learning professionals are often overwhelmed by the continual addition of new programs, technologies and resources.

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Skill data: the secret to your 2021 L&D strategy

CLO Magazine

Budgets require similar care. HR budgets are often the first to be cut, and the organizations doing this right now need to cut carefully. In these situations, learning leaders can get more creative in how they upskill their people. Helping people learn. Person-centricity is often the key to a smart learning strategy.

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