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Mentoring meets the Metaverse

CLO Magazine

Mentoring has been a best practice in business for decades, as soon as researchers proved that employees with mentors were more successful at work than those without. Their findings were: A mentor helps their mentee gain clarity on career goals, develop leadership skills, clarify values and leverage their talents.

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Essential skills today’s leaders need to navigate ambiguity and activate talent

CLO Magazine

In today’s quickly shifting business landscape, leaders and employees are facing global economic challenges, rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and frequent corporate restructuring. A leader with coaching skills may ask questions like, “What are you finding challenging with the new system? What can you try?

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Judy Whitcomb

CLO Magazine

CLO: How did you become interested in learning and development? Leveraging these natural talents and applying them to real-life experiences in the workplace with strong mentors and formal education in adult learning sparked my interest and passion in learning and development. CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Christyl Murray

CLO Magazine

CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development? Upon graduation from the Wharton Business School, I worked as a management consultant with Accenture in their organization and change strategy practice. CLO: What lessons did you learn in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? 6) Measure impact on business.

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Closing the skills gap is a modern fairytale

CLO Magazine

This metaphor, aptly named the Red Queen’s Race, may be the most accurate way to describe the challenge facing organizations in their effort to close the global skills gap. Technology is outpacing efforts to address the global skills gap. By 2028, 44 percent of worker skills will be disrupted.

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: David DeFilippo

CLO Magazine

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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Overcoming the tech skills confidence gap

CLO Magazine

Unfortunately, it can also discourage job seekers from applying for positions because of concerns that they lack the right tech skills. To prepare the workforce for the jobs of the future and reduce the tech skills confidence gap, companies must play a greater role helping educate emerging talent in schools. In the U.S,

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