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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Diana Thomas

CLO Magazine

Chief Learning Officer recently sat down with longtime CLO Advisory Board member Diana Thomas, executive coach and advisor for Winning Results LLC. In 2014, she received CLO’s Norman B. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? I love coaching; I love seeing people grow.

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What does the future hold for AI-enabled coaching?

CLO Magazine

Coaching, whether it’s life coaching, executive coaching, or performance, skills or career coaching, seems inherently personal and humane. But what if your career or executive coach wasn’t actually a coach at all — or even human? More and more, AI-enabled coaching apps are on the rise in the L&D space.

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My post-pandemic learning list

CLO Magazine

With millions of hours of Zoom, Microsoft Teams and WebEx meetings under our belts, the learning field is still struggling to create true and meaningful “engagement” activities that enhance learners’ outcomes. Virtual reality, mixed media and beyond the goggles. We are ready to lose the goggles for projected or embedded mixed media.

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The future of L&D: How AI is revolutionizing talent development

CLO Magazine

The most popular of these tools, the generative AI ChatGPT developed by OpenAI which recently received a multi-year $10 billion investment by Microsoft, has expanded the possibilities of what is possible in L&D today. Virtual coaching. Personalized learning plans: You are an expert trainer and certified coach in the industry.

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Empowering future leaders through communities of practice

CLO Magazine

In the Connected Communities program at Microsoft, we nurture and empower these future leaders, teaching them core leadership skills and providing a safe place for them to practice. Now, imagine what these emerging leaders could be if they also received mentoring, coaching and formal development on core leadership skills.

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Excellence in Technology Innovation

CLO Magazine

Faced with low engagement and completion rates of their 7-week Story Impact workshop, Microsoft reached out to GP Strategies to revamp the optional program for meeting preparation, executive presence and storytelling. Low retention rates pointed to content unaccompanied by support; to fix this, GP Strategies created Coach Alex.

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COVID-19 didn’t challenge managers, it exposed them

CLO Magazine

The use of Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams and other communication tools increased dramatically. Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, says “ Managers have always mattered.” Coaching skills: First, is the manager coaching people both inside and outside the team? Hold managers accountable.

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