CLO Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

We recently sat down for a conversation with Kevin Wilde, an Executive Leadership Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business. In 2007, he was named CLO of the Year. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2021

The Air New Zealand CLO was experiencing an ultra-rare moment for 2020, disconnected from the virtual world during the Learning in Practice Awards ceremony on Oct. 20, when she was announced as the 2020 CLO of the Year. In the midst of the global pandemic, Savion says she feels incredibly blessed to earn the title of CLO of the Year.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

We recently sat down for a conversation with Tamar Elkeles, the chief human resources officer and head of HR for XCOM Labs. 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? Is there time outside of work?

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

With employees today viewing learning and development opportunities as a key benefit of their job — and willing to vote with their feet if those opportunities are not existent or meaningful —organizations must embrace and deliver on a culture of learning to attract and retain employees. The alternative is costly.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 18, 2021

On the surface, these objectives may seem like they’re only aligned with talent acquisition, culture or people analytics. Rather than siloing these objectives onto separate teams, CLOs and CDOs can accomplish more by working together, while also measuring and tracking progress at the same time. Create a more inclusive environment.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 13, 2020

We all know that building the foundation for a positive and open workplace culture isn’t as easy as flipping a switch. And while working from home hasn’t completely derailed our efforts at building our culture, it has definitely taken them in a new direction. Evaluate Culture. What would you want to change?

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CLO Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Where creating a culture of openness, collaboration and high performance is a priority, we cannot turn a blind eye to uncivil behavior. Otherwise, we will find that while we have filled roles in the short term, we have weakened and eroded organizational culture for years to come. We should be clear about standards for civility.

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Degreed

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And for a career mobility program to really fly high, managers need to play a pivotal role, Degreed CLO Kelly Palmer said. Culture Through Partnership. The end goal is creating a rich and supported learning culture — one that integrates your skills, technology, and implementation strategies. Rewarding Connection. Learn More.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2016

After about three months, I remember a conversation with my father where I said, “This doesn’t feel like work to me — I love teaching and coaching these kids.”. First, as the head teacher, a CLO is responsible for the architecture and design of the technical, professional and leadership development of the workforce.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

As a chief learning officer, if you want to foster cross-departmental collaboration and teamwork, you must build and nurture a safe, transparent culture in which information can flow freely. Your to-do list Here are five ways to encourage open, healthy communications throughout your organization as a CLO. Your areas of weakness?

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 25, 2019

When you describe your corporate culture, is being of service to one another and the community a core value? Creating a culture of servant leadership requires certain behaviors and actions. Following are eight practices to create a culture of servant leadership in your organization. Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Sipe and Don M.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

When founder and CEO Amir Mansouri started the company in 2014, cultivating culture was easy. There’s a major difference between maintaining a company culture in a small, close-knit startup with five employees and a fast-growing, mature business with 60 employees and counting. Six steps to build the best culture.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It turns out, however, that providing on-the-job professional development and skills training is one of the most desirable, effective and feasible strategies organizations can implement to improve company culture, engagement and employee retention. Encourage questions and normalize mistakes as part of the learning process.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 16, 2017

She sat down with Chief Learning Officer at the CLO Breakfast Club event in San Francisco in April and shared her perspective on the role of a learning executive, her career path into talent development and the best career advice she ever received. For more highlights from the event series, visit the CLO Breakfast Club library.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Our most-watched webinars this year featured topics such as leadership development, coaching and organizational culture. Transformative Conversations: Steps to Organizational Change Speakers: Alan Todd , General Manager of cohort learning, Udemy Business; Mike Beer , Ph.D., Below are the 10 most-watched webinars of 2023.

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SweetRush

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Most recently, the team combined a WebXR conversation simulation experience powered by a custom artificial intelligence (AI) tool that responds to learner input and provides real-time feedback. Every day, we give thanks for the trust of our world-class clients.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

Risk and cultural requirements of your organization may chip away at your creative vision, but the reality is that you need a licence to operate. Accept the high degree of difficulty creating digital experiences that need to be engaging across cultures. Expect this! Make global assumptions about local conditions at your peril.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Learning leaders see it in their conversations with, and reactions to, soft skills. They need to see how a personality-based system, crucial conversations, team-building, leadership development or culture change adds value at the impact and ROI levels.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2021

Chief Learning Officer hosted webinars on a wide variety of topics in 2020, including the challenges surrounding virtual learning, engaging a remote workforce, building a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, and the future of learning and development. Four Strategies for Building a Culture of Learning Remotely.

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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. It’s a great conversation starter. I like to reach out to those who are engaged in the movement.”.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

For the coaches to help an executive to understand and apply the leadership development concepts, they need to be well-versed in the organization’s culture and the content covered in the development initiative. The coach must understand the platform, resources and conversation tools to pull into their coaching conversations.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

For both business and talent leaders improving internal mobility can be an “unlock” in increasing retention, improving engagement, nurturing a thriving work culture and driving productivity. The mindset of managers developing and sharing resources versus developing and hiding resources will be a cultural shift for many.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When an organization has a coaching culture, this invites greater diversity of thought to come forward within organizations leading to innovation. By creating a work environment and coaching culture, where employees feel valued, heard and encouraged to think independently, leaders unlock a reservoir of untapped potential.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Executives directly impact your organization’s culture and success. This alone can have devastating effects on decision-making, ethical behavior and culture cornerstones like psychological safety. In my experience, one executive always likes to “stir the pot” by challenging the training or derailing the conversation.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

When these intellectual and psychological challenges are unsupported by leaders, 41 percent of Gallup poll respondents identified wanting to change organizational culture which included “better managers.” Equally important, leadership empathy helps improve morale and organizational culture.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Kate Feather, senior vice president and head of employee experience and talent development at Lincoln Financial, says they are focused on using employee listening with employee feedback to strengthen their work culture and sense of belonging. “At And to harness the power of our people, we start with listening.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 13, 2023

Each organization is different, so the expectation is not that each one will adopt these exact definitions and ideas, rather, that they be used as a starting place for those who see the need to create clear distinctions that fit their culture and the outcomes they seek. Do these roles and conversations tend to blend and overlap?

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Leadership podcast formed as a small and informal, grassroots leadership conversation. The group flourished during this timeframe and more leaders were added to the conversation. This has been a popular gathering addition and sets a human-centered tone by creating conversations about music, concerts and other commonalities.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

For networking and connecting strategies to succeed, organizations need visibility into the services, learning architectures, offerings, and technology available across the enterprise as well as the culture, capacity, and ability to apply them. And through that evolution, they’ll subsequently foster systemic people growth for others.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This is not a new topic for L&D, but it is now a more prominent conversation for all business leaders today. Getting to the bottom of this requires having conversations across your teams and asking the hard questions: Are internal moves really encouraged at your company? In a recent survey of roughly 5,000 U.S.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Although never using the term “corporate village,” a recently released Gallup book, “Culture Shock,” makes a number of critical, research-based arguments for the importance of creating a corporate village culture that supports, nurtures and involves its talented employees. 69 percent less likely to actively search for a new job.

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SweetRush

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

One of those experiences includes an immersive conversation simulation, recently co-created with a global hospitality leader. This engaging experience combines WebXR with AI voice recognition that responds to learner input and provides real-time feedback.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 17, 2016

However, there’s another option: use MOOCs to gauge cultural fit in the recruiting process. The traditional recruiting process is built to gauge technical skill well, but it often does not take into account cultural fit, according to Bonnie Evans, global client services director at Xerox Global Learning Solutions.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While leaders have traditionally shied away from conversations about “feelings,” we now recognize discussing mental and emotional health is an essential part of building a positive, healthy workplace environment. As you have this conversation, be sure to listen with empathy and conclude by asking “How can I support you?”.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Bold new belief: To communicate well, leaders must facilitate better conversations. We all know that effective communication is foundational for a healthy organizational culture. Instead of facilitating more conversations, leaders need to facilitate better conversations.

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Cylient

MAY 11, 2020

Last week, Cylient CEO Dianna Anderson presented at the virtual CLO Exchange. Draining the fear out of our cultures so that creativity thrives and we can reimagine what is possible, together. Watch the recording of the presentation below: COVID-19 has opened to door for us to wire up new ways of thinking, working and being.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Public conversations about systemic racism, the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and the Black Lives Matter protests that took place across the globe spurred executives at the 100-year-old marketing services firm to take a hard look at how they were addressing DEI, and what more they could be doing. Lunch is not enough.

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