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The future of diversity and apprenticeships in construction

CLO Magazine

Construction requires a highly diverse job set and skill set, and yet, diversity within the construction workforce is still underrepresented, despite the variety of roles available. Promoting racial diversity is equally important, with very few Black, Asian and minority ethnic employees currently in management positions.

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Can You Teach Diversity and Inclusion?

CLO Magazine

Training alone is rarely enough. Not when the subject matter is complex, controversial or comes packaged with a load of historically negative baggage, which diversity and inclusion does. What exactly is diversity and inclusion training? Ask these questions: Does our culture embrace diversity and inclusion?

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Let’s get real about unconscious bias

CLO Magazine

Many organizations are rushing into unconscious bias training, also known as implicit or cognitive bias training. This “check the box” approach typically results in poorly planned and delivered learning experiences, which can lead to an unanticipated backlash against the material.

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The Training Technology Conundrum

CLO Magazine

By the early 2000s, human resources developed a reputation in some circles as being a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, no-fun-allowed department, its trainings a necessary distraction from “real work.” How true this image of training is probably varies from company to company, but many HR departments are taking steps to deliberately depart from it.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

We strongly believe the #LCBQ offers an opportunity to have something online that's like a sophisticated cocktail party. Lots of discussion and debate around interesting questions for eLearning professionals. Lots of discussion and debate around interesting questions for eLearning professionals.

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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

Provided that learning and development leaders could and should have a central role in innovation, what is the chief learning officer’s responsibility? Jennifer Magnani, senior director of Sanofi Pasteur Quality Academy, faces a challenge in aligning these two elements. The world has changed.

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From bystander to upstander

CLO Magazine

We’ve mandated sexual harassment prevention training. Up until a couple years ago, anti-harassment training was usually organized in response to a specific incident or public moment. Many states now require businesses to offer anti-harassment training. We’ve changed the laws. What does then?