CLO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2018

This mistrust is one of the reasons why diversity and inclusion has taken a new air of importance at work, yet many corporate learning and development functions have traditionally steered clear of the topic, leaving it to HR or a dedicated diversity function. This is particularly true in the workplace.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 16, 2019

A 2018 survey from the LeanIn Foundation and SurveyMonkey found that nearly half of male managers felt uncomfortable participating in a common work activity with a woman, such as mentoring, working alone or socializing together. That means about 1 in 6 male managers would hesitate to mentor a woman. Self-Imposed Fear.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2021

Applied in the context of learning and development, if an intervention is provided by the L&D function, involves instruction and learners, then it is “training.” This is an unfortunate truth, because to external appearances, most training does indeed look the same. Like ducks, such programs look a lot alike.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

So how can organizations focus diversity and inclusion efforts to address cultural groups’ unique needs and build fluid, cross-cultural communities that promote collaboration and avoid pigeonholing? The benefits of diversity in the workplace are clear. Provide specialized coaching/mentoring. One Size Doesn’t Fit All Women.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Ekpedeme “Pamay” Bassey, CLO of The Kraft Heinz Co., has held many different personas, both in her career as a learning and development professional and beyond. It demonstrated to Bassey how technology could be used in L&D, which ignited a passion in her for individual learning. Photos by Jeff Millies. “As and Canada.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

The research was conducted at the heart of the pandemic, and surveyed three key corporate constituencies: talented women, their managers and their mentors. For example, there is a tendency to see diversity, equity and inclusion — the three major components involved in advancing under-represented populations — as independent entities.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

All industries are undergoing enormous change, mostly due to new technologies, globalization, and a very diverse workforce. Any company, faced with these kinds of disruptive forces must keep learning. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture. Learning is just-in-time, on-demand.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

Developing R&D leaders is different from non-R&D leaders because of the unique nature of their temperaments and training. By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of potential R&D leaders, companies can create learning and development programs that more effectively foster their growth.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A: As the hybrid workforce assumes a more permanent role in many companies, women will likely continue to take advantage of these opportunities to balance their work and life commitments. As an organization, we must make a commitment to recruiting diverse talent and to filling the pipeline with women who have leadership potential.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

In February 2020, Leah Houde was hired as PricewaterhouseCooper’s new chief learning officer. I inherited a learning organization that designs and delivers world-class learning assets,” Houde says. It’s a CLO’s dream.”. Houde with her mentor, Blair Sheppard, global head of strategy and leadership for PwC.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2021

On the one hand, job openings have reached a record high, with more than 10 million open roles. We pursue ambitious hiring, training and employee development goals, and we rely on STEM talent including engineers, scientists and technicians — all of whom must continuously hone their digital capabilities. Expanding the talent pipeline.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A: As the hybrid workforce assumes a more permanent role in many companies, women will likely continue to take advantage of these opportunities to balance their work and life commitments. As an organization, we must make a commitment to recruiting diverse talent and to filling the pipeline with women who have leadership potential.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The young adults of this decade have spent their entire lives using digital technologies, and have a very different educational experience than any previous generation — no matter if this experience is in K-12, college or vocational training. Learning knowledge and facts are less important than knowing how to find this information.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Traditional mentoring was one older expert grooming a younger one for a specific role. Technological influences, millennials and a global workforce have all left their mark on the practice, helping to create a new mindset about what mentoring is today. People meet online, in groups and possibly never in person.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

As workforces continue to grow more diverse, human resources and learning and development teams have embraced language training programs, such as Business English and ESL, for multicultural employees. Employee turnover and replacement are costly. is foreign-born (17 percent), and this number is growing.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In an era defined by rapid technological advancement, generative AI is at the forefront of transforming corporate learning and development. Because generative AI, a cutting-edge subset of artificial intelligence, holds the promise of revolutionizing how employees learn, adapt and excel in their roles.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Rather, our numbers show that they are planning to continue, full speed ahead, with building a diverse talent pipeline. Rather, our numbers show that they are planning to continue, full speed ahead, with building a diverse talent pipeline. Learning to effectively network from home. Finding reasons to connect isn’t hard.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2021

Over the past year, I have interacted (virtually, of course) with hundreds of women and corporations in my role as CEO of WOMEN Unlimited Inc. A senior biotech manager explained why she became less risk-averse: “This year, normal ways of operating went out the window and I learned to lean into risk as we planned ahead.”.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2023

Leveraging internal resources for skill building is one of the most important tools in the learning and development leader’s arsenal. There are numerous ways to use internal resources to support learning, including coaching, mentoring, apprenticing, job shadowing and engaging in trial or stretch projects.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 31, 2018

Another response to my request for topics asked about moving from the classroom to the ‘fringe’ Here, I have a very simple response: the case studies in Revolutionize Learning & Development. Each also represents a diversity of settings and needs. Coaching also played a role in the case study Jane Bozarth provided.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Mentors are an important aspect for companies to create and encourage a positive and rewarding work culture. They’re also a key formal or informal tool in the learning leaders’ developmental arsenal. But oftentimes, finding a mentor at work can be an overwhelming and challenging task. Mentorship is a two-way street.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Managers are on the front lines of change and managers play a vital role in how participants are supported back at the workplace — as they apply their learnings and their new behaviors. . I recently attended the Annual Summit of the Women’s Business Collaborative, where I chair one of their action initiatives. One-on-one coaching.” .

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Countless studies have shown that organizations with gender diverse leadership realize better financial performance, higher market share and stronger brand reputation. And while talk of increased representation and development of robust, gender diverse talent pipelines is plentiful, progress has been modest at best.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But the learning and development industry doesn’t seem to fall into the same category. Kathy Gallo, SVP and CLO at Northwell Health, said she didn’t face any obvious challenges in her career because of her gender. Jenny Dearborn, CLO at SAP and a Gen Xer, agreed that her gender didn’t help or hurt her through her career. “I

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

We call this transformation “career enablement,” a new and innovative type of work culture that fosters employee engagement and boosts talent development and retention with cross-functional learning opportunities. Career development is a dynamic, flexible and shared process in which everyone has an important role. Employee initiated.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

In addition, they need to develop a network of connections (mentors and advisors) to fuel their growing confidence. If a woman wants to be in the c-suite one day, she needs to tell her mentor, other senior leaders and influencers. It’s a “worker’s market” right now and we’re seeing a trend emerging with regards to advancement.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2020

As companies increase their focus on retaining and advancing talented women, the role of managers becomes continually more significant. They acknowledge the value of diversity in fostering organizational success; they realize that men and women view the organization differently and see these differences as an asset, not a liability.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2020

How did you start your career in learning? My career did not move into the learning field until I realized in my late 30s that I had a passion for working with organizations moving through and adapting to change — and that learning was instrumental to that. Now I’ve seen how a learning career can evolve.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

It was a huge learning experience.” Together, they made a list of 15 actions the company could take to improve the culture, which included hiring more diverse models and boycotting Facebook ads, as part of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign — even though Facebook was a primary driver of revenue for the company.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2023

HR and learning leaders are being tasked to improve employee performance and ultimately operational excellence. Nowadays, organizations have so many options to develop their employees: They can select a learning vendor promising to improve employee skill sets. They can revamp their in-person training to bring people together.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 7, 2019

A few years ago, I was the keynote speaker at a women’s diversity conference. That morning, I was chatting with Annie McKee, director of the University of Pennsylvania CLO program. It’s the belief that female talent will be noticed and promoted to leadership roles and, as a result, gender parity will be achieved.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

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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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We show up, we face the challenge, we survive and learn and then we tell our stories. And here’s the even better news: We can learn faster from those experiences— and increase our resiliency — when we share those stories and listen to those stories with more intention. Here’s the good news: Human resilience is a tremendous force.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Today, bench strength is the lowest it has ever been, with only 11 percent of organizations having a strong enough bench to fill leadership roles. Further, companies report only being able to fill about 47 percent of leadership roles on average. At the top of the list of concerns for CEOs is developing the next generation of leaders.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

At the time, she was working with Sure People, a people analytics platform, where she partnered with Juan Antonio Ruiz-Hau, Sure People’s head of content and learning strategy, to build the emotional intelligence of Sirtex’s workforce. Lowndes believe Ruiz-Hau was exactly the right person to lead Sirtex’s learning transformation.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

However, for now, let’s focus on one comparatively manageable solution: helping women define their value in tangible terms, with us as talent development professionals playing a key role in that process. Otherwise, the only voice they’ll hear is their own, which is limiting and, at times, off-target for the best solution.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my experience working within corporations, the missing ingredient needed to make these huge formal leadership-training in-vestments pay off is opportunities for experiential learning. This low percentage represents a huge gap in an area where organizations are spending so much money and focusing so much energy.

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