CLO Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

When I began studying leadership in the 1960s, top-down leadership reigned. As time went by, I became more and more interested in a different style of leadership, —one I’ve been teaching now for more than 50 years. Three timeless leadership principles have risen to the top. Principle no. Principle no. You bet it would!

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

“Break the glass ceiling” is a metaphor used to describe the invisible barrier women face when ascending into leadership positions. Women leaders are switching jobs at the highest rates we’ve ever seen — and at higher rates than men in leadership. Women are already significantly underrepresented in leadership.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fundamental processes, like the performance review process, should be centered on the important role learning plays in an employee’s growth, to both reflect and prioritize the organization’s learning culture. Forbes describes culture as an organization’s DNA that defines how teams perform and interact.

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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? Chief Learning Officer: Where is your hometown? I was 16 years old.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

In 2020, she was recognized as CLO of the Year. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn back in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work? Chief Learning Officer: Where is your hometown?

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Some may wonder why executives need further leadership development. After all, they’ve succeeded at multiple leadership roles as they moved up the ranks. Avoid offering an executive cohort of your regular leadership program. Recent studies in neuroscience give us some critical clues.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

No longer confined to managing training programs leading learning and development teams, today’s CLOs are integral to broader talent management strategies that drive organizational success. Let’s delve into the expanded role of the CLO and how it intersects with talent management. This alignment is not a mere correlation.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 24, 2023

In a year already defined by tightening budgets and mass layoffs across a number of industries, companies may feel wary about directing their limited resources and energy into leadership development initiatives. Great leadership and being a great team member are not mutually exclusive.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Whitcomb is an award-winning HR, leadership and talent development executive with more than 20 year’s experience across various industries, including transportation, financial services and health care. CLO: How did you become interested in learning and development? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Without access to these offerings, leaders are left alone to connect the dots and figure out how the DEI pieces fit into the larger puzzle that is leadership. When we keep DEI training separate from other leadership development offerings, we cannot expect leaders to treat what they are learning with an equal level of importance.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

They have yet to fall victim to the underbelly of social media and they choose their friends the old fashion way — mutual interests. As such, here are five lessons my kids have taught me about leadership: Maintain an incessant desire for learning. Put simply, unlike adults, they have yet to be tainted by the woes of the world.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

One of the most worrisome developments is the impact to leadership pipelines. There are a few ways you can organically develop leadership skills in your employees. The department manager further develops their leadership skills by assigning two employees to facilitate the discussion each month. According to the 2010 U.S.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We call it “Leadership 2.0.” The oft-cited leadership development model of 70/20/10 has been around since the 1980s, helping us to describe how leaders grow. Leadership is a fundamentally human endeavor. These elements can be blended in myriad of ways to support a whole-person approach to leadership development.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There are multiple global events impacting the workforce’s intellectual and emotional ability to perform successfully. Empathic leadership improves organizational culture While leadership focuses on the behaviors required to guide others, empathy is the ability to understand others in a way that guides your leadership behavior.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Chief Learning Officer recently sat down with David DeFilippo, principal of DeFilippo Leadership Inc. 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.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

Consider those stats in the context of a leadership development program — a more than $370 billion global market. Given the resources organizations are devoting to leadership development, not to mention the future stakes of the leadership pipeline, these programs must work. Two weeks later, Kyle had a coaching session.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2021

Each year, the Chief Learning Officer of the Year Award is presented to an individual learning executive who delivers the most exemplary development and guidance, is a strategic business partner and provides essential leadership to the organizational learning and development function. 20, when she was announced as the 2020 CLO of the Year.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

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. Kamikow Learning Leadership Award. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? I think it was in my passion.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

We support ourselves better when we acknowledge that leadership is hard. She had been quickly promoted over a 10-year period and was operating in a senior leadership role at a Fortune 100 company. Throughout our coaching, I guided and supported Emily as the reality that “leadership is hard” caught up with her.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It’s clear that the model for leadership will have to change dramatically to fit the evolving needs of next-gen leaders. According to DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast 2021 , global bench strength has been diminishing over the past decade. Further, companies report only being able to fill about 47 percent of leadership roles on average.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

They feel isolated, underprepared, scared to make a mistake and even afraid they might lose their job because of performance. Sixty-eight percent looked to improve engagement and performance in 2021 with fewer resources and less direct interaction. 2020 changed everything: Where and how we work, and especially how we learn to work.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 8, 2021

It’s hard to pick up a publisher’s catalog, a newspaper or even a magazine without seeing a new book on leadership. More specifically, it’s the impact of leadership development, often based on the leadership book. Think about the value of a leadership development program. Why are there so many? Are they all different?

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

For leadership development, this should be impact and not behavior. Let’s review how leadership development accountability has evolved. Decades ago, we wanted participants involved in leadership development to perceive the content as valuable, important to them and something they would try. Accountability shifts.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, before leaving his office the day before hopping on a plane to attend Chief Learning Officer ’s 2019 Fall Symposium in Chicago, where he would receive this year’s 2019 CLO of the Year award, he sent a note to his team about setting up the next step in evolution they will head at DAU. But his path was not entirely unusual for a CLO.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In order to qualify for LearningElite status, organizations must succeed in scoring above the qualifying benchmark in five key performance areas critical to L&D: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results. and General Mills. and General Mills.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

Her innovative approach to training and relentless commitment to the needs of her learners is why Chief Learning Officer named Tedrick its 2021 CLO of the Year. From fashion designer to CLO. Tedrick didn’t plan to become the CLO of a $128 billion Fortune 100 company. Data-driven CLO. Photos by Samantha Rayward.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

You may or may not have the ability to invest in leadership development right now, yet your organization needs effective leaders to stay competitive in this season of volatility. Why have traditional leadership development programs failed? Develop leadership by doing leadership. Leadership is a verb.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Chief Learning Officer is thrilled to announce its 2023 Learning in Practice Award winners and the CLO of the Year. The CLO Learning in Practice Awards have been honoring learning and development leaders for their work in designing and delivering exemplary employee development programs since 2003. Congratulations to all of the winners!

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

How does your organization define what “good” leadership looks like? Too often, there is a lack of alignment around an organization’s leadership model , a specific set of phrases that is designed to guide leadership behavior across a particular organization. Now think about a colleague in your organization. Question No.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more time goes on between “what used to be” and “the new normal,” the need to establish updated procedures for employee-performance conversations has become imperative. Employee performance conversations can be challenging for all involved, even without considerations related to working remotely during a pandemic.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 25, 2019

Servant leadership is all about enriching the lives of others, building better organizations and ultimately creating a world that is more caring and equitable. In fact, many studies have indicated that organizations that are servant-led actually perform better and yield higher returns. Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership” by James W.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 18, 2020

In fact, before leaving his office the day before hopping on a plane to attend Chief Learning Officer ’s 2019 Fall Symposium in Chicago, where he would receive this year’s 2019 CLO of the Year award, he sent a note to his team about setting up the next step in evolution they will head at DAU. But his path was not entirely unusual for a CLO.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2021

Peer leaders are an underutilized asset in helping organizations achieve performance objectives as well as learning and development goals. Recently, I’ve seen firsthand how valuable peer leadership is to underrepresented employee groups, many of whom may feel isolated and uncertain right now. Make an External Coach Your Ally.”.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A strong leadership pipeline is critical to the success of any organization. One common strategy is to compare the performance of your leaders to industry-wide norms and then invest in development strategies to close any gaps. Pull together any available data on your culture, employee engagement, leadership behaviors and practices.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 10, 2020

The truth is that the topic might not be new, but investment in leadership development continues to be critically important — and the need to spread the word persists. Organizational success is driven by strong leadership, and companies that invest in leadership training consistently appear on most-admired and best-of lists.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

Now in its 13th year, the LearningElite Awards program has recognized organizations for demonstrating excellence in corporate learning across five crucial dimensions: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Pressure to perform hasn’t let up. Techniques like communicating team priorities, not getting distracted by new shiny objects, and being clear about performance expectations can ease concerns and potential confusion among a fast-moving team. The post Can better leadership skills unlock greater wellbeing at work?

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