CLO Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

Whether an employee is in an entry-level role or holds the most sophisticated and complex role in the organization, people who are curious better serve the cause. People can do projects all day but involving them to jointly solve a problem with a mentor or team can be the best skill builder of all.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

One such practice is to encourage and support reverse mentoring and incorporate it as a norm within your organizational culture. What is reverse mentoring? Reverse mentoring is the same concept but often featuring a younger employee imparting know-how and improved methods to an older, perhaps more workplace-experienced worker.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Connection Gen Zers were raised during the era of social media. Unhealthy use of social media has been proven to increase social anxiety and impair social skills. To build connections, consider offering team-building opportunities and a mentoring program. The fact is, we need Gen Z workers.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2023

During leadership workshops aimed at developing coaching skills at a global bank, it was evident that while most leaders were familiar with mentoring, the majority of participants were not yet familiar with coaching as a leadership tool. Enhancing collaboration Coaching skills aren’t limited to one-on-one interactions.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 3, 2023

If your organization isn’t offering help to grow your relationship skills, or personalized coaching and mentoring to support your development, then it’s time to look elsewhere. According to the data, coaching and mentoring are increasingly seen as fulfilling a growing corporate need for greater personalization.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2016

For some organizations, the shortage of skilled executives, middle managers and individual contributors in critical roles already is having quantifiable ramifications — from decreased production capacity to drops in customer satisfaction. Variety in career paths will play a growing role going forward to achieve and maintain this alignment.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 14, 2024

The material was taught in a traditional classroom with one instructor, out of a binder with quizzes after each section and a final assessment and role play in front of the class at the end. Fast forward to my first sales trainer role in 2007 and the approach wasn’t much different. Sales enablement is the answer.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But to truly to grow into a new role requires a transformation of sensemaking, self-awareness, habits and leadership presence. Facilitating the alignment of leaders with mentors in an intentional relationship can be instrumental to a leader’s growth. Mentors bring insights into the organizational context. Helpful, to be sure.

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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. Specific data on how women see themselves changing amidst uncertain times vis a vis how their managers and mentors see them changing. Cause for optimism.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Building a personal performance network: One of the most critical assets a new hire can build is a personal network within the organization to help them assimilate, grow and perform in their role. The role of AI in the future of learning and development appeared first on Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media.

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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. . Unequal access for women to sponsors, mentors and other corporate influencers. Expectations of “feminine” behavior in the workplace.

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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. Encourage them to declare their ambition.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Identify priority roles and create internal career pathways. To start building talent internally, you first need to prioritize the most important roles. In addition, look at the time it takes to hire for roles, the cost of talent acquisition, the demand for the role, and the time and cost it takes to upskill.

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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. One of Bassey’s areas of focus as the company’s CLO is developing the framework for new academies in Ownerversity.

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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. Mentors can provide the insight, guidance and non-judgmental conversations that can inform, excite and inspire.

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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

JUNE 2, 2023

And it’s not just in tech-specific roles. To prepare the workforce for the jobs of the future and reduce the tech skills confidence gap, companies must play a greater role helping educate emerging talent in schools. The post Overcoming the tech skills confidence gap appeared first on Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

If you know who your people are, what skills and knowledge they possess, what their potential is and what motivates them, then you have the knowledge needed to redeploy the right people into the right roles at the right times. Post-deployment, these insights can help employees as they navigate novel tasks and challenges in their new role.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As an example, the leadership team at Seagate invested more in strategic workforce planning, mentoring and succession planning to strengthen internal, future-ready skill sets and avoid layoffs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the company was able to fill 30 percent of their full-time roles internally.

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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. Mentors can provide the insight, guidance and non-judgmental conversations that can inform, excite and inspire.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After that, most of us in white collar roles had access to mentors or could see others who had made transitions — there were models for us to follow. Increase access to programs that connect all employees to mentors, sponsors and coaches. All of your workforce didn’t have a parent who was paid for their brains, not their hands.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s not surprising, then, that almost every CLO in 2021 is listing the growing skills gap and new talent upskilling as a top priority. How did you get into a new field or a new role? Almost certainly, you were guided by a real-life conversation, whether it was with a manager, a mentor or even a stranger.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 18, 2020

From your leadership experience in your previous roles, and now as a learning leader at PepsiCo, in your opinion, what’s an important trait every leader should possess? Everyone has a different journey to CLO. Were there any particular mentors or supportive figures who were helpful along the way? In other words, set boundaries.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic transformed many CLOs into corporate sherpas, guiding employees as they moved to remote work and providing them with newly virtual content to ensure they had the skills and support to remain productive and engaged. From fashion designer to CLO. Tedrick didn’t plan to become the CLO of a $128 billion Fortune 100 company.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 6, 2020

Far too many CLOs fail to live up to their own standards. According to research we conducted on the future of the role, only 44 percent have implemented their own development plan. Just over a third have a mentor and less than 1 in 5 are using an executive coach. The CLO Accelerator is a next-?generation

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a chief learning officer, you can play a key role in shifting organizational views of failure in order to construct this successful post-pandemic future. Put reverse mentoring schemes in place — a practical way to help senior people learn while creating a safe environment for more junior employees. Know yourself as a CLO.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

We are looking closely at the experiences of more than 780 female participants, and their male and female mentors and managers, to glean a treasure trove of information around successful strategies when work is no longer “live and in-person.” One of our program managers observed it as a newfound “level of acceptance, rather than resistance.”

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

Painter and Larson set out to identify the program elements that would add the most value: executive involvement, careful selection process, topical alignment to the competency model, a leader-as-instrument design, a combination of learning modalities, a program deliverable, executive mentoring and increased visibility.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

Their roles demand an in-depth understanding of technical aspects, distinguishing them from non-R&D leaders. They exhibit strong critical thinking skills, making them stand out in their roles. They systematically approach problems, which is a valuable asset in leadership roles.

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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. But oftentimes, finding a mentor at work can be an overwhelming and challenging task. Actively trying to be a role model can help you find what you’re looking for in a mentor. Mentorship is a two-way street.

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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 see two-year schools as an untapped resource for improving diversity across a number of fast-growing roles. Last year, we expanded our outreach to community and technical colleges including for associate degree students.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 16, 2023

A new leadership role, and the skills and mindsets required to play it Navigating these disruptions is transforming the skills and mindset required of senior executive leaders, including chief learning officers. CEOs see their new role as influencing change in their organizations to open up the space for others to behave differently.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

Second, the group leader’s mindset and role should support opportunities interwoven throughout the group’s primary work functions. How can these apply to my current or aspirational roles? For example, what have been common professional pain points in one’s role or career? What topic areas will the group consider?

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It will require commitment from the organization and from senior leaders to shape their rising leaders into role models for the Gen Z workforce. The transformation is that now they are undeniably central to the role. Define roles. Role-model best practices and behaviors for the team. Role models. Set priorities.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

federal government, I worked on designing and implementing training, and coaching and mentoring programs to attract new employees. Mentoring Mentoring programs are a great way to start your development marketing campaign and an excellent way for young employees to learn from the senior leaders’ own experiences.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2022

His voracious attitude toward learning and growing makes him a strong leader, mentor and colleague. The largely reported 85-million-person talent deficit by 2030 highlights the role that future human talent will play alongside technology that replaces bad jobs and helps upskill and reskill workers in the future of work.

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