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Video: The power of mentoring programs

CLO Magazine

As employers grapple with today’s highly competitive talent marketplace, mentoring has risen to the top of the list of effective tools to leverage in both onboarding and learning and development, according to the University of Phoenix’s 2023 Career Optimism Index.

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: David DeFilippo

CLO Magazine

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. CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development? One is networking with colleagues.

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Overcoming the tech skills confidence gap

CLO Magazine

Unfortunately, it can also discourage job seekers from applying for positions because of concerns that they lack the right tech skills. 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. In the U.S,

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Case study: Healing the talent gap with homemade talent and a skills-first economy

CLO Magazine

Leaders everywhere are in the lurch for skilled workers, making the need for a “reconsideration of local economic development strategy” exceedingly salient, according to a recent Brookings commentary. For its first cohort, the program took 12 leaders. The program is also a huge win for businesses. At least not yet.

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From L&D to Harmonized Workforce Development

Infopro Learning

Our interviews and analysis of relevant Deloitte projects found learning organizations are increasingly creating these platform ecosystems with repeatable, reusable objects instead of creating new content for each workforce capability- and skill-development need. Networking and connecting organizational capabilities (e.g.,

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Why it’s time to throw out old upskilling playbooks

CLO Magazine

Recognize that beyond capabilities and skills, they have hopes and dreams. At UScellular, we work hard to create opportunities for people to grow and we encourage skills development in numerous ways, both formal and informal. Instead, start at something basic that employees are saying they want: respect.

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Fewer Mentors, Bigger Problems

CLO Magazine

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.