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

APRIL 18, 2024

Upskilling also encourages employees’ creativity and allows them to be more innovative within their roles. But, I am extremely confident in the ability of L&D professionals and the critical role they play in setting the stage for the future of work. Many companies are starting to think critically about development.

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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. But that isn’t enough.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

To build connections, consider offering team-building opportunities and a mentoring program. Nurse educators can also step in as mentors and role models, allowing new nurses to have a healthy outlet to express their frustrations while providing much needed advice and modeling. The fact is, we need Gen Z workers.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

Of the nine learning methods examined by the study, instructor-led training, short-clip video, and coaching and mentoring were the top three learning approaches cited by respondents overall. Coaching and mentoring appeals most to the oldest (50+ years old) and youngest learners (21-25 years old) out of all age groups in the workplace.

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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 23, 2023

Identifying skills allows L&D leaders to align solutions to the organizational strategy. But competency models must also be tailored to the organization to be effective, so the process must also include reviewing internal documents, such as organizational strategy, core values, DEIB commitments and job descriptions.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

One way to increase diversity in leadership roles is to improve mentoring opportunities for women and minorities. According to a new study by Heidrick & Struggles, more than three in four respondents said their most impactful mentoring relationship was important to their career development. Mentoring for Minorities.

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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

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. Throughout the year, my columns will emphasize cohesive, corporatewide approaches because research shows segmented strategies are insufficient for attracting and retaining female talent.

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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. This strategy was implemented during the last U.S. Essentially, the tool taught itself that male candidates were preferable.

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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

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

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

AUGUST 5, 2021

SprintRay began to develop a formal talent management strategy once it had around 20-30 employees, Mansouri said. A good mentor of mine once said, ‘If you’re not evolving, you’re devolving.’ Assess: Create a People Strategy Task Team to study what company culture looks like now and how it needs to grow. You must be proactive.

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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

APRIL 22, 2021

Committees, working groups, teams, task forces — these are all staples of organizational planning and productivity to tackle everything from daily operations, to implementing new initiatives, to long-term strategy. Third, individual group members’ mindset and strategies must be attuned to be able to capitalize on learning opportunities.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

They need to engage in four additional strategies to foster both employee development and high performance. Students have an opportunity to practice critical skills, receive developmental feedback and test new work strategies. These strategies seem useful to students, but they often do not translate into good learning outcomes.

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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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Degreed

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This strategy comes to life when you establish an internal marketplace that connects employee skills and skill development to ongoing, real-time internal opportunities for people to explore new types of work. And for a career mobility program to really fly high, managers need to play a pivotal role, Degreed CLO Kelly Palmer said.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

To address a much-needed gap in their overall leadership development strategy, The University of Alabama Birmingham, UAB, created a High Potential program, called the “Institute for Leadership.” The model consists of five domains: personal proficiency, talent management, execution, strategy and talent development.

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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.”

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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 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

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We align our strategy to today’s needs but also analyze needs up to 10 years out to be ready for tomorrow,” DeSarro says. “If At the core of the OIT’s learning program are 30 role-specific competency models that provide a “streamlined, data-driven approach” to professional development. Competency is part of the culture.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2020

As companies increase their focus on retaining and advancing talented women, the role of managers becomes continually more significant. These strategies are not restricted to male managers. They ensure that talented women take leadership roles on key initiatives. High on the list is the importance of managers at all levels.

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The CEO and board still believed the strategy was right and would pay off. HR had just executed its annual employee engagement survey, which asked employees to rank on a scale of one to 10, how strongly they believed in the company’s strategy and in the company’s ability to execute. Who’s the mentor? Who is the protagonist? (To

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 10, 2014

Mentoring and coaching strategies translate to better employee engagement and retention. But it pays to know the key differences between coaching and mentoring to implement an effective program. There is a difference between coaching and mentoring.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

A 5-point strategy to help women showcase their value. 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. The cost of losing a mid-career-level executive can be 1.5

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CLO Magazine

MAY 7, 2019

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. In what roles? A few years ago, I was the keynote speaker at a women’s diversity conference.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

As we fostered their development, encouraged them to interact with mentors and networks and involved their managers, we pinpointed three emerging strategies that earmarked success in these disruptive times: Letting go of what was. One key strategy is going beyond focusing on tasks and checking in to see how people are doing.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

These introductions should spur mentoring and further the opportunity for rising women leaders to learn and contribute. This means you must understand if your strategy is working in encouraging women to stay. If it isn’t, know how to pivot to other strategies such as more regular meetings and candid conversations.

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