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Listen: Discover Financial Services’ Jon Kaplan on tuition assistance programs and the importance of building trust among your learning team

CLO Magazine

Like many bosses, Jon Kaplan thought he was a good leader. April 2019 Profile: Discover Financial’s Jon Kaplan. Jon Kaplan was, until May of this year, vice president of training and development for Discover Financial Services. The results seemed to prove it. The only problem? His team didn’t agree with his assessment.

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Does your first-time manager training help nurture successful leaders?

TalentLMS

Marion was a top player at her company, so naturally, when the need came up, she was promoted to team manager. Managers are usually top players in their team, so they know how to get the job done. This is why first-time manager training programs have to be carefully planned and implemented. Where’s the catch, though?

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Tell Me a Story

Kapp Notes

Last week I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the 5th Annual Kaplan-EduNeering Knowledge Summit (more about my speaking with Nadira Hira in another post.) I meet some wonderful speakers and great Kaplan-EduNeering clients. They provide a context in which the video game player interacts.

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18 Top Learning Systems Trends to Watch in 2018

Talented Learning

Purdue acquired Kaplan University. This has opened the door for small and medium-sized buyers to invest learning platforms to support education programs for employees, channel partners, customers and other external audiences. As more organizations enjoy measurable business impact from these programs, demand should accelerate. #14

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Top Learning Systems Trends – A 2019 Extended Enterprise Market Guide

Talented Learning

With so many players and so much pressure to differentiate, it’s no surprise that some are growing their business through acquisitions. Kaplan acquired i-Human Patients. Microservice APIs (application programming interfaces) make it super easy to integrate multiple systems. Degreed acquired Pathgather. REPLAY THE WEBINAR NOW.

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A Conversation with Bryan Austin of mLevel

Kapp Notes

Bryan has had a distinguished career in corporate Learning & Development, including leadership roles with Skillsoft, Kaplan, AchieveGlobal and NETg. Austin: Corporate learning functions are often stretched too thin by the business’ increasing demand for learning programs coupled with the increasing pace of change. mLevel Studio.

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Ep9: Up-skilling your workforce to future-proof your organization

Elucidat

Today, I’m joined by Jon Kaplan of Corvantus Consulting. Jon’s original background as a teacher is demonstrated in his corporate career, where he rolled out a game-changing education assistance program which has now resulted in over 500 employees gaining a bachelor’s degree. Listen to this episode now. Podcast Transcript.

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