Learning Organization Benchmarking
As organizations evolve their training organizations to further improve business impact, better leverage technology, and become more service-oriented, we find them looking more and more to...
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Death of the Corporate University
In our High Impact Learning Organization® research and workshops we talk with training managers and directors about their challenges in organization, management and governance. Nearly every...
View ArticleThe Need for a Chief Learning Officer
One of the ongoing debates in learning and development organizations is the need for a CLO. In June I hosted a panel of three very effective CLOs at the ASTD conference in Atlanta and also had a...
View ArticleHigh Impact Talent Management: Top 22 High-Impact Processes
The Top 22 Business Processes which Drive Business Impact In 2007 we conducted one of the largest-ever studies of corporate talent management: we interviewed and surveyed more than 750 corporations to...
View ArticleThe New Chief Learning Officer: 2008 and Beyond
The role of chief learning officer has been hard to define for years. While it is becoming more prevalent (our research shows that approximately 30% of large organizations have a named CLO), the...
View ArticleLearning Outsourcing Marches Ahead: New Economics
We have always regarded the term “learning outsourcing” as a misnomer. The very nature of a training function requires that many of the topics, programs, and solutions are outsourced – after all,...
View ArticleIs it time to Re-Centralize Corporate Training?
An interesting trend is occurring in 2008. Over the last 7-8 years organizations have been working very hard to create a “federated” model for training, which centralizes certain core functions (e.g....
View ArticleThe Death of the CLO
I recently had a conversation with the CLO of one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, who told me that “The CLO Role as we know it is dead.” I have to somewhat agree. Over the last two...
View ArticleThe Business-Driven CLO
This week we talked with five top Chief Learning Officers representing training leadership at EMC, Extra Space Storage, MetLife, Textron, and Trinity Health. This group of learning leaders will be...
View ArticleManaging Innovation: Google and the “Learning Culture”
As we prepare for our annual research conference IMPACT 2008: The Business of Talent®, I want to mention an important topic which has come up frequently in the last few weeks: the critical importance...
View ArticleCorporate Universities: They’re Baaaaaaack!
I recently spent a few days in Mexico City meeting with HR and L&D leaders from some of the largest companies in Mexico (Banamex, Pemex, Groupo Modelo, and others). The meetings reinforced a very...
View ArticleOn the Minds of HR and Learning Leaders
We recently completed our annual research conference and I had a wonderful opportuinty to meet and talk with 15 different HR and L&D executives in a special roundtable. The theme of our research...
View ArticleTalent Management in a Slowdown – Update
In the last few months we have read more and more about the global economic slowdown. Jim Cramer, the Wall Street pundit, wrote in today’s New York Magazine, that he has never seen things as dismal as...
View ArticleThe HILO 80 – Leaders in Corporate Learning
This week we introduced an important new set of research and recognition, the HILO 80® – the top 80 organizations we benchmarked in high-impact corporate learning through our High Impact Learning...
View ArticleHow to reduce costs? Better measure training to help cut expenses.
Ok we know times are tough. Our just-released TalentWatch® research (Winter 2009) found that 61% of all organizations now rate “financial pressure to cut costs” as one of their top two business...
View ArticleDoing Less with Less
In preparation for our upcoming research conference IMPACT 2009: The Business of Talent®, I just finished a conference call with six executives from well known HR and corporate training outsourcing...
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Globalization: Now Core to Enterprise Learning
As we read and hear about the tumultuous news in Iran and North Korea, it occurs to me that so much of our daily life, news, and time is now spent on global issues. This trend impacts the corporate HR...
View ArticleYou Cut Costs: Now Build a Long Term Roadmap
This week we met with the head of L&D from a large financial services institution. This company, like many others, has just completed a wrenching reorganization and redesign of its global learning...
View ArticleLearning and Talent Management in Europe
This week I had the opportunity to keynote the largest learning conference in the UK, the UK Learning Technologies Conference (developed and run by Donald H. Taylor, one of the most knowledgeable...
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Why I Hope to See You at IMPACT 2011, our Fourth Annual Research Conference
On April 26-28, in beautiful St. Petersburg Florida, we will be holding our fourth annual research conference, IMPACT 2011: The Business of Talent. I would really encourage you to join us. Here is...
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Yikes. Training spending up 9.5%, highest increase in 3+ years! A renaissance.
Wow. After more than three years of decline in spending, corporate training budgets just jumped up 9.5% last year. (Just released, 2012 Bersin & Associates Corporate Learning Factbook®). Good...
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The New Best-Practices of a High-Impact Learning Organization
We just completed the brand new version of our enduring research, The High-Impact Learning Organization (HILO). This research, which involves several years of effort, uncovered some groundbreaking new...
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The Year of the Employee: Human Resources, Leadership and HR Technology...
In 2014 the world of Talent, Leadership and HR will undergo dramatic change. (Download our 66 page Predictions Report here.) The economy will accelerate its growth. Global growth will create a new...
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Research Shows that Retention and Engagement Now Top Challenges Around The World
We just published the major study Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends 2015, and the results are striking. Today, driven by shifts in both work ethos and the transparency of the job market, employee...
View ArticleProductivity Paranoia: The Design Challenge Ahead.
Last week Microsoft’s Work Trend Index discovered a profound problem at work: while 87% of employees believe they are highly productive, only 12% of CEOs agree. This is a staggering finding. While...
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