Hey everyone. I started this last week, posting about 4-5 articles related to learning & development issues from each week which I believe are worth a few minutes of your time.  I hope that you’ll pay attention to these blog and sites in general, as I frequent them daily, and they have a lot of …

As mentioned previously, I had started an interesting discussion on LinkedIn earlier this motnh, not with the intended purpose of a blog post, but rather I was just curious – why not turn to experienced people involved in training/learning within organizations and ask them, what their 3 biggest pain points are rights now = what …

Much has been written about the importance of keeping employees engaged and motivated.  Yet what role does training play in that? I asked that question recently on an internet forum, and got a wide variety of responses.  Over the course of a few weeks, the blog will post a series of articles on the topic.  …

Finally, we come to a topic that sounds decidedly more involved than it really is, exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. That’s a mouthful isn’t it? Well, we’re talking pretty much about observing the people within your group as units, and getting to know their strengths and their weaknesses. It’s about exploiting their strengths to offset …

Much has been written about the importance of keeping employees engaged and motivated.  Yet what role does training play in that? I asked that question recently on an internet forum, and got a wide variety of responses.  Over the course of a few weeks, the blog will post a series of articles on the topic.  …

What is corporate leadership? I hear and read a lot of debate on the definition of corporate leadership, and what it entails and applies to. Many schools of thought look to corporate leadership as a leadership presence with entrepreneurial gusto, great business wits and excellent skill with monetary management. A business wizard if one will, …

It occurs to me that while this blog has looked a lot at what can go wrong in corporate training, and the various organizational models and theories that it entails, we need to look more at the guaranteed benefits of corporate training, in particular this time to talk about staff retention and satisfaction. Of course, …

Much has been written about the importance of keeping employees engaged and motivated.  Yet what role does training play in that? I asked that question recently on an internet forum, and got a wide variety of responses.  Over the coming few weeks, the blog will post a series of articles on the topic.   We’ll look …

So, what responsibilities does a Chief Learning Officer have? Training is a field that, for most people, either you know a lot about it, or you know nothing at all about it.  The role of a CLO is still relatively new, so, let’s demystify Chief Learning Officer responsibilities today. A Chief Learning Officer is an individual …

Training has changed in many significant ways in recent years. Learning management systems, a reflection of the cloud’s impact on company learning, have been one of the key drivers of change.  While training has had growing pains since the 1990s with the advent of organizational learning and other new training dynamics, it’s never embarked on …