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Measuring Success:
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Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California

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Training Temps

Brian Summerfield
May 7, 2008
When General Motors announced employee buyouts last year, the company wasn’t simply cutting jobs. What the company actually did was get rid of staff who – due to their compensation and benefits packages – made GM’s balance sheet untenable, and then hired temp factory workers at $18 per hour to replace them.

Like GM, several companies have come to depend on temps as a source of more cost-effective labor and/or a speedy solution for personnel needs in both blue- and white-collar roles. Moreover, these stints can range from a single day to several months. And as organizations’ demand for employees goes up, so will this market. In fact, it’s grown from a daily average of just under 4 million temps placed worldwide in 1996 to more than 9 million in 2007. Additionally, temp agency revenues (as an industry) have more than tripled in that same span.

Of course, this presents interesting questions for learning leaders, such as: Who is responsible for training all these professionals, the temp agency or the organization where the professional is placed?
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Web 2.0 Is Here to Stay

Lindsay Edmonds Wickman
May 7, 2008

Millennials will use Web 2.0 applications on the job whether they are allowed to or not, according to a study in CIO magazine by antivirus and security software vendor Symantec. (You can find it here: http://www.cio.com/article/328964/Younger_Workers_More_Likely_to_Break_Corporate_Rules_for_Web_Apps) Half of the 600 respondents surveyed in the study have policies banning Web 2.0 tools, and 69 percent of the Millennial respondents said they will use whatever technology they want regardless of such policies.

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Grand Theft Auto and Engagement

Brian Summerfield
April 29, 2008

The World Wide Web was abuzz yesterday due to the release of the fourth installment of the popular 'Grand Theft Auto' (GTA) series. Web pages were awash with ads for the video game, and discussion boards and blogs were teeming with reviews. As I write this, experts are predicting that it will easily surpass the sales records set last fall by Microsoft’s 'Halo 3' title.

So what is it about this game that’s so compelling? I clicked on some of those ads to figure that out.

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03/24/2008
WellPoint is the nation's leading health benefits company. At WellPoint, we are dedicated to improving the lives of the people we serve and the health of our communities. WellPoint strives to be the most trusted choice for consumers and a leader in affordable quality care with an unyielding commitment to meeting the needs of our diverse customers.

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Columnists

May 2008
Building Exceptional Virtual Learning Teams
by Brandon Hall

In today’s new workplace, virtual teams are the status quo. How can you build an exceptional team in a cross-functional, virtual work environment?

May 2008
Secret Fears of Successful CLOs
by Fred Harburg

We all churn to get things done and strive to look good while doing it. Unfortunately, we often choose to hide our anxieties, even from ourselves.

May 2008
The Importance of Form Factor
by Bob Mosher

I recently had an experience in which I learned a valuable lesson about the importance of form factor, or the literal form learning takes when consumed.

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Business Intelligence

May 2008
Changes in Learning and Development Staffing
by Cushing Anderson

Learning executives surround themselves with talented professionals to accomplish their goals. This month, members of the CLO Business Intelligence Board share their thoughts about staffing trends.

Profile

May 2008
Coaching His Way to the Top
by Agatha Gilmore

Jeff Lamb, senior vice president and chief people and administration officer at Southwest Airlines, is a real team player. He has translated his unique brand of leadership into a development program for more than 32,000 employees nationwide.

Case Study

May 2008
Mission Safety: Virtual Learning Helps Protect U.S. Marines
by Gabe Batstone