strategy
The Week That Was
These were the top five stories from the week of Jan. 25.
Speak Your CEO’s Language
When learning leaders talk specific business goals, their CEOs listen — and the business benefits in tangible, measurable ways.
Building a Successful and Strategic Long-Term Hi-Po Game
Market conditions require strategy for the short- and long-term including the strategic leadership development of high-potential employees.
Looking Ahead at Learning in 2016
Leadership development, informal learning and technology will remain essential pieces of the learning leaders’ toolkit.
Big Data Can Create Big Learning
Using data to inform learning strategy promotes agility in addressing business needs, feeds employees desire for feedback and coaching, and creates leadership pipelines.
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
Goal setting, diagnosis and matching can help you achieve even stubborn goals.
Is Your Workforce Future Proof?
Getting employees to their happy place, forecasting like a weatherman and learning to dump as you go may be just the strategies needed to ensure machines don’t make humans obsolete.
Tough Decision to Make? Look to the Honeybee for Guidance
Believe it or not, insects make high-stakes decisions too. Their approach to problem solving may seem counterintuitive to traditional business practice, but don’t discount the power of the honeybee.
5 Skills to Disrupt L&D in 2016
One learning leader’s love affair with ‘The Innovator’s DNA’ produces five skills her peers can use to give learning impact a shot in the arm in 2016.
Being Selfish, Scared and Stupid Could Be a Good Thing
In evolutionary terms, being selfish, scared and stupid has helped keep humans alive. Start using those instincts to achieve greater business outcomes.
How to Fuse Leadership Development With Purpose
Survey says: Leadership development is an absolute necessity in this world of slow growth and disruptive change, but how on earth do we do it right?
Cross-Training Is Not Just for Athletes
Cross-training can help to reduce skills gaps, provide developmental growth, reduce turnover and engage employees.