From the monthly archives:
March 2012

The Secret to Winning: Your People

on March 30, 2012 · Comments · in From the Editors

We had a great start Monday to the CLO Spring Symposium in Miami. Vice President and Editorial Director Mike Prokopeak opened the event with a keynote on culture’s hunger in your organizations. He said learning is a “Powerball” for your culture’s hunger, and this is important because culture can eat your L&D strategy for breakfast [...]

Keep It Simple

on March 29, 2012 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

I just finished reading an article by David Carder titled “Six Critical Measurement Mistakes.” His first mistake to avoid is the failure to align learning to organizational objectives, which was the subject of last week’s blog. So, I certainly agree with him and I agree it should be listed as No. 1 in importance. His [...]

A Job Search Guide for Gen Y Learning Leaders, Part 3

on March 29, 2012 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

In parts 1 and 2 of the job search guide, we covered the steps to find job openings and tailor your resume and cover letter to apply for those jobs. In part 3, we’ll focus on how to build a personal brand. Let’s first review the concept of branding, according to Wikipedia: The word branding [...]

The Link Between Leadership, Learning and Organizational Performance

on March 26, 2012 · Comments · in Social Workforce

Víctor García-Morales, Francisco Lloréns-Montes and Antonio Verdú-Jover published a paper in the December 2008 issue of the British Journal of Management titled, “The Effects of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Performance through Knowledge and Innovation.” In it they set out to prove the following hypotheses: Transformational leadership will be positively associated with knowledge slack (prior knowledge), absorptive [...]

Generation Why Bother

on March 19, 2012 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

Like my fellow millennials, I access most of my news, for free, online. While I applaud the New York Times’ paywall attempt to charge readers for online access to its content — 20 free articles a month before being asked to pay one of a series of charges — this won’t cut it for us. [...]