There are well over 50 ways that can be organized in five categories, in which leaders can serve as teachers. Each is important and contributes to the business as a whole and the success and value of the learning function. Identifying learning needs and learning solutio... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Informal Learning , Managing the Learning Function

Organizations that effectively utilize a leaders as teachers approach can realize six key strategic benefits. Helps drive business results The first reason to implement a leaders-as-teachers approach is that it drives business and organizational results by ensuring stra... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function

I hear the same excuse every time I talk to change resistant learning professionals: Theres a bad cultural fit for new learning approaches here (to which I say, if youre not willing to challenge a stale culture, youre in the wrong profession), we dont have time (but you... More »

Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Lets be honest, our profession is full of control freaks, people who are not half as concerned about sharing data as they are about protecting their data. The first question I get when I give presentations at ASTD conferences is usually not great, how can we leverage so... More »

Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning

As the Obama administration shines a light on the training and skills workers will need for the jobs of tomorrow, a new report shows that U.S. employers continue to struggle with an ill-prepared workforce, finding new hires lack crucial basic and applied skills. For the... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Competencies , Curriculum Alignment , Economy , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

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