Earlier this year, AARP released a study that showed that 72 percent of HR executives identified the pending retirements of Baby Boomers are a problem that their organizations hope to address. Moreover, these executives also shared the strategies they are using to comba... More »

Human Capital , Higher Education , Senior Leaders & Executives

Career Development , Skills Gap , Human Performance Improvement , Competencies

In a Re:Search article in July’s T+D, I report on a study that showed  that managers applied their knowledge only 32% of the time. (See Shocking Evidence of Managers’ Knowing-Doing Gap.) It got me thinking… how much do we apply our knowledge of L... More »

Workforce Development , Higher Education , Senior Leaders & Executives , Learning & Development

Skills Gap , Management Development , Faculty , Competencies , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function

Research , Evidence-Based Best Practices

In a flexible, global, networked organization, when leaders are on call 24/7, doesn't it make sense to have more than one person in the role of CLO? More »

Global Human Resources Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Competencies , Trends , Managing the Learning Function

The job of the CLO is helping the organization and each person in it to understand where they want to go and how to get there as quickly and safely as possible. That's also the role of a sirdar or head Sherpa on a mountain trek. Find out what these two roles have in com... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Competencies , Trends

The great CLOs of the future are synthesists. John Cone defines a learning synthesist as someone who can see and act on broad patterns of learning opportunity and learning achievement. More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Competencies , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends