Defend the Spend With Metrics and Reporting

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John Mattox

Sharing information with budget officers as a company would with shareholders helps learning and development teams defend the spend. In The Story Factor, author Annette Simmons tells a simple parable of linking everyday tasks to a larger mission. ... More »

Suite Synchronicity

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David Wentworth

An ASTD/i4cp study of the CEO-CLO relationship finds that implementing a learning strategy that supports the business strategy is critical to moving the learning function from the perceived "order taker" to a valued partner. More »

The Amazing Era of Self-Service Learning

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Pat McLagan

The learning professional's role in self-service learning is to help learners make learning more effective, efficient, productive, innovative, and fun. This is the era of self-service. We pump our own gas, file our own taxes online, tally and bag our own g... More »

You'll Never Work Alone

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Pat Galagan

The age of the stand-alone expert is over. Anticipate collaborating to learn from and adapt the practices of other disciplines. In the age of collaboration, change can roll over your professional life like a tsunami if youre not proactive. Its one thing to keep an eye o... More »

Creating ROE: The End Is the Beginning

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James Kirkpatrick

An effective way to show the value of a training initiative is through return on expectations (ROE). When done properly, it cannot fail. Nearly every goal-setting philosophy begins with a clear vision of the desired end result. While this principle is quite simple and e... More »