Since 2004, Schindler Elevator Corporation has been partnering with Penn State's Management Development program to deliver two unique training programs for its field managers. The program is built on a foundation of action learning, high student-leader-instructor intera... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Designing Learning , Leadership Development , Training and Development - General

Higher Education

Training professionals, particularly those employed in training units of larger organizations, are subject to the customer service philosophies and practices of their organization as well as the industry the organization works within. This is inherently good; a customer... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Training and Development - General

There is no stakeholder in the learning and development process more important than the CEO of an organization. In the August 2009 issue of T+D, we examined the results of a significant survey of CEOs. This study revealed what CEOs want and do not want for measures of s... More »

Learning & Development

Assessment , Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Designing Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating

In early 2006, IBM senior executives made a commitment to hire additional sales professionals around the world to fuel company growth. The company's sales learning team was charged with redesigning the Global Sales School (GSS) - the foundational sales training program ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Sales Enablement

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Measuring and Evaluating , Selling Skills