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

"A community first, and a company second" - an interesting choice of words to describe a $6 billion Fortune 400 organization with 35,000 teammates (employees) across the United States, but an even more interesting choice of words 10 years ago when that same organization... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Leadership Development , Measuring and Evaluating

ONLINE ONLY: Click here to access Figure 3. In one of the many succession planning presentations I have delivered across the world, I was recently asked, "What is the future of succession planning?" My answer focused on four changes that I see happening: a move from suc... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Career Development , Career Planning , Change Management , Competencies , Leadership Development

2009 is one year that none of us will ever forget. We all had to shrink to squeeze through the eye of the storm, and we had to learn how to compete in a completely new game. Our competitors, we found, are no longer in our neighborhoods or on the other side of town. They... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Career Planning , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Leadership Development , Management Development , Measuring and Evaluating , Trends

When Peter Dorsman, senior vice president of global operations at NCR Corporation, decided to bring all of the company's manufacturing operations back inside to drive timely innovation, he called on high-potential leaders from around the world. He knew that an aggressiv... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Career Development , Career Planning , Leadership Development , Management Development