From Training Company to Learning Organization

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Rich Cordivari

Every company values quality training, and many say it is paramount to organizational success. Companies in the security services industry are no exception. Training is critical to ensuring that security officers and the managers who support them are properly prepared f... More »

What International Standards

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Bernard Blandin

The industry of commercial learning services makes up an important part of the world economy. For example, among just four countries (the United States, England, Germany, and France), learning services represents more than 200 billion of economic activity, or about 2 pe... More »

Confronting CEO Expectations About the Value of Learning

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Jack J. Phillips

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 »

Smartphones Make IBM Smarter, But Not As Expected

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Nabeel Ahmed

Although mobile phones have become an extension of the workplace, questions persist about how organizations can best leverage them to improve employee performance and development. To answer some of these questions, IBM conducted a study to examine how its employees actu... More »

Unleashing Positivity in the Workplace

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Ann Pace

Positive organizational scholarship has helped answer important questions about why some companies perform so much better than others. Concepts about virtue, compassion, and positivity may seem simple, but they turn out to be crucial implements for broader success. In 1... More »