What can our real value beto the companies we work for, to our clients, and to the learning profession? I believe that our real value lies in our relevance. We are relevant when we serve as a means to achieving a particular purpose. In most companies, that's spelled out... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Leadership Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Executive onboarding helps accelerate the productivity of a new executive, and provides a new, unique, and challenging role for executive development practitioners. Without question, the most significant difference in working at the executive level is that everything is... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Career Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training and Development - General

My first job after graduate school was working for the U.S. federal government in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). A few months into the job, a woman air traffic controller sued her boss and co-workers in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for creating a... More »

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

Beginner Level Content , Change Management , Curriculum Alignment , Faculty , Leadership Development , Management Development , Trends