Blending Formal and Informal Learning

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Over 80% of learning that happens in organizations is informal, with just 20% occurring via formal methods. Claire Schooley, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research explains how organizations with the best learning cultures blend both for optimal results. More »

Role Plays: Virtual World v. Real World

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Mark Janowski

Here are four ways to make role plays in virtual worlds more effective than role plays in the real world. As training professionals are forced to move education from the front of the classroom to online, they have discovered many challenges. How do you keep participants... More »

Using Action Plans to Support Learning Transfer and Measure Performance Results

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Holly Burkett

If you're a training professional seeking to show the contribution of learning and development to the business, the action-planning process is a proven transfer and measurement strategy to add to your toolkit. A call center implements an intensive customer service train... More »

Onboarding for Executive Development Practitioners

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Nancy Thomas

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 »

Five Executive Development Trends

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Scott Saslow

As executive development becomes increasingly important, so do the resources, tools, and vendors at the disposal of the executive development professional. To help industry practitioners develop and best use these tools, Execsight, a research and advisory services compa... More »