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Long View//
Ed Betof ++
Senior Fellow and Academic Director
Executive Program in Workplace Learning Leadership
Graduate School of Education
Wharton Business School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ed Betof has held and excelled at many roles: leader, teacher, coach, mentor, and author. He is currently an academic director for the first-of-a-kind doctoral program designed for the preparation of chief learning officers, which is sponsored at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Books//
Not Everyone Gets a Trophy:
How to Manage Generation Y
Bruce Tulgan
(Jossey-Bass, 192 pp., $24.95)
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DEVELOPMENT//
So You Want to Have a Rock Star Organization?
By Dan Lipson
Treating your team like the next Rolling Stones could be the key to higher performance, creativity, and morale in your organization. |
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Economy Case Study//
Energizing Employee Engagement at PECO
By Susanne D’Eustachio
One department is able to reduce meetings and increase productivity by placing research papers in the PiL library. Employees are kept current on the latest research and can quickly review past research. |
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Economy Watch//
Discover Your Ideal Job
Letter from Peter Sherer |
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Editor's Note//
Letter from T+D's Editor
Proving the Value of Learning |
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FUNDAMENTALS//
Close Encounters:
Using Scenario Training to Handle Difficult Employees
By Larry Kurtz and Rita Kucsan
An on-the-job practice component to ensure successful learning is often missing from training modules. One not-for-profit used simulated encounters and live feedback to connect learning to everyday practice. |
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INTELLIGENCE//
Point-and-Click Guidance
By Aparna Nancherla
Web-based mentoring has a powerful effect on employee performance, regardless of position within a company. |
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LEARNING BLUEPRINT//
Quick Draw
By Ethan Edwards
Rapid prototyping is a powerful design methodology for e-learning. The key lies in the speed. |
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RE:SEARCh//
The Many Faces of Cognitive Load Theory
By John Sweller
Cognitive load theory has been used to construct learning methods of all types. So how is it used to guide successful instruction? |
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Technology//
Twitter 101:
Are You Tweeting?
By Marcia Conner
Workplace learning professionals have begun to realize Twitter’s learning return. If you’re not part of this social networking phenomenon, you risk getting left behind. |
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Workplace Rx//
Leadership Investment Pays Off
Instead of giving up on its struggling president, one organization chooses to invest in her development, and collects a worthwhile return. |