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OCTOBER 21, 2020
“The scarcest resource in the world today is leadership— leadership capable of continuously transforming organizations to win in tomorrow’s fast-changing and increasingly more competitive world,” A.G. The best ones step into their biggest roles after years of intentional development. MORE
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Most companies transitioned to a remote team during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic , and many will maintain this shift permanently, even after the pandemic ends. However, these benefits only actually benefit the company if the remote team is actually productive. MORE
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
They recently launched an app called JobFlare (iOS, FREE) that allows users to play “brain games” that are scientifically created to test the cognitive abilities that are considered the key predictors of job success. Enjoy the post!). According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) report “ The New Talent Landscape: Recruiting Difficulty and Skills Shortages ”, 68 percent of HR professionals are having trouble recruiting candidates for full-time positions. MORE
JANUARY 22, 2019
And according to recent research, over 25% of people have set an intention to learn a new skill in 2019. In the age of digital transformation, learning new skills isn’t a luxury – it’s a business imperative. We need to continuously reinvent ourselves over the decades as our workplace changes. In fact, KPMG declared that the most critical skill of the 21 st century is learning new skills. The reason? The mindsets. Learn from others. MORE
MAY 11, 2020
You have a great salesperson – so let’s make her the sales manager and she can train the others how to generate sales. Your top engineer comes to you and indicates he needs to grow – so you make him the engineering leader allowing him to sign off on plans for junior engineers. MORE
JANUARY 8, 2016
According to the latest white paper from the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Public Policy Council, organizations are turning down business because they don’t have qualified people to do the work. 87 percent of respondents said the skills gap was affecting business performance in the areas of customer service, growth and service delivery. This supports the need for business to start developing talent internally. MORE
JULY 28, 2017
For many of us, it’s the same old same old. So, new research from i4cp and ATD— Culture and Change: Protecting and Shaping Culture During Transitions — looked beyond the SOSO to see what’s different. The difference we found is performance. In high-performance companies, the changes taking place are different. So are the strategies for handling them. A white paper that summarizes the key findings from the research is now available for i4cp members. MORE
OCTOBER 18, 2016
I’ve written here before that middle managers are the tip of the spear, organizationally speaking, for everything. Talent development? I ran across a good little white paper from Grovo , a workplace learning company, that underscores this point, yet again. Management isn’t like riding a bike, where you learn it once and you’re set for life.”. This report is full of gold as you plan your 2017 training/development activities and budget. MORE
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
As part of my job, I have the pleasure of developing and delivering programs which are designed to support employees and their families. These programs have been around in one form or another for many years as a vehicle for supporting career growth and development and as a way to help close employee knowledge and skill gaps. employers spend approximately $177B annually on formal training and talent development. MORE
MAY 17, 2016
In the news today, we’re constantly seeing major companies announce they’re dumping their old performance management systems for more agile solutions. Accenture , Adobe , Deloitte , Gap , and Microsoft are just a few of the big names that have upgraded their people management processes based on real-time feedback. You may be asking yourself what the reasons are for this major shift in HR and how it will affect your company. The problem with annual performance reviews. MORE
Perhaps nowhere in the business world is experiential learning more valuable than when it is applied to developing the knowledge and skills of leaders. That’s exactly what i4cp found when we teamed with the Association for Talent Development (ATD) on a new study, Experiential Learning for Leaders: Action Learning, On-the-Job Learning, Serious Games, and Simulations. MORE
JULY 2, 2019
The continuous slowdown in workforce productivity has affected the global economy and left businesses struggling to understand the reasons behind it. In an attempt to find a solution for the paradox of technological advancements and low productivity, we conducted an extensive piece of multi-year research. The participants of our study were global companies with large distributed workforces of 500+ employees. Let’s just take a look at the numbers. MORE
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Can you predict the future? That’s what i4cp and ATD, the Association for Talent Development, asked business and learning leaders for the collaborative study, Learners of the Future: Taking Action Today to Prevent Tomorrow’s Talent Crisis. T he 400-plus leaders surveyed for the research provided thoughtful predictions about organizational learning in 2020. Here are a few: Companies will blend live and electronic learning. MORE
MARCH 4, 2016
Does your organization have a culture of learning? That’s the question i4cp and ATD (the Association for Talent Development) asked more than 830 business and learning leaders for the new study, Building a Culture of Learning: The Foundation of a Successful Organization. Fewer than a third of those leaders claimed robust learning cultures were alive and well in their companies. So just what is a culture of learning? MORE
JULY 7, 2016
The digital economy is opening up tremendous opportunities for forward-thinking companies and their employees. However, many organizations aren’t moving fast enough to provide leaders and employees with the skills to compete and win in a digitally transformed world. Seventy-three percent stated that their business executives don’t have the technology skills required. Make learning self-service. Self-serve learning is more than just convenient. MORE
DECEMBER 16, 2016
The whole idea of ‘Inspire It’ is bringing out the best in people. How can you motivate and inspire the people around you, not necessarily just the people who report to you, but your peers in the entire organization,” explains Barb Hyman, Executive General Manager of People and Culture at REA Group. The focus on developing people pays off, not only in higher employee engagement, but in the success of the organization. “We MORE
JANUARY 22, 2019
And according to recent research, over 25% of people have set an intention to learn a new skill in 2019. In the age of digital transformation, learning new skills isn’t a luxury – it’s a business imperative. We need to continuously reinvent ourselves over the decades as our workplace changes. In fact, KPMG declared that the most critical skill of the 21 st century is learning new skills. The reason? The mindsets. Learn from others. MORE
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
That's pretty much the question that launched new ATD/i4cp research into organizations' use of social media as learning tools for employees. Employers are concerned that their workers are used to the reach-out-right-now convenience social media affords in their personal lives and want that same convenience on the job. So many organizations are exploring social media to engage their workers, encourage collaboration and add speed and panache to their learning outreach. MORE
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Calibration talent reviews involve multiple managers and organizational stakeholders coming together to discuss and evaluate employee contributions as a group. Rather than relying on a single manager’s perspective, they leverage the power of team-based decision making to improve the accuracy of organizational decisions. social loafing 1 ) as well as a tendency for group members to “conform to the norm” (aka, groupthink 2 ). MORE
JANUARY 22, 2019
And according to recent research, over 25% of people have set an intention to learn a new skill in 2019. In the age of digital transformation, learning new skills isn’t a luxury – it’s a business imperative. We need to continuously reinvent ourselves over the decades as our workplace changes. In fact, KPMG declared that the most critical skill of the 21 st century is learning new skills. The reason? The mindsets. Learn from others. MORE
MARCH 29, 2021
We’re nearly through the first quarter of 2021 so I decided to take the pulse of what industry analysts and thought leaders are saying about the state of leadership this year. Here’s what they’ve predicted, along with my take on the observations. Both the good and the bad.) MORE
MAY 24, 2016
(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by EdAssist, one of the pioneers in providing education assistance programs that drive employee growth, retention, and engagement. Enjoy the post!). During this year’s SHRM Talent Management Conference, SHRM CEO Hank Jackson talked about five trends reshaping work. The trends were shifting workforce demographics, loss of middle-skills jobs, skills gaps, fewer physical barriers to work and new models of work. MORE
At i4cp, we see a consistently high level of interest in—and dedication to—effective development for leaders, from first-time managers to top-of-house executives. Just this month, members of i4cp’s Executive and Leader Development Exchange and other working groups used their meetings to explore early-leader training considerations. And a member-driven flash call featured lively conversations among talent leaders about development strategies in their organizations. MORE
AUGUST 18, 2021
Five steps to closing a workforce skills gap with continuous learning. A review of the past 18 months highlights both abrupt changes and slower evolutions that together are shaping the skills and roles organizations need to thrive in today’s – and tomorrow’s – marketplace. MORE
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Welcome to the third article in a three-part blog series on the role – and potential – of AI in Human Resources, specifically Learning and Development (L&D). We sat down with Erik Duindam, Head of Engineering for Everwise, who recently published a white paper on AI’s potential for L&D. The previous articles addressed AI as a transformative force in HR, followed by the role of AI in learning programs. MORE
DECEMBER 16, 2016
The whole idea of ‘Inspire It’ is bringing out the best in people. How can you motivate and inspire the people around you, not necessarily just the people who report to you, but your peers in the entire organization,” explains Barb Hyman, Executive General Manager of People and Culture at REA Group. The focus on developing people pays off, not only in higher employee engagement, but in the success of the organization. “We MORE
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Welcome to the second article in a three-part blog series on the role – and potential – of AI in Human Resources, specifically Learning and Development (L&D).We We sat down with Erik Duindam, Head of Engineering for Everwise, who recently published a white paper on AI’s potential for L&D. AI may not be ubiquitous yet but it is expected to cause a ripple effect across every sector and department over the coming decade. MORE
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Welcome to the third article in a three-part blog series on the role – and potential – of AI in Human Resources, specifically Learning and Development (L&D). We sat down with Erik Duindam, Head of Engineering for Everwise, who recently published a white paper on AI’s potential for L&D. The previous articles addressed AI as a transformative force in HR, followed by the role of AI in learning programs. MORE
JULY 5, 2016
Capella is an accredited online university dedicated to providing an exceptional, professionally-aligned education that puts you in the best position to succeed in your field. Enjoy the post!). I was reading an older article on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website recently about employee well-being. There was a quote in the article that struck me: People who don’t feel positive about themselves or their lives don’t do extraordinary things. MORE
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Preparing new managers to lead effectively is a topic that consistently resonates with i4cp members; we’ve responded with ongoing research and the creation of a variety of resources to help. When it comes to effective development of new managers, our research—augmented by interviews and conversations with L&D leaders—points to a key player in the process, one critical to new managers’ success. That person is the new manager’s manager. MORE
JULY 14, 2021
a hybrid work model, with employees flexing between working in the office and remote as they and their employer see fit. There are many advantages to a hybrid work model, including: The best of both in-office and remote working environments for employees. MORE
In this week’s #FridayFinds edition, we’ll be looking at trending topics such as employee learning and development, recruiting and retaining top talent, technology and flexibility in the workplace. Here are this week’s most popular articles: The ROI of Employee Development. This genuine article reminded me of a popular article on waitbuthwhy.com that talked about learning and about two important things you should always keep in mind: You know nothing. MORE
These days, a one-size-fits-all approach to organizational learning is out the window. That puts the onus on talent development functions to provide the kind of engaging and fast-paced training (think TED Talks and YouTube) employees are used to accessing in their personal lives. Learning and organizational performance and agility demand it. How is L&D (learning and development) responding to the challenge? MORE
MAY 16, 2018
HR has come a long way from the days of being called Personnel Management. It’s now known as People & Culture, Employee Experience, or simply People, and the changes in the last few years have been especially far-reaching, to say the least; seismic even. These capabilities are enabling HR re-imagine new ways of delivering HR services and strategies throughout the organization. MORE
JULY 26, 2016
The Association for Talent Development ( ATD ) and the Institute for Corporate Productivity ( i4cp ) invite you to be a part of their latest collaborative research into the ways in which organizations - especially market leaders - are using social media to drive the kind of engaging and timely learning opportunities that keep employees on the cutting edge of performance. Thank you for taking the time to undertake this important survey MORE
Everwise
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Welcome to the third article in a three-part blog series on the role – and potential – of AI in Human Resources, specifically Learning and Development (L&D). We sat down with Erik Duindam, Head of Engineering for Everwise, who recently published a white paper on AI’s potential for L&D. The previous articles addressed AI as a transformative force in HR, followed by the role of AI in learning programs.
Everwise
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Welcome to the third article in a three-part blog series on the role – and potential – of AI in Human Resources, specifically Learning and Development (L&D). We sat down with Erik Duindam, Head of Engineering for Everwise, who recently published a white paper on AI’s potential for L&D. The previous articles addressed AI as a transformative force in HR, followed by the role of AI in learning programs.
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Everwise
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Welcome to the second article in a three-part blog series on the role – and potential – of AI in Human Resources, specifically Learning and Development (L&D).We We sat down with Erik Duindam, Head of Engineering for Everwise, who recently published a white paper on AI’s potential for L&D. AI may not be ubiquitous yet but it is expected to cause a ripple effect across every sector and department over the coming decade.
Avilar
AUGUST 18, 2021
Five steps to closing a workforce skills gap with continuous learning. A review of the past 18 months highlights both abrupt changes and slower evolutions that together are shaping the skills and roles organizations need to thrive in today’s – and tomorrow’s – marketplace.
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SuccessFactors
JANUARY 22, 2019
And according to recent research, over 25% of people have set an intention to learn a new skill in 2019. In the age of digital transformation, learning new skills isn’t a luxury – it’s a business imperative. We need to continuously reinvent ourselves over the decades as our workplace changes. In fact, KPMG declared that the most critical skill of the 21 st century is learning new skills. The reason? The mindsets. Learn from others.
SuccessFactors
JANUARY 22, 2019
And according to recent research, over 25% of people have set an intention to learn a new skill in 2019. In the age of digital transformation, learning new skills isn’t a luxury – it’s a business imperative. We need to continuously reinvent ourselves over the decades as our workplace changes. In fact, KPMG declared that the most critical skill of the 21 st century is learning new skills. The reason? The mindsets. Learn from others.
SuccessFactors
JULY 7, 2016
The digital economy is opening up tremendous opportunities for forward-thinking companies and their employees. However, many organizations aren’t moving fast enough to provide leaders and employees with the skills to compete and win in a digitally transformed world. Seventy-three percent stated that their business executives don’t have the technology skills required. Make learning self-service. Self-serve learning is more than just convenient.
Rallyware for Human Resources
JULY 2, 2019
The continuous slowdown in workforce productivity has affected the global economy and left businesses struggling to understand the reasons behind it. In an attempt to find a solution for the paradox of technological advancements and low productivity, we conducted an extensive piece of multi-year research. The participants of our study were global companies with large distributed workforces of 500+ employees. Let’s just take a look at the numbers.
SuccessFactors
MAY 16, 2018
HR has come a long way from the days of being called Personnel Management. It’s now known as People & Culture, Employee Experience, or simply People, and the changes in the last few years have been especially far-reaching, to say the least; seismic even. These capabilities are enabling HR re-imagine new ways of delivering HR services and strategies throughout the organization.
HR Bartender
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
They recently launched an app called JobFlare (iOS, FREE) that allows users to play “brain games” that are scientifically created to test the cognitive abilities that are considered the key predictors of job success. Enjoy the post!). According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) report “ The New Talent Landscape: Recruiting Difficulty and Skills Shortages ”, 68 percent of HR professionals are having trouble recruiting candidates for full-time positions.
China Gorman
OCTOBER 18, 2016
I’ve written here before that middle managers are the tip of the spear, organizationally speaking, for everything. Talent development? I ran across a good little white paper from Grovo , a workplace learning company, that underscores this point, yet again. Management isn’t like riding a bike, where you learn it once and you’re set for life.”. This report is full of gold as you plan your 2017 training/development activities and budget.
HR Bartender
JULY 5, 2016
Capella is an accredited online university dedicated to providing an exceptional, professionally-aligned education that puts you in the best position to succeed in your field. Enjoy the post!). I was reading an older article on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website recently about employee well-being. There was a quote in the article that struck me: People who don’t feel positive about themselves or their lives don’t do extraordinary things.
HR Topics
MAY 11, 2020
You have a great salesperson – so let’s make her the sales manager and she can train the others how to generate sales. Your top engineer comes to you and indicates he needs to grow – so you make him the engineering leader allowing him to sign off on plans for junior engineers.
i4cp
JULY 28, 2017
For many of us, it’s the same old same old. So, new research from i4cp and ATD— Culture and Change: Protecting and Shaping Culture During Transitions — looked beyond the SOSO to see what’s different. The difference we found is performance. In high-performance companies, the changes taking place are different. So are the strategies for handling them. A white paper that summarizes the key findings from the research is now available for i4cp members.
SuccessFactors
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Calibration talent reviews involve multiple managers and organizational stakeholders coming together to discuss and evaluate employee contributions as a group. Rather than relying on a single manager’s perspective, they leverage the power of team-based decision making to improve the accuracy of organizational decisions. social loafing 1 ) as well as a tendency for group members to “conform to the norm” (aka, groupthink 2 ).
SuccessFactors
MAY 17, 2016
In the news today, we’re constantly seeing major companies announce they’re dumping their old performance management systems for more agile solutions. Accenture , Adobe , Deloitte , Gap , and Microsoft are just a few of the big names that have upgraded their people management processes based on real-time feedback. You may be asking yourself what the reasons are for this major shift in HR and how it will affect your company. The problem with annual performance reviews.
HR Bartender
JANUARY 8, 2016
According to the latest white paper from the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Public Policy Council, organizations are turning down business because they don’t have qualified people to do the work. 87 percent of respondents said the skills gap was affecting business performance in the areas of customer service, growth and service delivery. This supports the need for business to start developing talent internally.
SAP Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2019
And according to recent research, over 25% of people have set an intention to learn a new skill in 2019. In the age of digital transformation, learning new skills isn’t a luxury – it’s a business imperative. We need to continuously reinvent ourselves over the decades as our workplace changes. In fact, KPMG declared that the most critical skill of the 21 st century is learning new skills. The reason? The mindsets. Learn from others.
CultureAmp
DECEMBER 16, 2016
The whole idea of ‘Inspire It’ is bringing out the best in people. How can you motivate and inspire the people around you, not necessarily just the people who report to you, but your peers in the entire organization,” explains Barb Hyman, Executive General Manager of People and Culture at REA Group. The focus on developing people pays off, not only in higher employee engagement, but in the success of the organization. “We
i4cp
JULY 26, 2016
The Association for Talent Development ( ATD ) and the Institute for Corporate Productivity ( i4cp ) invite you to be a part of their latest collaborative research into the ways in which organizations - especially market leaders - are using social media to drive the kind of engaging and timely learning opportunities that keep employees on the cutting edge of performance. Thank you for taking the time to undertake this important survey
Avilar
OCTOBER 21, 2020
“The scarcest resource in the world today is leadership— leadership capable of continuously transforming organizations to win in tomorrow’s fast-changing and increasingly more competitive world,” A.G. The best ones step into their biggest roles after years of intentional development.
CultureAmp
DECEMBER 16, 2016
The whole idea of ‘Inspire It’ is bringing out the best in people. How can you motivate and inspire the people around you, not necessarily just the people who report to you, but your peers in the entire organization,” explains Barb Hyman, Executive General Manager of People and Culture at REA Group. The focus on developing people pays off, not only in higher employee engagement, but in the success of the organization. “We
i4cp
APRIL 26, 2018
These days, a one-size-fits-all approach to organizational learning is out the window. That puts the onus on talent development functions to provide the kind of engaging and fast-paced training (think TED Talks and YouTube) employees are used to accessing in their personal lives. Learning and organizational performance and agility demand it. How is L&D (learning and development) responding to the challenge?
Get Hppy
JUNE 17, 2016
In this week’s #FridayFinds edition, we’ll be looking at trending topics such as employee learning and development, recruiting and retaining top talent, technology and flexibility in the workplace. Here are this week’s most popular articles: The ROI of Employee Development. This genuine article reminded me of a popular article on waitbuthwhy.com that talked about learning and about two important things you should always keep in mind: You know nothing.
i4cp
JUNE 2, 2016
Perhaps nowhere in the business world is experiential learning more valuable than when it is applied to developing the knowledge and skills of leaders. That’s exactly what i4cp found when we teamed with the Association for Talent Development (ATD) on a new study, Experiential Learning for Leaders: Action Learning, On-the-Job Learning, Serious Games, and Simulations.
i4cp
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
That's pretty much the question that launched new ATD/i4cp research into organizations' use of social media as learning tools for employees. Employers are concerned that their workers are used to the reach-out-right-now convenience social media affords in their personal lives and want that same convenience on the job. So many organizations are exploring social media to engage their workers, encourage collaboration and add speed and panache to their learning outreach.
i4cp
MARCH 4, 2016
Does your organization have a culture of learning? That’s the question i4cp and ATD (the Association for Talent Development) asked more than 830 business and learning leaders for the new study, Building a Culture of Learning: The Foundation of a Successful Organization. Fewer than a third of those leaders claimed robust learning cultures were alive and well in their companies. So just what is a culture of learning?
HR Bartender
MAY 24, 2016
(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by EdAssist, one of the pioneers in providing education assistance programs that drive employee growth, retention, and engagement. Enjoy the post!). During this year’s SHRM Talent Management Conference, SHRM CEO Hank Jackson talked about five trends reshaping work. The trends were shifting workforce demographics, loss of middle-skills jobs, skills gaps, fewer physical barriers to work and new models of work.
Achievers - Recruiting
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Most companies transitioned to a remote team during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic , and many will maintain this shift permanently, even after the pandemic ends. However, these benefits only actually benefit the company if the remote team is actually productive.
CCI Consulting
JULY 14, 2021
a hybrid work model, with employees flexing between working in the office and remote as they and their employer see fit. There are many advantages to a hybrid work model, including: The best of both in-office and remote working environments for employees.
Ceridian
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
As part of my job, I have the pleasure of developing and delivering programs which are designed to support employees and their families. These programs have been around in one form or another for many years as a vehicle for supporting career growth and development and as a way to help close employee knowledge and skill gaps. employers spend approximately $177B annually on formal training and talent development.
i4cp
JUNE 20, 2019
At i4cp, we see a consistently high level of interest in—and dedication to—effective development for leaders, from first-time managers to top-of-house executives. Just this month, members of i4cp’s Executive and Leader Development Exchange and other working groups used their meetings to explore early-leader training considerations. And a member-driven flash call featured lively conversations among talent leaders about development strategies in their organizations.
i4cp
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Can you predict the future? That’s what i4cp and ATD, the Association for Talent Development, asked business and learning leaders for the collaborative study, Learners of the Future: Taking Action Today to Prevent Tomorrow’s Talent Crisis. T he 400-plus leaders surveyed for the research provided thoughtful predictions about organizational learning in 2020. Here are a few: Companies will blend live and electronic learning.
i4cp
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Preparing new managers to lead effectively is a topic that consistently resonates with i4cp members; we’ve responded with ongoing research and the creation of a variety of resources to help. When it comes to effective development of new managers, our research—augmented by interviews and conversations with L&D leaders—points to a key player in the process, one critical to new managers’ success. That person is the new manager’s manager.
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