CLO Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2021

Each year, the Chief Learning Officer of the Year Award is presented to an individual learning executive who delivers the most exemplary development and guidance, is a strategic business partner and provides essential leadership to the organizational learning and development function. 20, when she was announced as the 2020 CLO of the Year.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Whitcomb is an award-winning HR, leadership and talent development executive with more than 20 year’s experience across various industries, including transportation, financial services and health care. CLO: How did you become interested in learning and development? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

In 2020, she was recognized as CLO of the Year. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn back in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work? Chief Learning Officer: Where is your hometown?

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

COVID-19 created a new paradigm for the way we work—and organizations across the globe are stepping back to redefine what work means for their employees and culture. There has never been a more urgent call for human-centered leadership. Make the corporation’s intent to be equitable, inclusive and diverse real.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

How does your organization define what “good” leadership looks like? Too often, there is a lack of alignment around an organization’s leadership model , a specific set of phrases that is designed to guide leadership behavior across a particular organization. Now think about a colleague in your organization. Question No.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We call it “Leadership 2.0.” The oft-cited leadership development model of 70/20/10 has been around since the 1980s, helping us to describe how leaders grow. Leadership is a fundamentally human endeavor. These elements can be blended in myriad of ways to support a whole-person approach to leadership development.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

She is the former vice president of Qualcomm Learning Center, and was named CLO of the year in 2010. CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? These kids were diagnosed as being mute when I first started working with them, then I saw the power of learning and the power of behavior change.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Should your organization have a CCO and CLO? Paul Hebert argues against organizations appointing a Chief Culture Officer. Hebert writes: …as soon as you codify, quantify and assign responsibility to something it ceases to be everyone’s responsibility…Culture is a defined as a set of shared values, behaviors, norms.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 16, 2023

Additionally, as more and more companies take leadership positions on responding to these ESG challenges, this in itself is leading to industry transformations that are also driving disruption. Today’s business leaders need to see addressing social challenges as at the heart of their job description.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s possible if you create a culture of accountability. Therein lies the key to creating a culture of accountability: encouraging individuals to take ownership of their results and the consequences of those results. What is a culture of accountability? How to build and maintain a culture of accountability.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

The very real and immediate need to address the technological requirements of forced online work options grabs the attention, but finding IT solutions without addressing the cultural and emotional impact of COVID-19 on your employees is, at best, a half-baked quick fix. The answer, of course, isn’t really about the IT setup.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

When founder and CEO Amir Mansouri started the company in 2014, cultivating culture was easy. There’s a major difference between maintaining a company culture in a small, close-knit startup with five employees and a fast-growing, mature business with 60 employees and counting. The SprintRey leadership team.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

From this experience—which brought students, community members, faculty, staff and leadership together—five core values were identified to lead the university forward: One Team, Kindhearted, Integrity, Visionary and Beyond Service. Emerging Leaders: A development program for those who are newly promoted into a leadership role.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

With employees today viewing learning and development opportunities as a key benefit of their job — and willing to vote with their feet if those opportunities are not existent or meaningful —organizations must embrace and deliver on a culture of learning to attract and retain employees. The alternative is costly.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Where creating a culture of openness, collaboration and high performance is a priority, we cannot turn a blind eye to uncivil behavior. Otherwise, we will find that while we have filled roles in the short term, we have weakened and eroded organizational culture for years to come. We should be clear about standards for civility.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Chief Learning Officer’s most-watched webinars of 2022 covered topics such as learning technology, the metaverse, DEI, skills development and transforming learning strategies, organizations and culture. Weber , Associate Vice Chancellor – Leader and Culture Development, Texas Tech University System. Sponsored by Whatfix.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

However, many organizations underestimate its true power in fostering relationships, collaboration, culture and inclusion in the workplace. Group learning can break down long-standing silos, drive culture change, build critical skills and leverage diverse perspectives in decision-making. But there are tradeoffs.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Our most-watched webinars this year featured topics such as leadership development, coaching and organizational culture. Building a Culture of Trust Speaker: Kay-Marie Zani , Leadership Consultant, DDI Sponsored by: DDI 7. Why Leadership Development is Broken and How to Fix It Speakers: Jackie V Sahm , M.A.,

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

While this marked the initial stride toward meeting the evolving global learning demands, it also illuminated the imperative for nurturing a robust learning and talent management culture across all facets of the organization.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 6, 2020

What are good behavior norms now? Reboarding is about your employees learning new cultural norms, a set of rules and guidelines about how to interact with people, equipment and space to be successful. Take time right now to evaluate your current cultural norms to decide new ones upon reboarding. Do I wear a mask?

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A strong leadership pipeline is critical to the success of any organization. Here are 5 steps to get you started and help you use predictive analytics to make better-informed decisions about leadership. Pull together any available data on your culture, employee engagement, leadership behaviors and practices.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

According to Big Think and ATD , a learning ecosystem involves an organization’s people, technology, data, processes and culture all working together to incorporate and support learning across the enterprise. Suffice it to say, it takes multiple teams to manage an organization’s people, technology, data, processes, and culture.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s possible if you create a culture of accountability. Therein lies the key to creating a culture of accountability: encouraging individuals to take ownership of their results and the consequences of those results. What is a culture of accountability? How to build and maintain a culture of accountability.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

You may or may not have the ability to invest in leadership development right now, yet your organization needs effective leaders to stay competitive in this season of volatility. Why have traditional leadership development programs failed? Develop leadership by doing leadership. Leadership is a verb.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 10, 2018

Wondering why their best people succeed in one location and fail in another, firms habitually conclude that the challenge is cultural and provide leaders with “cultural skills” — generalizations at best and cartoonish clichés at worst, with little relevance to solving professional problems.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

COVID-19 created a new paradigm for the way we work—and organizations across the globe are stepping back to redefine what work means for their employees and culture. There has never been a more urgent call for human-centered leadership. Make the corporation’s intent to be equitable, inclusive and diverse real.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 13, 2020

We all know that building the foundation for a positive and open workplace culture isn’t as easy as flipping a switch. And while working from home hasn’t completely derailed our efforts at building our culture, it has definitely taken them in a new direction. Evaluate Culture. What would you want to change?

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2016

First, as the head teacher, a CLO is responsible for the architecture and design of the technical, professional and leadership development of the workforce. Second, as head coach, a CLO is focused on optimizing the organization’s potential at the individual, team and firmwide levels.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Leadership happens in the nuanced shifts that occur first in the leader’s mind. If we can bring a different attitude to our role as a leader, if we can shift our mindset, we can impact our behaviors. And our behaviors, in turn, can alter our attitude long-term. But how is something that happens in a leader’s head measured?

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 10, 2020

The truth is that the topic might not be new, but investment in leadership development continues to be critically important — and the need to spread the word persists. Organizational success is driven by strong leadership, and companies that invest in leadership training consistently appear on most-admired and best-of lists.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

percent of respondents reported at least one adverse mental or behavioral health condition, including symptoms of anxiety disorder or depressive disorder. The post Leadership and the return to the office appeared first on Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media. This is not an exaggeration: COVID has created a mental health crisis.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 13, 2019

Effective leadership is a transformational journey made up of four “spheres of influence.” These are self leadership, one-on-one leadership, team leadership and organizational leadership. The bull’s-eye in the middle — self leadership — is the heart of the four spheres. Today we know that’s just not true.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2022

All of this work is done without the nuances that an in-office setting can accommodate much more often and easily: leaders observing behavior, providing feedback, coaching on the fly and collaborating with their team members. Leadership has always required these behaviors. Role-model best practices and behaviors for the team.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Inclusive leadership seems to be a mantra these days given everything going on in the world. More than a momentary “catchphrase,” inclusive leadership is an ability that differentiates good leaders from great leaders, as inclusiveness yields a stronger sense of belonging, which leads to higher engagement and tangibly better business results.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Over the course of 2023, Chief Learning Officer readers were most interested in articles on various aspects of development strategies for talent and leadership. They were also interested in articles about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, coaching and leadership strategy. Below is a list of CLO’s most-viewed articles of 2023.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Over the course of 2023, Chief Learning Officer readers were most interested in articles on various aspects of development strategies for talent and leadership. They were also interested in articles about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, coaching and leadership strategy. Below is a list of CLO’s most-viewed articles of 2023.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

I have spent much of my career expressing complex ideas about leadership in a simple way. Most successful organizations know that a motivating environment, an inclusive and empowering culture and continuous opportunities for growth and development are elements that today’s high performers are looking for.

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