CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The pace of change has become increasingly so, challenging organizations to adapt nimbly or be disrupted by competitors who do. Agile organizations possess a unique set of traits that allow them to respond swiftly to changing market demands, seize emerging opportunities and effectively navigate through uncertainty.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 25, 2019

Servant leadership is all about enriching the lives of others, building better organizations and ultimately creating a world that is more caring and equitable. When you describe your corporate culture, is being of service to one another and the community a core value? Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership” by James W.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

When these intellectual and psychological challenges are unsupported by leaders, 41 percent of Gallup poll respondents identified wanting to change organizational culture which included “better managers.” Empathy can also be learned and coupled with leadership development. Empathy is defined as a key element of emotional intelligence.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 2, 2024

It’s about integrating learning with an organization’s broader strategy to enhance its brand and support its goals, especially in organizations where a high volume of learning is designed and delivered. The setback is really about organizations not having a culture that values learning ROI in the first place.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Executives directly impact your organization’s culture and success. The right leader can catapult the organization forward, while a poor one can do significant damage in a short time. Some may wonder why executives need further leadership development. Avoid offering an executive cohort of your regular leadership program.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 24, 2023

In a year already defined by tightening budgets and mass layoffs across a number of industries, companies may feel wary about directing their limited resources and energy into leadership development initiatives. Great leadership and being a great team member are not mutually exclusive.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

When I began studying leadership in the 1960s, top-down leadership reigned. As time went by, I became more and more interested in a different style of leadership, —one I’ve been teaching now for more than 50 years. Three timeless leadership principles have risen to the top. 3: Leadership is love. Principle no.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

No longer confined to managing training programs leading learning and development teams, today’s CLOs are integral to broader talent management strategies that drive organizational success. Let’s delve into the expanded role of the CLO and how it intersects with talent management. This alignment is not a mere correlation.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This goes beyond learning and development programs and solutions, and encompasses a comprehensive approach that nurtures employee growth, enhances skills and competencies and aligns with the objectives of the organization. This fosters a culture of learning and motivates others to participate.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

Consider those stats in the context of a leadership development program — a more than $370 billion global market. Given the resources organizations are devoting to leadership development, not to mention the future stakes of the leadership pipeline, these programs must work. Two weeks later, Kyle had a coaching session.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Revenue, our weekly leadership podcast meeting is one component of a holistic leadership development ecosystem currently in development. This leadership podcast directly connects to the agency’s vision, “to be an innovative, customer-focused and employee-centered agency.”

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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? Chief Learning Officer: Where is your hometown?

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

She is also an adjunct professor teaching courses in leadership and human capital management. CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development? Upon graduation from the Wharton Business School, I worked as a management consultant with Accenture in their organization and change strategy practice. Creary, Ph.D.,

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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

JANUARY 14, 2021

We recently sat down for a conversation with Kevin Wilde, an Executive Leadership Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business. He previously served as the vice president of organization effectiveness and chief learning officer at General Mills for more than 17 years. In 2007, he was named CLO of the Year.

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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

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. Create and model virtuous cycles of well-being. Radically rethink the hybrid work model.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

There’s a whole different mindset among the workforce about work/life integration and corporate culture. Organizations are feverishly looking to address this talent crisis. Culture eats strategy for breakfast” While these strategies are key; they alone won’t attract and retain female talent.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Under the umbrella of The Learning Forum, CLO LIFT , a group of learning and development leaders, is actively addressing persistent challenges straining the learning and development industry. CLO LIFT’s values group is taking on this particular challenge as time, by orders of magnitude, is the largest investment that goes into learning. “We

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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. But what was unique for Liana was her introverted nature, which made managing the organization draining for her.

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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. In most organizations, there is too heavy a reliance on external accountability. Accountability is an inside job.

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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? CLO: What lessons have you learned in 2020 that you plan on taking with you into 2021? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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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. A new paradigm leading change inside the organization. A new paradigm for leading change in the wider ecosystem around the organization.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

What’s the difference between a “training culture” and a “ learning culture ”? As the chart shows, in a training culture, responsibility for employee learning resides with instructors and training managers. In that kind of culture the assumption is that trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

Ask any organization about their most important asset, and you’ll likely hear the same response: their people. Here are five ways to foster a learning culture in your organization. To successfully foster a learning culture, it must be embedded in all areas of the organization. The alternative is costly.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The only thing holding companies back from learning at the speed of change is their organizational culture which, for many, is a barrier to learning. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In an era of remote working, organizations are scrambling to figure out three crucial things: How to retain employees from afar, how to foster leadership and development and how to demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Why is this crucial?

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

However, most organizations continue to focus on operational and process efficiency. Organizations now need to focus on a culture to build agility and speed-savvy leadership. Some characteristics of companies with an agile culture and mindset are: Making decisions and taking calculated risks quickly. Industry 4.0

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For several years now, many management authors have been discussing how the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world in which we live requires a new set of leadership skills. It is not so much gender that is a differentiator in leadership success during these VUCA times; what is really at play is a fundamental difference in style.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

The antiquated view that learning is designed to solely support traditional corporate ladder pathways is no longer effective in organizations. Mapping multiple learning lane options, not just leadership development, is crucial for the skills development of any workforce. Leadership skills are an integral piece of any L&D portfolio.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

Later this summer, the International Organization for Standardization will announce new metrics specifications — 52 recommended metrics for large organizations and 19 for small and mid-size organizations — that will help leaders better gauge L&D efficiency, effectiveness and impact. There is no “common language.”

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

In the meantime, those of us involved in organizational and leadership development may find ourselves wondering how to intersect, in a meaningful way, with the emergency preparations going on in the businesses of the clients with whom we work. You may find a number of hidden gems in your organization you didn’t know existed.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

Here’s the bottom line: To overcome the challenges right in front of us, organizations need more effective leaders — more than ever before! And not just in the C-suite, but across the entire organization. Why have traditional leadership development programs failed? Develop leadership by doing leadership.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Recently, many organizations have worked to create a learning ecosystem that supports the continued growth of their employees and the overall business. However, in doing so, the focus has solely been on the learning function within the organization, thus missing other factors required for an effective and sustainable learning ecosystem.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Organizations used to get away with throwing around a few phrases that never felt quite right. As people actually lived at work because they were working from home — and were forced to integrate work and life at almost every turn — L&D professionals realized their organizations had to rethink the definition of good leadership.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 18, 2021

On the surface, these objectives may seem like they’re only aligned with talent acquisition, culture or people analytics. Rather than siloing these objectives onto separate teams, CLOs and CDOs can accomplish more by working together, while also measuring and tracking progress at the same time. percent, LatinX students fell by 8.2

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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. In most organizations, there is too heavy a reliance on external accountability. Accountability is an inside job.

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