CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The second day of the 2023 CLO Symposium — held in San Diego this year — began bright and early with a networking breakfast, followed by a keynote address by Dr. Ruth Gotian, chief learning officer for Weill Cornell Medicine. Sessions concluded with a live “Voices of CLO” podcast taping featuring a conversation between De.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A majority of organizations around the world are investing in leadership coaching to ensure their employees have the critical knowledge, skills and experience to remain competitive. Over 40 percent of these organizations report their spending on leadership coaching has increased from 2020 to 2021. So what has changed?

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

Traditionally, the role of a CLO was primarily focused on learning and development, with a primary goal of ensuring employees received the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their jobs effectively. Another important shift in the role of the CLO is the increased use of technology in L&D.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

How does your organization define what “good” leadership looks like? Now think about a colleague in your organization. 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.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

“Break the glass ceiling” is a metaphor used to describe the invisible barrier women face when ascending into leadership positions. Women leaders are switching jobs at the highest rates we’ve ever seen — and at higher rates than men in leadership. Women are already significantly underrepresented in leadership.

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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

APRIL 1, 2021

Under her leadership, Nationwide was ranked as the No. 1 organization in the 2019 LearningElite awards program. CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development? Assistant director of learning and development at Ohio Health, a hospital group, leading leadership development.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

CLO: How did you first become interested in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn in the past year in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? Organizations need to take advantage of crises and change effectively. Over my career with the Air Force, I returned to the Washington D.C.

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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

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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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

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

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In health care specifically, it necessitated a “command and control” leadership style to maintain an appropriate focus on demanding patient care challenges. Additionally, high patient demand and ongoing staffing concerns resulted in a limited focus on leadership development. The pandemic was a significant disrupter for many.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

She has more than 29 years in the learning and talent development industries, and in 2016, she was awarded CLO of the Year. CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development? CLO: What lessons did you learn in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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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

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. Social support.

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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 promotes not only skill development, but also a sense of belonging and community across the organization.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This article highlights how empathy improves organizational culture, that peer coaching is the preferred method for empathic skills development and five steps to implement peer coaching in your organization. Empathy can also be learned and coupled with leadership development.

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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

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

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

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

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Chief Learning Officer recently sat down with David DeFilippo, principal of DeFilippo Leadership Inc. DeFilippo has been in senior talent management and development for more than 25 years, and has previously served in numerous learning leader roles , including CLO for BNY Mellon and also for Suffolk Construction.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

We support ourselves better when we acknowledge that leadership is hard. And when we work with a leader that has grown up in the same organization for many years, these insights have different and sometimes deeper impacts. Throughout our coaching, I guided and supported Emily as the reality that “leadership is hard” caught up with her.

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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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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Without access to these offerings, leaders are left alone to connect the dots and figure out how the DEI pieces fit into the larger puzzle that is leadership. When we keep DEI training separate from other leadership development offerings, we cannot expect leaders to treat what they are learning with an equal level of importance.

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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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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. I agree with Hebert and I have similar concerns with having a CLO (Chief Learning Officer). Learning is what employees in high performance organizations must do continuously as part of their jobs.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As many begin to reach a new normal, they find themselves worrying about what the future holds for their organizations. It’s clear that the model for leadership will have to change dramatically to fit the evolving needs of next-gen leaders. Concerns about having a strong leadership bench are shared by CEOs.

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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

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

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Existing models of leadership were already under strain. Your leadership decisions can create much-needed predictability and stability — especially for people who are unsettled and anxious. In fact, productivity levels increased 5 percent during the pandemic for virtual workers at well-run organizations.

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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

JULY 18, 2021

At the same time, many organizations are trying to increase representation in their exempt roles by focusing externally using college talent pipelines or from their fellow competitors — all while overlooking the Black and LatinX talent they already employ in their front lines. percent, LatinX students fell by 8.2

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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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