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What Makes a Company Great at Producing Leaders?

Harvard Business

To better understand which companies are top talent incubators today, the authors worked with the Official Board, a firm that provides data on corporate organizational charts and executive movement, to survey of 853 executives and interview executive search consultants.

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Finite Attention Spans and Employee Agility Driving Corporate Training Trends

Clarity Consultants

Rapid change and the need for employees who can adapt to uncertainty with flexibility and proactiveness will continue to drive corporate training budgets. L&D leaders have been instrumental in helping employers and employees pivot to pandemic protocols and navigate both remote and hybrid operations and corporate culture.

Agile 147
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Measuring the Long-Term Impact of L&D Initiatives on Business Performance

Clarity Consultants

Strong project management skills are essential for L&D specialists to effectively plan, coordinate, and execute initiatives, ensuring all aspects of training programs are organized and aligned with business goals. Cost savings: Measure reductions in operational costs due to increased efficiency or reduced errors.

Metrics 147
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Why Do We Spend So Much Developing Senior Leaders and So Little Training New Managers?

Harvard Business

And as I neared the end of my corporate days, I realized I’d received much more management training in the last five years than I did in the first 20 years — when I really needed it — combined. Some surveys seem to lump together technical skills training and classic management training. More strategic.

Training 132
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More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber Risk

Harvard Business

How many times have you had to watch your company’s latest cybersecurity training video? An entire industry now exists to train us humans to be smarter in how we operate computers, and yet the number of cybersecurity incidents continues to rise. Are we impossible to train? Are the hackers always one step ahead?

Training 121
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Great Businesses Scale Their Learning, Not Just Their Operations

Harvard Business

This kind of learning does not occur in a training room; it occurs on the job, in the day-to-day work environment. The most powerful learning in this kind of world involves creating new knowledge.

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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. Yet most doctors in the U.S. aren’t taught management skills in medical school.

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