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Content and Caring
If content is king, then caring needs to be queen in training. And caring, connection, and context cannot always be conveyed through an online or distance medium.
Solving Today’s Skill Gaps
In many ways, solving a skill gap is like solving a puzzle—not only do you have to make the pieces fit, you have to make sure you have all the necessary pieces from the get-go.
How to Build a Values-Based Culture
By Marsha Ershaghi Hames, Ed.D., Advisory Leadership, LRN
People don’t quit their jobs; they quit their managers.
Integrity: A Non-Negotiable Skill
By Kathleen Brush
Following the global financial meltdown, a Wall Street broker was asked how it felt to be in a profession that went from being revered to reviled. He replied, “We didn’t do anything wrong. Show me where we violated the law.”
Didn’t do anything wrong?
SunTrust Bank’s PATHways to Higher Education
Edited by Margery Weinstein
Results from SunTrust Bank’s “Voice of the Teammate” engagement surveys conducted in 2010 revealed that teammates were seeking higher education opportunities at the company. Specifically, teammates expressed interest in aligning higher education to their careers and in applying higher educational experiences to their jobs at SunTrust. But first, several barriers had to be eliminated, including:
Games & Simulations 2013: 3-D in Action
By Gail Dutton
CASE STUDY #1
U.S. Army: Teaching Peacekeepers to ID Social Networks
When young peacekeepers enter a village in any of today’s war zones, the societal norms they grew up with often are no longer relevant. Despite the culture shock, they need to quickly build relationships with locals and identify potential friends and foes accurately.
Best Practices: Flipping the Classroom
By Neal Goodman, Ph.D., President, Global Dynamics, Inc.
Is it possible to provide the learning and development that usually would take place in a classroom environment and flip it so the content is provided before the class ever meets? The value of classroom instruction is the spontaneity and serendipitous learning that cannot be replicated in an online e-learning classroom. But it is possible to use online tools for their maximum benefit and still retain the value of interpersonal interaction.
The Growth of Learning Analytics
By Stacey Harris, VP, Research and Advisory Services,and David Grebow, Principal Learning Analyst, Brandon Hall Group
We are experiencing a revolution—a data revolution. Since the dawn of the computer era, our businesses, organizations, and personal lives increasingly have been directed by data.
This data revolution is a result of several forces colliding in today’s business environment:
Becoming a Motivational Machine
By Kathleen Brush, Ph.D.
In 2011, Gallup reported that 71 percent of American workers were not engaged in their work and 19 percent were “actively disengaged.” In 2012, Accenture noted that 58 percent of survey respondents were dissatisfied with their jobs. Disengaged, and dissatisfied are euphemisms for workers who are unmotivated or demotivated.
L&D Best Practices: July/August 2013
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
By Sean Ramage, AVP, Talent Management, CarMax
CarMax is the nation’s largest retailer of used cars. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, we operate more than 120 used car superstores across the country and have sold more than four million cars. CarMax is a member of the Fortune 500 and a TrainingTop 125 winner.