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10 Elements for Creating a Coaching Culture

In a Leaders as Teachers approach, leaders can find many opportunities to teach, coach and mentor. In fact coaching provides frequent opportunities for leaders to guide and advise their team members. In this video, Ed Betof and Joe Toto who instituted the Leaders as Teachers approach at BD (Becton Dickinson), a global medical technology company, discuss their thoughts on how to engage leaders in a successful coaching program. Watch Video »

8 Mar 2011

Modeling Learning: It Has to Start Somewhere

The learning organization serves multiple purposes: preparing leaders, training employees in job skills, making sure strategic priorities can be met, and more. But the most successful learning organizations try to create something even bigger and broader than that. They try and create a true learning culture – one where everyone is part of the learning process, and one where there are no barriers to learning. To set the stage for this new mindset, learning organizations have to be role models or a new learning mindset will never happen. What exactly do I mean by that? Actually it’s fairly simple. The ... Read More »

5 Jan 2011

Q&A: What are the Key Competencies of Today's CLO?

Without appropriate senior leadership, many L&D organizations run the risk of focusing on the delivery of training related tasks while misaligning with strategy. Top performing organizations, on the other hand, assign the task of L&D leadership to seasoned executives with strong business and relationship building skills. The strategic reason for this approach is that such individuals have a keen sense of how to leverage L&D effectively to achieve business goals. The title CLO is a popular term used to describe the head of the learning and development unit (sometimes called a corporate university). In some cases, the ... Read More »

17 Dec 2010

The One Secret Every Learning Organization Should Know

Our research indicates that an overwhelming majority of large, global enterprises do not have the leaders they need to remain competitive. It also shows that current approaches to identifying and developing leaders is falling short. Of course the problem is exacerbated with the never-ending flying monkeys sent in to thwart your efforts (global competition). If your organization wants to achieve its goals over long periods of time, it must learn how to learn so that it can adapt to an ever-changing business environment and remain competitive. How do you create an organization that knows how to learn? It starts with ... Read More »

16 Dec 2010

Recorded Broadcast: Banner Health Shares Insights On Creating Effective Action Learning Programs

This is a recording of the web broadcast from Corpu on 31 August 2010. Action Learning programs represent a highly effective method to teach new knowledge and skills to rising leaders as they wrestle with very real challenges facing the company. Learn how Banner Health involves senior leaders as facilitators, coaches and mentors to enhance the value of its action learning programs. In this interactive webinar, you will learn: The many roles leaders can play in an action learning program How Banner engages leaders as program sponsors and coaches The types of challenges Banner selects for its Action Learning program ... Watch Video »

31 Aug 2010

CorpU Webinar - Banner Health Shares Insights On Creating Effective Action Learning Programs

Action Learning programs represent a highly effective method to teach new knowledge and skills to rising leaders as they wrestle with very real challenges facing the company. Learn how Banner Health involves senior leaders as facilitators, coaches and mentors to enhance the value of its action learning programs. In this interactive webinar, you will learn: The many roles leaders can play in an action learning program How Banner engages leaders as program sponsors and coaches The types of challenges Banner selects for its Action Learning program The purpose of building diversity into action learning teams Read More »

31 Aug 2010

Choosing Good Problems for Action Learning Programs

Many companies are using action learning programs to focus on real problems, which if solved, provide significant value to the business. But what constitutes a good action learning problem that will maximize learning opportunities? This CorpU How To will help learning organizations understand a company’s most important problems, the criteria for selecting problems, and what kinds of problems do not make the grade. Read More »

28 Jun 2010

CorpU Research-Leaders Are Better Communicators, But Need To Do More

Learning executives who recently completed an assessment to measure their companies’ readiness for implementing or improving a Leaders As Teachers approach indicate that leaders’ ability to communicate strategy has improved, and that feedback loops between executives setting strategy and leaders in the field executing are mostly effective. However, fewer respondents say this improved level of communication and feedback is helping them achieve the benefits prescribed for companies that become “learning organizations,” – those that continually transform, as members never stop learning. Read More »

14 Jun 2010

CorpU 10th Annual Research-Performance Consulting Building Relationships

Leadership support is an important, yet sometimes elusive, aim with which many learning organizations struggle. According to the CorpU 10th Annual Learning Excellence and Innovation Benchmarking study, the use of a consistent performance consulting process is linked to increased participation and support from leaders. This research brief describes what we mean by performance consulting, who is using this methodology, and the unexpected relationship that can form as a result. Read More »

11 Jun 2010

Recorded Broadcast: MasterCard Creating a Culture of Learning

This is a recording of the web broadcast from Corpu on 29, April 2010. MasterCard University won this year's CorpU award for Best Overall Corporate University. Its success is based on its ability to engage learners with learning that meets their needs - and the needs of the company. The support and active participation of senior leaders in a wide variety of roles has resulted in a culture of learning focused on the attainment of business and talent management goals. MasterCard University's ability to execute in critical areas has resulted in a respected, impactful learning organization. What you will ... Watch Video »

29 Apr 2010

MasterCard: Creating a Culture of Learning

MasterCard University won this year's CorpU award for Best Overall Corporate University. Its success is based on its ability to engage learners with learning that meets their needs - and the needs of the company. The support and active participation of senior leaders in a wide variety of roles has resulted in a culture of learning focused on the attainment of business and talent management goals. MasterCard University's ability to execute in critical areas has resulted in a respected, impactful learning organization. Read More »

29 Apr 2010

Leadership Development At Top Performing Companies: How Business and Leadership Strategies Are Converging

CorpU studied leadership development practices at companies that were identified by independent experts as having top performing leadership teams and leadership development practices. In this first report, we learn why top performers are seeing the convergence of their business and leadership strategies. The report analyzes why sustainable growth depends on leaders doing 3 things well: Function at the edge of complexity and chaos, wherein lies a wellspring of innovation to ensure sustainable growth. Inspire teams to rapidly develop systems and processes to operationalize and monetize breakthrough ideas. Drive higher productivity and lower costs from mature businesses and other core capabilities ... Read More »

9 Apr 2010