CorpU

Modernizing the Approach to Learning

MasterCard, a technology company and payments industry leader, constantly faces a world rapidly hurtling towards more and more digital money. It’s critical that MasterCard continue leading the way by continually driving new product innovations into the global marketplace, at an ever-increasing pace, while growing and adding new people all over the world. MasterCard is tackling this complex challenge by codifying their practices and approaches around the world into a single, global capability, product management excellence. The approach is informed by MasterCard best practices and integrated with cutting-edge research and concepts from the academic world, developing a global team capable ... Read More »

9 May 2013

Accelerating Leadership Development

A recent CorpU study showed that 96% of organizations said their senior executives would like to see leaders developed faster. The reasons for their urgency include maintaining pace with business growth, supporting expansion into emerging markets, building depth in their succession plan, and improving capability to drive innovation. Additional CorpU analysis assessed the leadership development innovations at more than 150 organizations. These firms shared insights on what they’re doing that’s new, experimental, tried-and-true, or recently abandoned as they update their leadership development programs and methods. This 2013 Global Leadership Congress session featured a panel discussion with talent management ... Read More »

9 May 2013

Unleash Collective Genius

Social collaborative learning is truly changing the way organizations are developing their human capital. Alan Todd shared on harnessing a new, cutting-edge approach to achieve learning excellence and drive business results. Read More »

9 May 2013

The Future of Learning: Innovating at the Pace of Change

George Siemens, often referred to as the founder of the MOOC, shared his latest thinking on how social and collaborative learning can be used to help employees in organizations easily and effectively share knowledge and improve the way business performs. During the Global Leadership Congress session, participants not only learned how to apply Dr. Siemens’ knowledge sharing and learning framework, they participated in a workshop to begin the process of developing a model for collaborative learning in their organizations. Read More »

9 May 2013

Key to Success with Adam Grant

We all know that highly successful people have three things in common: motivation, ability and opportunity. Beyond hard work, talent, and luck, what does it take to achieve success? Watch this video to find out what it takes. Watch Video »

9 May 2013

Learning Problem Solving - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

For this “EPIC Boot Camp” participants were presented with a highly challenging learning problem. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are responsible for supporting the identification, certification, management and development of a global workforce composed of 13.1 million volunteers. How can a small team of educators in Switzerland with a limited budget train millions of volunteers? Reda described the context and scope of the challenges faced by the world’s largest humanitarian network and oldest training-based organization to deliver on its mission. Participants then learned from Samantha Howland and Roch Parayre about the need ... Read More »

9 May 2013

Give and Take - A Revolutionary Approach to Success

We all know that highly successful people have three things in common: motivation, ability and opportunity. Beyond hard work, talent, and luck, what does it take to achieve success? In an interdependent world, interactions are a fundamental building block of success. Is there a consistent interaction style that drives individual and organizational performance? Drawing on his new book, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success (April 2013 from Viking), Adam introduced three fundamental styles of professional interaction, and demonstrated their profound implications for individual and collective performance. Adam revealed surprising insights about what it takes to develop productive interactions ... Read More »

9 May 2013

The Talent Ecosystem - The Power of Collaboration

The World Economic Forum has become one of the most desirable employers on the planet. The WEF experience provides access to the world’s most powerful leaders as they deal with the world’s most important issues. Carsten Sudhoff, Chief Human Resources Officer of the WEF, has the unique challenge of not only finding and selecting the very best talent for positions in his organization, but also for managing their development as 21st century leaders. Carsten described how the WEF manages its Talent Ecosystem. Attendees had the unique opportunity to participate in a dialogue about how these methods can be ... Read More »

9 May 2013

Solving Hard Problems from the Outside In

For this “EPIC Boot Camp” participants were presented with a highly challenging learning problem. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are responsible for supporting the identification, certification, management and development of a global workforce composed of 13.1 million volunteers. How can a small team of educators in Switzerland with a limited budget train millions of volunteers? Reda described the context and scope of the challenges faced by the world’s largest humanitarian network and oldest training-based organization to deliver on its mission. Participants then learned from Samantha Howland and Roch Parayre about the need ... Read More »

9 May 2013

Mars, Inc. Case Study: Business Outcomes Impacted by a New University Brand

The paradox of Mars, Inc., is that it is one of the best known but also one of the least-known companies in the world. Everyone knows its signature brands from M&Ms and Milky Ways to Uncle Ben’s Rice and Whiskas cat food. Founded by Frank C. Mars in 1911, Mars, Inc., is ranked by Forbes Magazine as the third-largest private company in the United States. Being private, it does not have to disclose much of anything, unlike its publicly traded competitors such as The Hershey Company. So beyond a few things that family-owned Mars chooses to make known ... Read More »

26 Apr 2013

Leadership Innovation at Aon

Aaron Olsen shares on Aon's innovation by focusing on innogration and leadership. Thus, the need for their Catalyst Global Talent Development Program. By working with Harvard they were able to solve these new challenges. Watch Video »

18 Apr 2013

MillerCoors Case Study: Aligning a Sales Culture

MillerCoors was formed in 2008 through a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors bringing Miller Brewing Company and Coors Brewing Company together to compete more effectively in North America. The beer industry is extremely competitive but it is dominated by a single company. Anheuser Busch InBev has close to a 50% share of the market. They have a “command and control” go-to-market approach with strategy and significant decisions made at the top. In addition, they own a portion of their distribution system and hold a 70% plus share of mind of the distributors that they do not own. MillerCoors ... Read More »

18 Apr 2013

Learning Excellence