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Drug Maker Finesses Leadership Development China
By George Miller
July 21, 2006—If you think leadership and workforce development is tough in the United States and Europe, as a recent Accenture report indicates, try it in China ...

Wakeup Call!
The big take-away from Accenture’s recent study on workforce management trends is that a bad situation is getting worse ...

Analyst Outlines Strategy for Winning War on Talent
By George Miller
Proactive pursuit of a “ready now” workforce is one characteristic of the companies that are succeeding when it comes to sourcing and assessing top talent ...

Designing Learning in the Conceptual Age, Part II
By Suzanne Robert
As you may remember, I left you balanced on top of my roof, to illustrate a new paradigm in learning and its impact on learning design ...

Designing Learning in the Conceptual Age
By Suzanne Robert
Not long ago, thought leaders in the learning industry were focused almost exclusively on technology. The age of e-learning was upon us and technology ruled ...

Partnership Targets Unique Government Learning Challenges
June 22,2006—Facing massive retirements within a huge and diverse organization imbued with an entitlement culture, the United States federal government is taking action ...

Customer-First Processes Permeate Six Sigma Blackbelt’s Service Operations
June 14, 2006— “Customer first” is a philosophy widely touted now. But there are differences in degree of customer-first philosophies. For some practitioners, it’s nearly an obsession ...

Learning and Training Join the HR Fold in Workforce Performance
June 8, 2006—As learning and training, performance, and knowledge management systems have improved, the capability to link these disciplines and formulate integrated workforce performance strategies has taken shape ...

Plan Quality into Projects, Advises BU Project Management Expert
TYNGSBORO, Mass.—May 29, 2006—Consider the time and effort involved every time a project manager completes a project that doesn't meet expectations. How much re-planning is required? How does the project manager get resources assigned to the project after claiming it was done? ...

Study Analyzes Market for Workforce Performance Management
OAKLAND, Calif.—May 24, 2006—According to a Bersin & Associates’ research study, “Performance Management 2006: Market Analysis, Trends, Best Practices, and Vendor Profiles,” the performance management market is estimated at $136M in license revenue today and will grow 40% over the coming year, based on purchasing plans and vendor estimates ...

About TechLearn's New Name
A couple of issues ago we announced the expansion of TechLearn and its new name, Workforce Performance 2006. This exciting news means additional content, education and community-building opportunities through the event as well as the newsline website ...

SyberWorks CEO Stress Needs Assessment Prior to LMS Selection
By Sarah Fraser
SyberWorks' chief executive, David Boggs, answers TechLearn Newsline’s questions on how to select and work with a learning management system (LMS) vendor ...

Creating Your First Podcast
By Kaliym A. Islam
Ever since Apple’s release of iTunes 4.9 with built-in support for podcasting, hundreds of thousands of people have discovered the free audio programs now available as podcasts...

Turning the Tide: E-Learning Signals Success for Inner-City and Rural Schools
By Howard C. Baker
The education sector is currently undergoing a technology-driven revolution. Digital storage and data mining, multimedia learning objects, the Internet, portals, and virtual communities are just some of the technologies that will form the future of teaching and learning in inner-city and rural areas of the U.S. ..

Moving eLearning Closer to the User: Part 2
By Michael McGinnis
In Part 1, we examined how my employer, Bose Corp., used Quick Reference Guides to educate machine operators on the manufacturing floor. Part 2 describes how we used Microsoft Sharepoint to let the machine operators know that a new feature was available.

JCPenney Links Training to Strategy
By George Miller
If you’ve ever needed an example of how training can be tied to corporate strategy, take a look at JCPenney ...

Moving eLearning Closer to the User
By Michael McGinnis
Over the past two years, Bose Corp. has developed a successful on-line learning capability. We have more than 140 on-line modules covering aspects of the manufacturing process ...

Life of a Training Manager: The Theorem of Changing Times
By Kaliym A. Islam
Not long ago, I participated in an on-line debate with a professor from Baylor University. My topic that day was ‘Is Kirkpatrick Obsolete?” Upon hearing the title of my discussion, the professor accused me of trying to beat up on a senior citizen ...

Tips on Transference
By By Kerry Patterson
For years trainers have struggled with the transfer problem: a topic carefully instructed in the classroom but that leads to little or no behavior change. So, what does it take to mend the bridge connecting the training room to the real world?

Counter Compliance Complexities Using On-Demand Technology 
By Adam Miller
Having to meet the demands of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has brought compliance into a new light for many organizations ...

For Chief Learning Officers, Alignment is Key
By Jennifer Stanford, PMP
Chief learning officers and training program leaders play an important role in the results culture emerging in organizations. This evolution has inspired the latest wave of learning programs— programs that lead directly to performance results ...

Retiring Myths: Age-driven Employment Attrition
Edward Vitalos, IBM Business Consulting
Before we turn to the myths – and there are a number we need to dispel – let’s lay out some indisputable facts about the maturing workforce ...

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