Let’s Get Social with Learning

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by Hallie Boger | March 21, 2019

Learning has always been social. Think about how we learned as children. Sure, plenty of learning took place in the classroom. But much of it happened at home with the family, on the playground with our classmates during recess, and just hanging around with our friends. By observing, interacting, and trying things out, we learned how to act, what to say and when to say it, what works and what doesn’t. And whether we’re conscious of it or not, we continue to learn socially as grownups, even in the workplace, where both personal and professional success require us to be […]

When Employees are in Charge, L&D Can Still Lead

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by Marisa Naughton | March 14, 2019

In a world where change is continuous and happens at breakneck speed, organizations are finding that talent gaps keep opening up.  There’s a constant need to reskill and upskill employees, and the consequences of failing to do so can be dire. A recent PwC report addressed widespread CEO concern that a lack of key skills is hindering their organization’s ability to innovate, causing their people costs to rise, and impacting their ability to provide an optimal customer experience. The pressure to learn, and keep learning, is on. No surprise that this constant need to reskill and upskill is changing the […]

Getting Personal with Learning

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by Diane Belcher | March 14, 2019

You may have seen today’s announcement that Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning is partnering with Degreed, a leading technology provider whose skill-development platform connects learners to resources. And I’m excited that the next release of Harvard ManageMentor® Spark™ will leverage Degreed’s industry-leading learning platform to help organizations create the culture of continuous learning that is so essential in today’s fast-paced and complex world. What is the key to building this sort of culture? Providing the type of personalized, learner-driven experience that today’s learners are looking for. What today’s learners expect—and need Jobs are more demanding, time is more crunched, and there’s […]

Increasing Women in Our Leadership Pipeline at Capital Group

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by Cherie Matthews | March 13, 2019

In 2014, I joined Capital Group’s new Talent Development team to spearhead our global leadership, succession, and talent development efforts with new standards and innovations to grow the leadership pipeline. We started by building core programs for frontline, then senior managers. Building on top of this foundation, we sought to diversify our pipeline and create greater readiness for leadership roles. We created two new nomination programs for high potentials. We leverage our talent review process to identify and discuss high potentials, and our business leaders nominate them into the programs. Capital Emerging Leader targets high-potential individual contributors. Women Leading Capital […]

Making Learning—and New Year’s Resolutions—Stick

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by Sabina Ciminero | March 13, 2019

January and February flew by, and here we are already halfway through March. So, may I ask—how are your New Year’s resolutions faring? That is, if you were brave enough to take the plunge. If you’re like most people (and me), by now you’re likely hitting a few snags. I’m afraid my resolution for more regular exercise is caught up in one of those snags. But we’re battling some big barriers: 75% of fellow “resolvers” keep their resolutions after one week, only 64% after about a month, and a mere 8% have transformed their resolution into a habit by the […]