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Forward-Focused Learning

Inside Award-Winning Organizations

By: Tamar Elkeles

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Forward-Focused Learning

Inside Award-Winning Organizations

By: Tamar Elkeles

Shape What’s Next for Learning in Your Organization Our era of dynamic change and its profound impact on personal lives and businesses throughout the world represents a new normal. How organizations learn will determine whether they rise to the occasion and adapt or struggle behind outdated practices and processes. New or aspiring talent development executives can learn a lot from the best of the best—the high-performing, award-winning companies responding to increased pressure to deliver business value. Forward-Focused Learning features organizations that are proactive about looking for ways to grow, build, and learn. They offer lessons for being the most innovative, the most aligned to business needs, and the most strategic. Peek behind the curtain and see how other companies use learning to develop their employees and their businesses. Rich in examples of what’s worked, this book is a must-read for anyone setting learning strategy or managing the learning function. Organized around themes of vision, people, and process, it covers how to: Become a strategic business driver Apply a systems mindset to the learning organization Gain support from organizational stakeholders Build a learning team capable of serving the business Do more with the resources you have Written by talent development practitioners and consultants at the top of the field, from brand-name companies such as Comcast, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, General Mills, Ford, GE, and Booz Allen Hamilton, this book is your key to gaining a seat at the table.

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Association for Talent Development

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1950496686

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9781950496686

The Chief Learning Officer (CLO)

By: Tamar Elkeles,Jack J. Phillips

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The Chief Learning Officer (CLO)

By: Tamar Elkeles,Jack J. Phillips

NEW - TAMAR ELKELES WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD! Tamar Elkeles, vice president of Qualcomm Learning Center and co-author of The Chief Learning Officer, has been named 2010 CLO of the Year by Chief Learning Officer magazine "Since she began with the company in 1992, Tamar Elkeles has built the Qualcomm Learning Center from a one-person operation into a sophisticated, integrated and innovative strategic resource for the organization" said Norm Kamikow, president and editor in chief of Chief Learning Officer magazine. Congratulations Tamar! ------ New business realities and customer demands, coupled with new technologies in a changing competitive landscape are causing corporate learning departments to rethink their value, role, and impact in the organization. In a constantly changing business landscape with limited resources and tight budgets, learning must be viewed as essential to a successful achievement of business goals. The individual driving this function, the Chief Learning Officer (CLO), is in a unique position to add significant value to the organization. The role of the CLO is to drive value, focusing on issues such as business alignment, managing resources, innovation, customer service and ROI. The challenge is to show value to the organization in terms that business leaders and financial analysts can understand and appreciate. Written from the perspective of the CLO, this book discusses nine important value-adding strategies, making up this critical role of the CLO of the future. At least twenty high profile CLOs provide their strategies on each of these issues. This book is essential reading for both the training and HR communities who need to show the value and connect learning to the business. This book shows the value that can be achieved in the organization if it is managed and organized properly and the appropriate leadership is provided.

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359

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Routledge

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113635915X

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9781136359156

Measuring the Success of Learning Through Technology

A Step-by-Step Guide for Measuring Impact and ROI on E-Learning, Blended Learning, and Mobile Learning

By: Tamar Elkeles,Patricia Pulliam Phillips,Jack J. Phillips

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Measuring the Success of Learning Through Technology

A Step-by-Step Guide for Measuring Impact and ROI on E-Learning, Blended Learning, and Mobile Learning

By: Tamar Elkeles,Patricia Pulliam Phillips,Jack J. Phillips

Learn to measure the results of your technology-based learning programs with this step-by-step guide. Few would dispute the convenience, cost, and efficiency of learning through technology. Whether e-learning, blended learning, or mobile learning, it’s usually just in time, just enough, and just for the user. The challenge with e-learning lies in proving its value and showing the results. The cost savings and the outcome of the learning program must be considered to determine the true value of these programs. Renowned ROI experts Jack and Patti Phillips have joined with Tamar Elkeles, the chief learning officer for Qualcomm, to provide this guide for measuring the success of e-learning programs. By following the steps prescribed in this book, designers and developers can significantly affect the success of e-learning at the application and impact levels, ultimately making the ROI easy to develop. Part I of the book outlines the steps that make up the logical approach to evaluation using the ROI Methodology. Part II describes how the methodology has been applied in real-life case studies. These studies represent a variety of industries and applications and are written by experienced professionals in the field of learning and development.

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Association for Talent Development

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1607284251

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Chief Talent Officer

The Evolving Role of the Chief Learning Officer

By: Jack Phillips,Patricia Phillips,Tamar Elkeles

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Chief Talent Officer

The Evolving Role of the Chief Learning Officer

By: Jack Phillips,Patricia Phillips,Tamar Elkeles

In the face of rapid changes and challenges to the business environment, learning and talent are key to the success of businesses. This is an area in which the Chief Learning Officer (the CLO) is vital and has evolved into a Chief Talent Officer role in organizations. The Chief Talent Officer is now responsible for working to drive value, focusing on issues such as talent, organization design and development, culture, business alignment, managing resources, innovation, technology, utilization, customer service, and ROI. Chief Talent Officer discusses the critical, value-adding role of the next generation CLO, and the strategies that can be used to fulfill this role. With a wealth of perspectives from some of the world’s best talent executives, this book illuminates the role from the CLO’s perspective. This revised and refreshed edition of the text includes the latest illustrative examples, explanations, and data. The reader is shown the role of the CLO from diverse, multinational points of view, and taken through the varying aspects of business strategy in a range of international environments. This book is a vital tool for managers and students, providing techniques and methods for the training, talent, and HR communities alike. It will help its readers to demonstrate and understand the potential value that can be added to any organization when it is managed and organized well, and equipped with appropriate leadership.

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