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Reshaping the Learning Function to Think and Act Globally
Training Industry E-Zine Article
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 There is little question that globalisation is here to stay. Companies both large and small are vigorously pursuing globalisation strategies to achieve their business objectives. The added complexity generated by these new global mandates is a major issue for business unit managers. However, there is a smarter way to compete and win on a global playing field.
The "art" of management is now about finding ways to exert influence over resources not under an organisation's control. Rather than a focus on deep technical expertise, L&D practitioners require a much broader skill set, associated with the need to orchestrate and co-ordinate the work of distributed networks and teams.
Click here to read this article which has been published in the USA by Training Industry Inc. and which has been written by Vicki Kossoff, the Managing Director of The Learning Factor.
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Global Leadership Forecast 2008/2009
DDI Research
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 As recently reported, 75% of executives surveyed for the Global Leadership Forecast 2008/2009 by DDI identified improving or leveraging leadership talent as a top business priority. Yet, despite recognition of its importance, leadership development is going nowhere fast. Currently, most leaders are not satisfied with their organisation's development offerings. And confidence in leaders has declined steadily over the past eight years.
Global Leadership Forecast 2008/2009 examines what's behind such a pessimistic view. It uncovers five major shortfalls in leadership development around the world and recommends vigorous approaches for improvement. Along the way it answers the following questions:
- What's working and what's not working in developing tomorrow's leaders?
- How are organisations managing transitions and successions?
- How well are managers prepared to lead across national borders?
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Click here to download a copy of the Australian Highlights of this report.
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| Learning in a Web 2.0 World An eLearning Guild Study
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 The eLearning Guild recently released the Guild Research 360° Report on Measuring Learning Success. As reported, people that read the Guild's 360° Reports on emerging technologies often express the following fears:
- The emerging technology will obsolesce what they do now;
- The emerging technology will be difficult to learn;
- It will be difficult to convince colleagues and management that they should embrace the emerging technology; and,
- Not embracing the technology will lead to certain doom.
This comprehensive research shows that the use of traditional classroom instruction is actually up from a year ago, so e-Learning 2.0 approaches are not going to replace instructor-lead training or e-Learning 1.0 approaches anytime soon. As for point 4, while the language may be somewhat extreme, the research shows that organisations that ignore incorporating Web 2.0 approaches for their learning initiatives may be doing so at their own peril (at least according to Guild members' survey results).
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| In Search of Learning Agility Tim Clark, Ph.D., and Conrad Gottfredson, Ph.D.
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 In this age of economic uncertainty, the most adaptive organisation probably will be the most successful. In this white paper, authors Tim Clark, Ph.D., and Conrad Gottfredson, Ph.D., explain how an agile-learning enterprise can create and sustain a competitive advantage in a turbulent market.
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authors assert that enduring competitive advantage must be built on
organisational learning agility (an organisation's ability to respond
to an adaptive challenge of opportunity, threat or crisis) through the
acquisition and application of knowledge and skills. Accordingly, the authors trace a brief history of organisations in their search for this capacity, sketching three distinct stages of learning agility: 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, covering the years between 1957 and 2008.
The report concludes by providing a summary of current trends associated with learning agility today, outlining threats and risks in the near term, and offering a set of recommendations to leaders for future progress.
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