Within the competitive government contracting world, organizations are battling not only for lucrative government projects, but also for the talented employees who can give one company an edge over its competitors. Midsized organizations have to compete with Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller...

When business leaders use the phrase “succession planning,” their thoughts probably don’t fly immediately to their organizations’ learning functions. But they likely should, because effective succession planning really isn’t just about planning. It’s about the successful...

Many organizations have implemented formal learning programs, processes and technologies, but few have fully leveraged the benefits of social learning that provide employees with just-in-time access to tidbits of learning that enable more engaging and immersive learning, chance interactions and collaborative...

Many professionals in diversity and inclusion likely have read about organizations that are benchmarking and copying “best practices.” They’ve probably received daily invitations to hear what the top-performing company is doing in this or that area of diversity and inclusion so that...

Historically, successful organizations were built to support monolithic structures and bureaucratic strategies – not to change them. As noted by learning theorist Willie Pietersen, in today’s global, technologically savvy, knowledge-based economy, the leadership challenge is to recognize...

Culturally naive business managers are allowing their organizations to lose millions of dollars in lost opportunities due to cultural misunderstandings, which are leading to the mismanagement of employees. Miscommunication and a lack of cross-cultural understanding are two main barriers organizations...

Imagine a company has just identified its high potentials – the rising stars among the ranks who outperform their peers and “exhibit behaviors that reflect their companies’ cultures and values in an exemplary manner,” according to June 2010 Harvard Business Review article “Are...

The ROI Institute recently conducted a survey to obtain direct feedback from CEOs in large organizations. There are few if any significant data sets collected from this elusive group, though many one-on-one interviews have appeared as profiles in various media. These interviews rarely discuss specific...

Social networking is not only changing the way HR leaders think of legal risks or recruiting opportunities. It also should make them think about the way they select high-potential candidates for leadership-development programs. In recent weeks I attended two events with CHROs from Fortune 500 companies....

Many on-boarding programs are simply too short and only focused on new employees. I have been on-boarded into a new organization four times in my life. Two were OK and two were terrible. Having talked with many a learner about this experience and helped a few organizations develop on-boarding programs,...