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Lessons from Private Equity: Creating Business Value Through Learning and Development
9 Feb 2012
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by Mike Pino
The 2012 US presidential race has focused public attention on private equity (PE) firms. More specifically, media outlets have directed attention on the buyout side of PE, which buys mature companies that have encountered some challenges, fixes them up so that they are profitable, and then sells its interest to another buyer all usually within a fixed period of time (usually between 5-10 years). A lot of ink has been spilled by pundits and politicians about whether PE firms create jobs, though the truth of the matter, according to a recent NBER report from September 2011, offers a measured answer ... Read More »
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CorpU Weekly Digest: Leadership Development (2012-Feb-06)
6 Feb 2012
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by CorpU Research
CorpU publishes three weekly digests for its members and for emerging and established learning leaders who see the value of an aligned learning function to deliver business impact and results. Here are this week's headlines in leadership development:
How can you integrate learning from the arts in your leadership development program?
Predicting leadership competencies needed in the future – does your approach stack up?
Building healthy teams starts with building effective leaders
The Business of Learning: Kenexa Acquires Outstart
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How can you integrate learning from the arts in your leadership development program? The company BIZZARTS has started ... Read More »
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CorpU Weekly Digest: Learning Excellence (2012-Feb-06)
6 Feb 2012
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by CorpU Research
CorpU publishes three weekly digests for its members and for emerging and established learning leaders who see the value of an aligned learning function to deliver business impact and results. Here are this week's headlines in learning excellence:
Leading change in by mastering cycles, or how the technology innovation cycle can be used by learning organizations
Badges, skill certification, and the social enterprise: how are you socializing the concept?
Steve Jobs and customer loyalty: the lessons can be applied for internal customers as well
The Business of Learning: Kenexa Acquires Outstart
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Leading change in by mastering ... Read More »
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CorpU Weekly Digest: Social Learning (2012-Feb-06)
6 Feb 2012
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by CorpU Research
CorpU publishes three weekly digests for its members and for emerging and established learning leaders who see the value of an aligned learning function to deliver business impact and results. Here are this past week's headlines in social learning:
How "going social" can improve your company's sales training plan
The Business of Learning: Kenexa Acquires Outstart
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How "going social" can improve your company's sales training planExperience has shown that by fostering social learning, your company can create a culture of knowledge sharing and best practices development that will have a real impact on ... Read More »
Presentation
How Westinghouse University Supports Significant Top-Line Growth (Recorded Webinar)
30 Jan 2012
Although Westinghouse Electric Company is a successful, 125-year-old company, modern challenges have required a new and strategic approach to learning. Westinghouse University was launched in the spring of 2010 to support a rapidly expanding, global workforce and select customers, partners and suppliers; transfer knowledge from experienced employees to new hires; and enable the company to deal with the evolving market demands in the nuclear industry. Breaking from the tradition of in-person training, Westinghouse University is 100% virtual – a decision made to meet the rapid learning needs demanded by the tenfold, top-line growth projected by 2019. Watch Video »
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CorpU Weekly Digest (2012-Jan-30)
30 Jan 2012
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by CorpU Research
The weekly digest is a short overview of thought-provoking pieces published in the past week on topics of interest to members of Corporate University Xchange. Topics include:
Leadership Development
Social Learning
Learning Excellence and Innovation
The Business of Learning: New Major Products, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Partnerships
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Leadership Development
Helping leaders encourage creativity, productivity, and commitment Some senior executives forget that, when developing a killer strategy, it is just as important to consider how that strategy will be executed. It's our job as leadership development professionals to help leaders engage, motivate, and encourage employees to achieve the ... Read More »
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Accelerating Leadership Development Starts with High Potentials (LDIC 01.11.12)
27 Jan 2012
In order to ensure that your leadership pipeline is filled with the right number of the right people at the right time, efforts must start with effective high potential identification and development.
During this month’s meeting, we heard about the approaches that Microsoft, Austin Industries and Lockheed Martin take for their high potential identification and development. Watch Video »
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Aon Hewitt: Evolving & Improving Leadership Development after a Merger (Recorded Webinar)
27 Jan 2012
In May of 2011, Aon Hewitt won an Exemplary Practice award from Corporate University Xchange for a leadership development program that had been designed and developed (pre-merger) for managers at Hewitt Associates. Since the merger, the program has been closely reviewed and revised to ensure that it aligns with the needs of both the legacy Hewitt and Aon managers. The result is a leadership development program that contains the core elements of the original Hewitt program as well as the best of the Aon programs, and now serves leadership development needs for all Aon businesses globally. In essence, the program is bigger and better than it was before. Watch Video »
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