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Decreasing Employee Turnover
Organizations within Sunrise Community's industry have a high turnover rate and though Sunrise has a low turnover rate, they believe there is still room for improvement. Michael Hart, Chief Learning Officer, discusses the company's objective to decrease direct support staff turnover. |
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Highmark Experiences Benefits, Overcomes Hurdles
In early 2007 Chris Skerlong, Chief Learning Officer for Highmark, found that the volume of e-learning her team produced might warrant a new organization structure. After a presentation by CorpU to show how maturing L&D functions are changing, Skerlong and her team of managers decided to implement a new shared services function. |
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What Learning Should Bring to the Business
To be seen as a strategic operation within the business, the learning function must truly understand the strategies of the business. Nancy Lewis, Vice President of Sales and On Demand Learning for IBM discusses what learning can bring to the business.
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New Thinking about Tuition Reimbursement
The CAEL Tuition Strategy Forum featured a presentation of the
unexpected results of the new CorpU study, Tuition Reimbursement:
Changes on the Way? While it was clear from the conversations at the
Forum that companies are looking for ways to measure and spend tuition
reimbursement dollars wisely, the survey results told a slightly
different story. Marcia Dresner, Senior Research Analyst at CorpU, talks
about the CorpU research and about the strategies and ideas presented at
the Forum. |
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The Learning Flow Model at Mars, Inc
Research into corporate universities has emphasized the role of educators in delivering compelling, business-oriented learning solutions. Recent research at Mars University indicates the need for a 3-way “Learning Flow” between educators, learners and their managers. Andy Rushton of Anningson Ltd explains the background to the research, the key research results, and builds the “Learning Flow” model.
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How Companies like Pfizer & GE Turn Learning into Results
Leaders from the world’s most progressive learning organizations - such as Pfizer and General Electric - gathered to share best practices for turning learning into results. In this CorpU Journal article, Marie Stewart, Vice President of Client Services at Fort Hill Company, covers some of the highlights from the conference.
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Caterpillar on The Correlation Between Employee Engagement and Learning
Director of Learning Strategy Fred Goh discusses the impact of increasing learning and performance through improved levels of engagement. |
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Making Sure Learning Happens
One of the key issues for all learning organizations is assuring that people show up for learning. Read about the attendance strategies used by groups like Intel, Tenaris, Stanford, NASA, and others.
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Internal Mobility: Growing Talent That’s Already There
Companies that want to retain valued employees with the right skills must be able to create an environment where people are encouraged to move within the organization. This new CorpU Research Brief describes how some companies encourage people to look for new jobs – without leaving. |
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Jim Swartz on Seizing Great Opportunity
People don't just discover a great opportunity; there is more of a science and art to the process. Jim Swartz, author of Seizing Great Opportunity, talks about how an individual can move into greater opportunities. |
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Boeing's New Learning Model Drives Dreamliner Completion
A new paper by Boeing and UW staff describes the strategy developed to accelerate the "novice to expert" timeline. Learn how cultural changes, new technology and other factors are impacting the ability of the company to stay competitive and create highly skilled employees. |
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Partners for Progress on the Power of Story
Storytelling is described as a tool or technique used to talk about a story as a strategy for competitive advantage. Lori L. Silverman, author of Say it With a Story, describes the importance of storytelling to engage each employee. |
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Onboarding at Sanford Health: It’s All About Relationships
The primary objective at Sanford Health has always been to enhance the quality, safety, retention, and internal mobility of the nursing workforce system that is organization-wide. Learn why relationships are important in developing their employees, and how those relationships affect retention. |
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Caterpillar – Localization of Learning Across Cultures
Each company must have a specific strategy for localization and customization of learning. Dave Vance, former president of CatU discusses the importance of becoming knowledgeable about localization and customization of learning. |
