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One Meeting You Can't Afford To Miss

One month into the new year, it is clear that learning leaders need to engage one another quickly and determine which talent development programs can have an immediate, positive impact on a company’s bottom line. We’re on it at CorpU.

CorpU Announces Finalists for Excellence and Innovation Awards

Corporate University Xchange is pleased to announce the finalists in the 10th Annual Corporate University Xchange Awards for Excellence and Innovation. As the longest-running independent evaluation of corporate learning and talent programs, the Awards establish high standards in eight important areas of learning.

Mobile Learning

Let’s face it: the world has gone mobile and there’s nothing anybody can do to stop it. As more computer-esque gadgets enter our lives, working professionals are working in a more go-go-go schedule, taking their office the same way most of us take our morning coffee: to go!

Learning Myths Busted

“If we only had a ‘seat at the table’, we would be able to really make a difference.” The learning leader’s lament. It is the ultimate goal for corporate learning organizations, yet CorpU research shows that it is rarely the case, even for highly respected learning organizations.

Setting the Stage for Learning

Businesses around the globe try to describe their corporate strategy using mission and vision statements. Well-crafted statements provide employees, investors, customers, and other stakeholders with information about what the company is, where it is going, and how it’s going to get there. Many learning organizations, however, have yet to make the move towards devising and communicating a mission and vision.

Showing the Value of Learning

Measurement matters. When L&D can show the value of its efforts, it is easy to gain support for new program development and to avoid being the “first place companies cut” in a downturn. There are encouraging signs when it comes to how companies are handling this critical aspect of their learning organization, and the work of the CorpU award winners show some of what is being done.